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Third Unitarian Congregational Society
(Unitarian Universalist)
Gates Avenue and Irving Place
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11238
Organ Specifications:
Gates Avenue and Irving Place (1886-1932)
► II/14 Reuben Midmer & Sons (c.1886)
Classon Avenue near Lefferts Street (1868-1886)
• I/ Reuben Midmer & Sons |
The Third Unitarian Congregational Society (Unity Chapel) was organized on September 30, 1867, and their first Sabbath services were held on October 6th of that year in the Oxford Hall on Classon Avenue. A Sunday-school was established on October 29, 1867, at the same hall. Seven lots were purchased on Classon Avenue and Lefferts Street, and designs and plans for a chapel were contributed by Wm. Field & Son. On September 4th the cornerstone was laid, and the completed building, known as "Unity Chapel," was dedicated on December 9, 1868; the new chapel cost, inclusive of lots, $25,716. On October 6, 1869, the Rev. Stephen H. Camp, of Toledo, Ohio, was installed as the society's first pastor.
In 1886, the society purchased the former Irving Music Hall, located at Gates Avenue and Irving Place. The building was given a more "churchly appearance" with the addition of a port and tower, plus other improvements. In 1932, the building was sold to the Cornerstone Baptist Church. It has not been determined if Third Unitarian disbanded or merged into another society. |
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Reuben Midmer & Sons
Brooklyn, N.Y. (c.1886)
Mechanical action
2 manuals, 14 stops, 14 ranks
Reuben Midmer & Sons of Brooklyn built an organ for the society's second building, the former Irving Music Hall. It is not known when this organ was installed, but may have been concurrent with the society's move in 1886. The following specifications were recorded (Aug. 1, 1923) by Louis F. Mohr & Co., an organ service concern in the area. Mohr noted that the organ had an electric blower on D.C. power with a hand starter. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 58 notes
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8 |
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Open Diapason |
58 |
4 |
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Principal |
58 |
8 |
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Dulciana [TC] |
46 |
4 |
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Flute Harmonic [TC] |
46 |
8 |
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St. Diapason Bass |
12 |
2 |
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Fifteenth |
58 |
8 |
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Melodia [TC] |
46 |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 58 notes, enclosed
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16 |
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Bourdon Bass |
12 |
8 |
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St. Diapason Bass |
12 |
16 |
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Bourdon Treble [TC] |
46 |
8 |
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St. Diapason Treble [TC] |
46 |
8 |
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Open Diapason |
46 |
4 |
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Violina |
58 |
8 |
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Salicional * |
46 |
8 |
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Oboe [TC] |
46 |
8 |
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Dolce |
58 |
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* 1-12 common with Dolce |
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Pedal Organ – 27 notes
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Bourdon |
27 |
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Couplers ("4 couplers")
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Great to Pedal |
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Swell to Great |
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Swell to Pedal |
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Swell to Great Octaves |
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Mechanicals
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2 Combinations on Great |
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Tremolo |
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Swell Pedal |
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Great to Pedal Reversible |
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Organ in church on Classon Avenue:
Reuben Midmer & Sons
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Mechanical action
1 manual
Specifications of this organ have not yet been located. |
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Sources:
"Church Dedication," Brooklyn Eagle (Dec. 10, 1868).
"Irving Music Hall Sold," Brooklyn Eagle (Apr. 18, 1886).
Mohr, Louis F. & Co. Specifications of Reuben Midmer & Sons organ (c.1886). Courtesy Larry Trupiano.
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.
Illustrations:
Cornerstone Baptist Church (Brooklyn, N.Y.). 94th Anniversary publication. Exterior of Unity Church. |
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