St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church (Henry Street) - Brooklyn, N.Y.
 
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St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church

619 Henry Street near Third Place
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11231


Organ Specifications:
619 Henry Street near Third Place (1878-c.1940s)
► II/16 Hook & Hastings Co., Op. 2085 (1905)
Columbia Street near Summit (1872-78)
• unknown


St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church was organized about 1872 to serve German Lutherans in the Garroll Gardens area of Brooklyn. The first church was located on Columbia Street, near Summit. In 1878, the congregation moved to a new church on Henry Street, near Third Place, where they remained until about the 1940s. It is not known if the congregationa merged into another church or disbanded.
               
Hook & Hastings Co.
Boston, Mass. – Opus 2085 (1905)
Tubular-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 21 stops, 16 ranks


The following specifications were recorded in June 1924 by Louis F. Mohr & Co., an organ service concern in the area. Mohr's notations indicate that he was estimating the installation of a Kinetic blower for the organ.
               
Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
8
   Open Diapason
61
4
   Octave
61
8
   Dolce
61
4
   Flute d'Amour
61
8
   Melodia
61
        
               
Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
16
   Bourdon Bass
12
4
   Flute
61
16
   Bourdon Treble [TC]
49
4
   Violina
61
8
   Open Diapason
61
4
   Cornopean
61
8
   Salicional
61
8
   Oboe
61
8
   Vox Celeste
61
     [Tremolo]  
8
   Gedeckt
61
        
               
Pedal Organ – 30 notes
16
   Bourdon
30
        
8
   Cello
30
        
               
Couplers
    Pedal to Pedal 8'   Swell to Great 8', 4'
    Great to Pedal 8'   Swell to Swell 4', 16'
    Swell to Pedal 8'   Great to Great 16'
               
Combinations
    2 Combinations to Great Organ
    2 Combinations to Swell Organ
               
Mechanicals
    [Balanced Swell Pedal]   Great to Pedal Reversible
    Crescendo Pedal    
               
Sources:
     Haberstroh, Richard. The German Churches of Metropolitan New York: A Research Guide. New York: The New York Genealogical & Biographical Society, 2000.
     Mohr, Louis F. & Co. Specifications (June 1924) of Hook & Hastings Organ, Op. 2085 (1905). Courtesy Larry Trupiano.
     Van Pelt, William T., comp. The Hook Opus List, 1829-1916 in Facsimile. Richmond: The Organ Historical Society, 1991.

Illustration:
     Sperr, Percy Loomis. Exterior seen from Rapelye Street (1930).