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Salem Lutheran Church
450 67th Street
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11220
Organ Specifications:
450 67th Street (1945-closed 2010)
► II/18 Ernest Lucas (1986)
► II/11
M.P. Möller, Inc. – second-hand?
416 46th Street (?-c.1943)
• unknown
128 Prospect Avenue, near Third Avenue
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Salem Lutheran Church was organized on April 3, 1904 to
serve the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn. Early services were held
in Danish and English at 128 Prospect Avenue, near Third Avenue;
at an unknown time the society moved to 416 46th Street. In
the
1930s,
property
was
acquired
at 450 67th Street, between Fourth and Fifth avenues, where an
English Gothic-style church of stone was built from 1934-1945.
This building was dedicated on December 2, 1945. A small park across
from the church has a monument to explorer Leif Eriksson, dedicated
in 1939 by Crown Prince Olav of Norway.
For many years, southwestern Brooklyn was home to a thriving Scandinavian community but by the end of the 20th century most had moved away. Salem Lutheran's congregation dwindled down to a handful of members and in January 2010 the church held its last service.
In 2010, the church buildings and property were sold to St. Matthew's Church, an international congregation with churches in Chicago, Los Angeles and Texas. St. Matthew's has since renovated the facilities for their use. |
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Ernest Lucas, Jr.
Belmore, N.Y. (1986)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 24 registers, 15 stops, 18 ranks
In 1986, Ernest Lucas rebuilt and revised an organ of unknown origin. A solid-state relay was installed by John Klauder Pipe Organ Service in 2003. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
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8 |
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Diapason |
61 |
4 |
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Wald Flöte |
61 |
8 |
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Holz Flute |
61 |
2 2/3 |
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Twelfth |
61 |
8 |
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Salicional |
61 |
2 |
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Super Octave (fr. 4') |
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4 |
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Octave |
73 |
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Mixture IV ranks |
244 |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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8 |
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Rohr Gedeckt |
90 |
1 1/3 |
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Larigot [top 7 notes repeat] |
— |
8 |
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Salicional |
61 |
1 |
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Zymbel III ranks |
183 |
8 |
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Voix Celeste (TC) |
49 |
8 |
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Trumpet |
61 |
4 |
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Principal |
61 |
8 |
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Oboe |
61 |
4 |
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Flute (fr. 8' Rohr Ged.) |
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Tremolo |
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2 |
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Flautino (fr. 8' Rohr Ged.) |
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Pedal Organ – 32 notes
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16 |
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Bourdon |
56 |
8 |
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Flute (fr. 16' Bourdon) |
— |
16 |
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Lieblich Gedeckt * |
SW |
4 |
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Choral Bass |
GT |
8 |
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Diapason |
GT |
4 |
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Flute (fr. 16' Bourdon) |
— |
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* 1-13 lo-pressure from 16' Bourdon |
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Couplers
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Great to Pedal 8' |
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Great 16', 4', Unison Off |
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Swell to Pedal 8' |
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Swell 4' |
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Swell to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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Pedal Movements
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Balanced Swell Pedal |
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Crescendo Pedal |
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M.P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md.
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 19 registers, 11 stops, 11 ranks
This organ does not appear on the M.P. Möller opus list, so was probably acquired second-hand. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed with Swell
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8 |
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Diapason * |
61 |
4 |
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Flauto Traverso |
SW |
8 |
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Melodia |
73 |
8 |
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Harmonic Tuba |
73 |
8 |
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Dulciana |
73 |
8 |
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Oboe |
SW |
8 |
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Salicional |
73 |
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Chimes |
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8 |
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Stopped Diapason |
SW |
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* probably unenclosed |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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16 |
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Bourdon [unit] |
97 |
4 |
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Flauto Traverso |
— |
8 |
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Open Diapason |
73 |
8 |
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Oboe |
73 |
8 |
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Stopped Diapason |
— |
8 |
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Vox Humana |
61 |
8 |
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Salicional |
GT |
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Tremolo |
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8 |
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Voix Celeste (TC) |
61 |
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Pedal Organ – 32 notes
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16 |
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Bourdon |
44 |
8 |
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Flute (fr. 16' Bourdon) |
— |
16 |
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Lieblich Gedeckt |
SW |
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Couplers
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Great to Pedal 8' |
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Great 16', 4' |
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Swell to Pedal 8' |
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Swell 16', 4' |
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Swell to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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Pedal Movements
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Balanced Swell Pedal |
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Crescendo Pedal |
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Sources:
Kloda, Barry. Specification
of Ernest Lucas, Jr. organ (1986).
Kloda, Barry. Specification of M.P. Möller organ.
"Salem Church Building Sold, Spared Demolition," Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Jan. 7, 2011).
"Salem Lutheran Church Saved – for $2.5M," The Brooklyn Paper (Dec. 1, 2010).
Winquist, Alan H. and Jessica Rousselow-Winquist. Touring Swedish America: Where to Go and What to See. St. Paul, Minn.: Minnesota Historical Society, 2006.
Illustration:
The Brooklyn Paper (Dec. 1, 2010). Exterior. |
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