First Presbyterian Church
3051 East Tremont Avenue
Throggs Neck, The Bronx, N.Y. 10461
Organ Specifications:
Present building (since c.1870)
► II/4 Kilgen Organ Company, Op. 7733 (1954)
• II/10 George Jardine (>1837)
First building (c.1855-burned 1870)
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The First Presbyterian Church of Throgg's Neck was organized in 1855 by the Presbytery of New York. Its first church building was destroyed by fire in 1870. |
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Kilgen Organ Company
St. Louis, Mo. – Opus 7733 (1954)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 29 registers, 4 stops, 4 ranks |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
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Diapason |
B |
4 |
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Dulcet |
D |
8 |
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Gedeckt |
A |
2 |
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Dolce Fifteenth |
D |
8 |
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Viola |
C |
1 3/5 |
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Dolce Tierce |
D |
8 |
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Dulciana |
D |
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Grave Mixture II ranks |
B |
4 |
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Octave |
B |
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Chimes |
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4 |
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Klein Gedeckt |
A |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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16 |
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Bourdon (TC) |
A |
4 |
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Klein Gedeckt |
A |
8 |
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Diapason |
B |
4 |
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Violina |
C |
8 |
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Quintaton (Syn.) |
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2 2/3 |
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Nazard |
A |
8 |
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Gedeckt |
A |
2 |
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Flautina |
A |
8 |
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Viola |
C |
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Mixture III ranks |
D |
8 |
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Dulcet |
D |
8 |
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Oboe (Syn.) |
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4 |
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Octave |
B |
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Tremulant |
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Pedal Organ – 32 notes, enclosed
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16 |
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Bourdon |
A |
4 |
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Octave |
B |
8 |
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Still Gedeckt |
A |
4 |
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Flute |
A |
8 |
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Dulciana |
D |
2 |
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Doublette |
B |
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Adjustable Combinations
(mechanical)
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| Great & Pedal |
Pistons 1-2-3-4 (thumb) |
| Swell & Pedal |
Pistons 1-2-3-4 (thumb) |
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Pedal Movements
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Balanced Swell Pedal |
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Balanced Crescendo Pedal |
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Stop Analysis |
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Pipes |
| A |
16 |
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Bourdon/Gedeckt |
97 |
| B |
8 |
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Diapason (from AA) |
64 |
| C |
4 |
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Viola |
49 |
| D |
8 |
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Dulciana |
73 |
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Total |
283 |
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George Jardine
New York City (>1837)
Mechanical action
2 manuals, 10 stops
George Jardine of New York City built an organ for Throggs Neck Presbyterian Church sometime after 1837. Louis F. Mohr & Co., an organ service concern in the area, did a blower survey in 1920 and recorded that the organ had two manuals and 10 stops. Specifications for this organ have not yet been located. |
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Sources:
Kloda, Barry. Specification of
Kilgen Organ Company organ, Op. 7733 (1954).
Nelson, George. Organs in the United States and Canada Database. Seattle, Wash. |
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