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St. Michael's Church (German)
(Roman Catholic)
225 Jerome Street at Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11207
St. Michael's Catholic Church was established in 1860 to serve German immigrants in the East New York area of Brooklyn. The first building, a wooden frame structure with steeple, was erected on Jerome Street near Liberty Street. A monastery for the Capuchin Fathers was located next to the church.
The present church building, designed in Italianate style, was built next to the original church and dedicated on June 26, 1922. |
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Original church and monastery (1909) |
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Interior of present church |
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Geo. Kilgen & Son
St. Louis, Mo. – Opus 5841 (1937)
Electro-pneumatic action
3 manuals, 39 registers, 31 stops, 33 ranks
The Kilgen Organ Company of St. Louis received a contract in 1937 to enlarge the existing Tellers organ, which had been installed in the present 1922 building. Kilgen reused most of the Tellers pipework and provided a new console. The 16' Diapason (playable from both the Great and Pedal divisions) forms the facade which spans the width of the rear gallery. As of 2007, the organ is mostly playable, although the Swell division and wooden flue stops need releathering.
Pipecounts of the following specification are estimated, and are based on similar Kilgen instruments from the same era. |
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Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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16 |
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Open Diapason (facade) |
61 |
4 |
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Flute Harmonique (fr. 8') |
— |
8 |
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1st Diapason |
61 |
2 2/3 |
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Twelfth |
61 |
8 |
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2nd Diapason |
61 |
2 |
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Fifteenth |
61 |
8 |
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Flute Harmonique |
73 |
8 |
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Tromba |
61 |
8 |
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Gemshorn |
61 |
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Chimes |
CH |
4 |
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Octave |
61 |
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Tremolo |
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Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed
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16 |
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Lieblich Gedeckt |
73 |
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Mixture III ranks |
183 |
8 |
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Geigen Principal |
73 |
16 |
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Bassoon |
73 |
8 |
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Gedeckt |
73 |
8 |
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Trumpet |
73 |
8 |
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Viole d'Gamba |
73 |
8 |
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Oboe |
73 |
8 |
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Voix Celeste (TC) |
61 |
8 |
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Vox Humana |
73 |
4 |
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Flute Traversiere |
73 |
4 |
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Clarion |
73 |
2 |
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Flautino |
61 |
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Tremolo |
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Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
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8 |
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Open Diapason |
73 |
4 |
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Flute d'Amour |
73 |
8 |
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Melodia |
73 |
8 |
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Clarinet |
73 |
8 |
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Dulciana |
73 |
8 |
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Waldhorn |
73 |
8 |
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Unda Maris (TC) |
61 |
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Chimes |
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Pedal Organ – 32 notes
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16 |
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Contra Bass |
44 |
8 |
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Flute (fr. Bourdon) |
— |
16 |
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Open Diapason |
GT |
8 |
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Still Gedeckt |
SW |
16 |
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Bourdon |
56 |
4 |
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Flute (fr. Bourdon) |
— |
16 |
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Lieblich Gedeckt |
SW |
16 |
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Trombone (ext. GT) |
12 |
8 |
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Octave (fr. Open Diap.) |
— |
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Tellers-Kent Organ Company
Erie, Penn. – Opus 241 (1921)
Electro-pneumatic action
3 manuals, 37 registers, 33 stops, 33 ranks
The original organ installed in the current St. Michael's Church was built in 1921 by the Tellers-Kent Organ Company of Erie, Pennsylvania. |
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Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes (6" pressure)
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16 |
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Open Diapason |
73 |
8 |
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Clarabella |
73 |
8 |
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Open Diapason |
73 |
4 |
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Flute d'Amour |
73 |
8 |
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Doppel Flute |
73 |
4 |
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Octave |
73 |
8 |
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Gamba |
73 |
8 |
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Harmonic Tuba |
73 |
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Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed (5" pressure)
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16 |
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Bourdon |
73 |
4 |
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Flute Harmonique |
73 |
8 |
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Open Diapason |
73 |
4 |
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Violina |
73 |
8 |
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Stopped Diapason |
73 |
2 |
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Harmonic Piccolo |
73 |
8 |
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Viol d'Orchestre |
73 |
16 |
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Contra Hautboy |
73 |
8 |
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Salicional |
73 |
8 |
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Cornopean |
73 |
8 |
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Vox Celeste (TC) |
61 |
8 |
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Oboe |
73 |
8 |
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Aeoline |
73 |
8 |
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Vox Humana |
73 |
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Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed (4" pressure)
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8 |
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Horn Diapason |
73 |
4 |
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Concert Flute |
73 |
8 |
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Geigen Principal |
73 |
4 |
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Flauto Traverso |
73 |
8 |
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Dulciana |
73 |
8 |
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Orchestral Oboe |
73 |
8 |
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Unda Maris |
73 |
8 |
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Clarinet |
73 |
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Pedal Organ – 32 notes
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16 |
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Open Diapason |
44 |
8 |
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Flauto Major (fr. Open Diap.) |
— |
16 |
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Bourdon |
32 |
8 |
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Violoncello (fr. Violone) |
— |
16 |
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Lieblich Gedackt |
SW |
8 |
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Flauto Dolce |
SW |
16 |
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Violone |
44 |
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Sources:
Holmes, Robert. Stoplist of Geo. Kilgen & Son organ Op. 5841 (1937).
Tellers, Aaron M. Stoplist of Tellers-Kent Organ, Op. 241 (1921).
Illustrations:
Brooklyn Daily Eagle photo (1909). Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection: old church.
Holmes, Robert: color photos.
"Roman Catholic Churches of Brooklyn,
N.Y." website: http://home.earthlink.net/~desmondcorp/tim/churches.htm
Tellers, Aaron M. Drawing of facade for Tellers-Kent Organ, Op. 241 (1921). |
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