St. Peter German Evangelical Reformed Church
Union Avenue, corner Scholes Street
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11211
Organ Specifications:
Union Avenue corner Scholes Street
Third building (1912-1919)
► II/9 Estey Organ Company, Op. 1029 (1912)
Second building (1880-burned 1910)
• II/ George Jardine & Son (c.1880)
First building (1853-1880)
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The Deutsche Evangelische Lutherische St. Petri Kirche was organized in 1853 by the Rev. K. U. J. Pohle, who for several years had been pastor of the German church at the corner of Graham Avenue and Wyckoff Street. The original church building was purchased from the Methodists, corner of Union Avenue and South Third street, and then moved and placed on the basement which had been built on Union Avenue at Scholes Street, in the Eastern District (Williamsburg). In 1865, following the resignation of the Rev. Henry Hennike, the congregation, in opposition to the consistory, called the Rev. J. A. Reidenbach to be pastor, and the consistory resigned. The few remaining members, unable to sustain alone the church's debt, applied for membership in the North Classis of Long Island of the Reformed Dutch Church. In January, 1866, the congregation was accepted into the Reformed Dutch Church, and the Classis helped them in the payment of their debt and the support of their pastor.
In 1880, a new church edifice was erected on the same site, but it was destroyed by fire on November 19, 1910, the result of thieves placing pew cushions over heating grates to stifle their noise. Apparently, the church was rebuilt by 1912, when a new Estey Organ was installed. St. Peter's Church merged with and moved to Trinity Reformed Church in Ridgewood, Queens, in 1919. |
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Estey Organ Company
Brattleboro, Vt. – Opus 1029 (1912)
Tubular-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 9 stops, 9 ranks
The Estey Organ Company installed their Op. 1029 in 1912, and it included oak woodwork with bronzed front pipes. The entire organ was voiced on 4" wind pressure and was blown by hand. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
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8 |
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Open Diapason |
61 |
8 |
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Dulciana |
61 |
8 |
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Melodia |
61 |
4 |
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Flute d'Amour |
61 |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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8 |
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Salicional |
61 |
8 |
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Oboe [TC] |
49 |
8 |
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Stopped Diapason |
61 |
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Tremolo |
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4 |
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Flute Harmonic |
61 |
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Pedal Organ – 30 notes
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16 |
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Bourdon |
30 |
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Couplers
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Great to Pedal |
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Great Unison Separation |
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Swell to Pedal |
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Swell to Swell 16', 4', Unison Sep. |
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Swell to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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Accessories
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Reversible Pedal |
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Blower's Signal |
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George Jardine & Son
New York City (c.1880)
Mechanical action
2 manuals
The Jardine Opus List shows that an organ was built for this church sometime before 1891, quite possibly in 1880 for the opening of the second church building. Specifications for this organ have not yet been located. |
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Sources:
"Church Robbed and Burned," The New York Times (Nov. 20, 1910).
The Estey Pipe Organ web site: www.esteyorgan.com
Nelson, George. Organs in the United States and Canada Database. Seattle, Wash.
Stiles, Henry Reed. History of the City of Brooklyn: Including the Old Town and Village of Brooklyn, the Town of Bushwick, and the Village and City of Williamsburgh. Brooklyn: pub. by subscription, 1863.
Stimmel, Phil: Factory Shop Order of Estey Organ, Op. 1029 (1912).
Trinity Reformed Church (Ridgewood, Queens) web site: http://www.trinityqueens.org/
Illustration:
Brooklyn Eagle, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. Undated photo of exterior. |
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