St. Francis Hospital
525 East 142nd Street, between Brook Avenue and St. Ann's Street
The Bronx, New York 10454
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St. Francis Hospital was established in 1865 by the Franciscan Sisters of the Poor, an order of nuns. The first hospital was located at 407-409 East 5th Street and Avenue B in Manhattan. In 1906, the hospital was moved to the Mott Haven area of the South Bronx where new facilities were built on East 142nd Street between Brook Avenue and St. Ann's Street. By the 1960s the hospital's physical plant was in need of upgrading, and there were staffing problems and financial difficulties. The Hospital Council recommended that the hospital be closed, and there resulted a great public outcry. On December 31, 1966, the hospital was closed by the Archidiocese of New York. |
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M. P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 4590 (1926)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 23 registers, 11 stops, 11 ranks
In 1926, the M.P. Möller Company built a two-manual organ for St. Francis Hospital in the Bronx. Möller provided a detached, two-manual stop-key console, and a case of quarter-sawn oak with gold bronze pipes. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
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Open Diapason |
61 |
4 |
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Octave [SW Open Diap.] |
SW |
8 |
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Melodia |
73 |
4 |
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Flute Traverso [Melodia] |
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8 |
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Dulciana |
73 |
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Oboe |
SW |
8 |
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Salicional |
73 |
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Viole d'Orchestre |
SW |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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16 |
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Bourdon [unit] |
97 |
8 |
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Lieblich Gedeckt |
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8 |
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Open Diapason |
73 |
4 |
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Orchestral Flute |
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8 |
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Dulciana |
GT |
2 2/3 |
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Flute Twelfth |
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8 |
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Salicional |
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2 |
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Flautina |
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8 |
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Vox Celeste [TC] |
61 |
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Oboe |
73 |
8 |
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Viole d'Orchestre |
73 |
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Vox Humana |
61 |
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Pedal Organ – 32 notes
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Bourdon |
44 |
8 |
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Flute (fr. Bourdon) |
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16 |
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Lieblich Gedeckt |
SW |
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Couplers
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Great to Pedal |
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Great 16', 4' |
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Swell to Pedal |
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Swell 16', Unison, 4' |
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Swell to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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Mechanicals
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Tremulant |
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Crescendo Indicator |
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Adjustable Combinations
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Pistons 1-2-3-4 affecting Great and Pedal Stops |
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Pistons 1-2-3-4 affecting Swell and Pedal Stops |
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Pedal Movements
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Great to Pedal Reversible |
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Balanced Swell Pedal |
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Grand Crescendo Pedal |
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Sources:
"Badillo Asks City to Buy St. Francis," The New York Times, February 8, 1967.
Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York. New York: The Council, 1840-1870.
"St. Francis Hospital Sadly Waits For End of 100-Year Existence," The New York Times (June 4, 1965).
Shelley, Thomas J. The Bicentennial History of the Archdiocese of New York 1808-2008. Strasbourg: Éditions du Signe, 2007.
Trupiano, Larry. Specification of M.P. Möller
organ, Op. 4590 (1926).
Illustrations:
Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York: Original St. Francis Hospital. |
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