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Church of the Holy Spirit
(Roman Catholic)
1940 University Avenue at West Burnside Avenue
The Bronx, N.Y. 10453
http://www.holyspiritchurchbx.org/
Organ Specifications:
Present building (since c.1920)
► II/11 Delaware Organ Company (1960s)
• II/ Estey Organ Company, Op. 1718 (1919)
First building (c.1901- c.1920)
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The Parish of the Holy Spirit was established in 1901 to serve Catholics in the Morris Heights area of the Bronx. Under the guidance of Rev. John D. Roach, the first pastor, a small frame church was erected at the junction of Burnside and University Avenues. In 1912, property on Burnside Avenue and the Grand Concourse was purchased for $45,000, and in October that year construction began on a $25,000 stone school that opened in September 1913.
About 1920, the present four-story brick structure was built to house both the church and school. One of many "combination churches" in the Bronx, the church is on the main floor, with the school occupying the upper floors.
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Delaware Organ Company, Inc.
Tonawanda, N.Y. (1960s)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 29 registers, 11 stops, 11 ranks
The organ in Holy Spirit Church was built sometime in the 1960s by the Delaware Organ Company. All of the pipes are located in the space behind the altar, while the two-manual stopkey console is located in the choir area to the left.
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
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8 |
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Principal |
61 |
2 |
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Super Octave |
61 |
8 |
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Spitzflöte |
SW |
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Mixture IV ranks |
244 |
8 |
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Viola |
SW |
8 |
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Trumpet |
SW |
4 |
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Octave |
61 |
4 |
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Trumpet |
SW |
4 |
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Gedeckt |
SW |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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8 |
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Gedeckt |
92 |
2 |
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Spitzflöte |
— |
8 |
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Viola |
73 |
1 1/3 |
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Gedeckt |
— |
4 |
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Spitzflöte |
— |
8 |
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Trumpet |
61 |
4 |
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Viola |
— |
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Tremolo |
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Pedal Organ – 32 notes
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16 |
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Bourdon |
44 |
4 |
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Gedeckt |
— |
16 |
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Gedeckt (ext. SW) |
12 |
2 |
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Octave |
GT |
8 |
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Principal |
GT |
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Mixture IV ranks |
GT |
8 |
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Bourdon |
— |
16 |
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Trumpet (ext. SW) |
12 |
8 |
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Gedeckt |
SW |
8 |
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Trumpet |
SW |
8 |
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Viola |
SW |
4 |
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Trumpet |
SW |
4 |
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Octave |
GT |
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Combination Pistons
(Adjustable by Setterboard)
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5 General Pistons (thumb) |
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Accessories
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Balanced Swell Pedal |
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Crescendo Indicator Light |
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Crescendo Pedal |
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Current Indicator Light |
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Estey Organ Company
Brattleboro, Vt. – Opus 1718 (1919)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals
The first known organ in Holy Spirit Church was built in 1919 by the Estey Organ Company. Specifications of this organ have not yet been located. |
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Sources:
Church of the Holy Spirit website: http://www.holyspiritchurchbx.org/
Schmauch, David. Specification
of Delaware organ.
Shelley, Thomas J. The Bicentennial History of the Archdiocese of New York 1808–2008. Strasbourg: Éditions du Signe, 2007.
Illustrations:
Schmauch, David. Exterior and interior; Delaware organ console. |
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