Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Zion Church - Brooklyn, New York (Brooklyn Eagle, Feb. 11, 1931)
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Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Zion Church

1070 59th Street near 11th Avenue
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11219

Organ Specifications:
Second building (1931-1956?):
► III/20 M.P. Möller, Op. 5815 (1930)
First building (1900-1931)
• unknown


The Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Zion Church was organized on February 23, 1897. On October 8, 1899, the cornerstone was laid for a new church on 59th Street near 11th Avenue that was dedicated on September 16, 1900.

In 1931, a new Gothic-style church of brick with limestone trim was opened. This building is now home to Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, a congregation organized in 1956, where services are held in Cantonese, English, and Mandarin.
           
M.P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 5815 (1930)
Electro-pneumatic action
3 manuals, 42 stops, 20 ranks


The Möller Factory Specification (dated May 15, 1930) shows that their Op. 5815 would have a detached, three-manual stop-key console, casing of quartered oak, and four groups of gold bronze front pipes. Wind Pressure for the entire organ was 6" and a note indicated "Small auditorium, All voicing light." Möller indicated that the organ would be completed by November 1, 1930. The fate of this organ is unknown.
               
Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed with Choir
16
   Double Open Diapason [unit]
73
4
   Flute Harmonic
CH
8
   First Open Diapason
73
16
   Tuba Profunda [unit]
85
8
   Second Open Diapason
—
8
   Tuba Mirabilis
—
8
   Doppel Floete
73
4
   Tuba Clarion
—
8
   Melodia
73
     Tremulant  
8
   Viola da Gamba
73
    
Chimes
21 Bells
4
   Octave
—
        
               
Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed
16
   Bourdon [unit]
97
8
   Salicional
73
8
   Gedeckt
—
8
   Vox Celeste [TC]
61
4
   Orchestral Flute
—
4
   Salicet
—
2 2/3
   Flute Twelfth
—
8
   Oboe
73
2
   Flautina
—
8
   Cornopean
73
8
   Open Diapason
73
8
   Vox Humana [sep. box]
73
8
   Viole d'Orchestre
73
     Tremulant  
               
Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
8
   English Open Diapason
73
4
   Flute Traverso [Melodia]
GT
8
   Dulciana
73
4
   Dulcet
—
8
   Flute Harmonic
73
8
   Clarinet
73
8
   Doppel Floete
GT
     Tremulant  
8
   Viole da Gamba
GT
     Chimes  
               
Pedal Organ – 32 notes
32
   Resultant
—
8
   Flute
—
16
   Open Diapason [unit]
44
8
   Violoncello
GT
16
   Bourdon [unit]
44
16
   Tuba Profunda
GT
16
   Lieblich Gedeckt
SW
8
   Tuba Mirabilis
GT
8
   Octave
—
4
   Tuba Clarion
GT
               
Couplers
    Great to Pedal 8', 4'   Swell to Choir 16', 8', 4'
    Swell to Pedal 8', 4'   Great 16', 4', Unison Separation
    Choir to Pedal 8', 4'   Swell 16', 4', Unison Separation
    Swell to Great 16', 8', 4'   Choir 16', 4', Unison Separation
    Choir to Great 16', 8', 4'    
               
Mechanicals
    Great Tremulant       Choir Tremulant  
    Swell Tremulant       Crescendo Indicator  
               
Adjustable Combinations
    Six Pistons affecting Great & Pedal Stops & Couplers
    Six Pistons affecting Swell & Pedal Stops & Couplers
    Six Pistons affecting Choir & Pedal Stops & Couplers
    Six Pistons affecting all Stops & Couplers (placed over Swell manual)
    Four Toe Pistons affecting all Stops & Couplers (placed on the Pedal Board)
(these combinations do not duplicate any of the six manual pistons for full organ)
    Piston Coupler Cancel
    General Release
               
Pedal Movements
    Balanced Expression Pedal, Swell Organ   Great to Pedal Reversible
    Balanced Expression Pedal, Great-Choir Organs   Sforzando Pedal
    Grand Crescendo Pedal    
           
Sources:
     Evangelical Lutheran Church in America web site: http://www.elca.org/
     "Swedish Church's Cornerstone," The New York Times, October 9, 1899.
     Trupiano, Larry. Factory Specifications of M.P. Möller Organ, Op. 5815 (1930).

Illustration:
     Brooklyn Eagle (Feb. 11, 1931), Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. Exterior.