Original Third Church of Christ, Scientist - Brooklyn, NY (Brooklyn Public Library)
 
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Third Church of Christ, Scientist

150 Kenilworth Place
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11210

Organ Specifications:
150 Kenilworth Place (since 1982)
• unknown electronic
261 East 21st Street (c.1928-1982)
► III/40 Hook & Hastings, Op. 2561 (1928)


Original Third Church of Christ, Scientist - Brooklyn, NY (photo: Wurts Bros., 1930)  
The Third Church of Christ, Scientist of Brooklyn dates from the 1920s. For six decades, the society was located on East 21st Street near Albemarle Road in the Flatbush area of Brooklyn. As designed in 1927 by Cherry & Matz of New York City, the edifice was a Greek Revival-style building that could accomodate 1000 people in the auditorium.

By the 1980s, the congregation had diminished in numbers and the building and property were sold, in 1982, to the Flatbush Seventh-day Adventist Church. The Third Church now maintains a Reading Room at 150 Kenilworth Place.
             
  Hook & Hastings Organ, Op. 2561 (1928) - Third Church of Christ, Scientist - Brooklyn, NY
Organ in edifice located at 261 East 21st Street:

Hook & Hastings
Boston, Mass. – Opus
Electro-pneumatic action
3 manuals, 44 stops, 40 ranks




For their new edifice, the Third Church contracted with Hook & Hastings of Boston to build the organ. Pipes and mechanisms of the main divisions were installed in a chamber behind the Readers' Desk and spoke through a large plaster grill. The three-manual rocker tablet console was situated on the main floor, to the right of the Readers' Desk. Hook & Hastings published a catalog in 1927 that included a drawing of the console for this organ.
               
Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed with Choir
16
   Open Diapason
73
4
   Flute Harmonic
61
8
   Diapason F
61
2 2/3
   Twelfth
61
8
   Diapason M
—
2
   Fifteenth
61
8
   Doppel Flute
61
8
   Trumpet
61
8
   Gamba
61
     Tremolo  
8
   Viol d'Amour
61
    
Chimes
EC
4
   Octave
61
        
               
Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed
16
   Bourdon
73
4
   Flute Traverso
73
8
   Open Diapason
73
4
   Violina
73
8
   Viol d'Orchestre
73
     Dolce Cornet III ranks
183
8
   Vox Celeste [TC]
61
8
   Cornopean
73
8
   Salicional
73
8
   Oboe
73
8
   Gedeckt
73
8
   Vox Humana
61
8
   Aeoline
73
     Tremolo  
               
Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
8
   String Diapason
73
2
   Piccolo
61
8
   Melodia
73
8
   Clarinet
73
8
   Dulciana
73
     Tremolo
8
   Unda Maris [TC]
61
     Harp  
4
   Flute d'Amour
73
     Harp Damper Off  
               
Echo Organ (playable on Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
8
   Wald Flute
73
8
   Cor Anglais
73
8
   Muted Viol
73
     Tremolo  
8
   Echo Celeste [TC]
61
    
Chimes
20 tubes
4
   Lieblich Gedeckt
73
     Chimes Damper Off  
               
Pedal Organ – 32 notes
32
   Open Diapason (wood)
12
16
   Lieblich Gedeckt
SW
16
   Open Diapason [unit]
44
8
   Bass Flute
—
16
   Violone [unit]
44
8
   Violoncello
—
16
   Bourdon
32
16
   Trumpet [ext. GT]
12
               
Couplers
    Great to Pedal 8'   Swell to Choir 16', 8', 4'
    Swell to Pedal 8', 4'   Swell to Swell 16', 4'
    Choir to Pedal 8'   Choir to Choir 16', 4'
    Echo to Pedal 8'   Echo to Echo 4'
    Swell to Great 16', 8', 4', 2-2/3', 1-3/5'   Swell Release
    Choir to Great 8', 4'   Great/Echo On & Off
               
Adjustable Combinations
   
Swell Organ Pistons 1-2-3-4-5-6-0 (thumb)
Great Organ Pistons 1-2-3-4-5-0 (thumb)
Choir Organ Pistons 1-2-3-4-0 (thumb)
Entire Organ Pistons 1-2-3-4 (thumb)
  General Release (thumb)
  Adjustor (thumb)
               
Pedal Movements
    Balanced Swell Pedal   All Couplers
    Balanced Choir & Great Pedal   Release Octave Couplers
    Balanced Echo Pedal   Great to Pedal Reversible
    Crescendo Pedal   Sforzando Reversible
               
Sources:
     Trupiano, Larry. Specifications of Hook & Hastings Organ, Op. 2561 (1928).
     Van Pelt, William T., comp. The Hook Opus List, 1829-1916 in Facsimile. Richmond: The Organ Historical Society, 1991.

Illustrations:
     The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. Architect's rendering of Third Church of Christ, Scientist (c.1927).
     Van Pelt, William T., comp. The Hook Opus List, 1829-1916 in Facsimile. Console of Hook & Hastings Organ, Op. 2561 (1928).