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Church of St. John the Baptist
(Episcopal)
Ocean Parkway & Webster Avenue
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11230
Organ Specifications:
Second building (1929-1970s)
• II/14 Austin Organ Company, Op. 1698 (1929)
First building (?-1929)
► II/10 Estey Organ Company – "Church Phonorium" model
• II/ Estey Organ Company reed organ |
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| Undated Postcard of First Building |
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This church closed in the 1970s and was razed. |
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Interior (1930) |
Austin Organ Company
Hartford, Conn. – Opus 1698 (1929)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 14 stops
Specifications for this organ have not yet been located. |
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Estey Organ Company
Brattleboro, Vt.
Mechanical action
"Church Phonorium" model
2 manuals, 10 stops
When Flatlands Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn purchased their first pipe organ, M.P. Möller's Opus 2123 in 1916, the Möller firm took the "old organ" – a "Church Phonorium" reed organ built by the Estey Organ Company – in trade. Möller then sold the "old organ" to St. John the Baptist Church for the sum of $300, less $50 for the existing two-manual Estey organ, presumably a lesser quality reed organ. The "Church Phonorium" reed organ was available in two styles: "N 84" and "O 86". It is not known which style was involved in this transaction, but the two styles were identical except that the "O 86" had two additional stops: Great Trumpet and Swell Gamba. |
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Great Organ(Manual I) – 61 notes
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Bourdon |
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8 |
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Trumpet [style O 86] |
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Diapason |
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4 |
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Octave |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes
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Oboe |
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Gamba [style O 86] |
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Dulciana |
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Flute |
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Pedal Organ – 30 notes
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Open Diapason |
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Stopped Diapason |
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Mechanicals
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Swell to Great |
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Swell Tremolo |
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Swell to Pedals |
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Bellows Signal |
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Octave Coupler (GT) |
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Wind Indicator |
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Great to Pedals |
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Great Forte |
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Full Organ |
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Swell Pedal |
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Sources:
The Estey Pipe Organ web site: www.esteyorgan.com. Specifications of "Church Phonorium" model.
Ochse, Orpha. Austin Organs. Richmond: The Organ Historical Society, 2001.
Trupiano, Larry. M.P. Möller Agreement (c.1916) to move Estey "Church Phonorium" to St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church, Parkville, Brooklyn.
Illustrations:
Brooklyn Collection, Brooklyn Public Library. Interior (1930).
The Estey Pipe Organ web site. "Church Phonorium" model.
Shannon, Palmer. Exterior (1929). Brooklyn Collection, Brooklyn Public Library.
Trupiano, Larry. Postcard (undated) of first church building. |
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