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Tercera Iglesia Bautista
(Third Spanish Baptist Church)
322 Alexander Avenue at 141st Street
The Bronx, N.Y. 10454
Tercera Iglesia Bautista (Third Spanish Baptist Church) purchased the former Alexander Avenue Baptist Church in 1954. Designed by Frank Ward and built from 1901-02, the church and adjoining three-story parsonage are in a modified Romanesque style, and constructed of granite and brick with limestone trimmings. There are two entrances on Alexander Avenue, one being at the base of a square tower set at an angle to the corner. The basement of the church building contains the Sunday school rooms and a ladies' parlor, above which are a Trustees' room and the auditorium with seating for 750. Pews, furnishings and the ceiling are of quartered oak. |
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Saville Organ Company
Chicago, Ill.
Analog tonal production
At an unknown time, the 1901 Hillgeen, Lane pipe organ was replaced with an electronic instrument manufactured by the Saville Organ Company of Chicago. Specifications of this organ have not yet been located. |
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Hillgreen, Lane & Company
Alliance, Ohio (1901)
Tubular-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 23 stops, 25 ranks
When Tercera Iglesia Bautista purchased the former Alexander Avenue Baptist Church, the furnishings included the 1901 Hillgreen, Lane & Company organ in the auditorium. Following are the specifications from the Agreement (May 14, 1901) between Hillgreen, Lane and Company, and the Trustees of Alexander Avenue Baptist Church. The fate of this organ is unknown. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
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8 |
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Open Diapason |
61 |
4 |
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Principal |
61 |
8 |
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Doppelfloete (wood) |
61 |
4 |
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Flute Harmonic |
61 |
8 |
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Gamba (95% pure tin) |
61 |
2 |
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Fifteenth |
61 |
8 |
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Dolcissimo |
61 |
8 |
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Trumpet |
61 |
8 |
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Dulciana |
61 |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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16 |
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Bourdon Bass (wood) |
12 |
8 |
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Vox Celestes |
61 |
16 |
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Bourdon (wood) |
49 |
4 |
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Rohrfloete (wood & metal) |
61 |
8 |
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Open Diapason |
61 |
4 |
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Fugara |
61 |
8 |
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Stopped Diapason (wood) |
61 |
2 |
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Piccolo |
61 |
8 |
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Salicional |
61 |
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Dolce Cornet 3 ranks |
183 |
8 |
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Aeoline |
61 |
8 |
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Oboe & Bassoon |
61 |
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Pedal Organ – 30 notes
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16 |
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Double Open Diapason (wood) |
30 |
8 |
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Violincello [sic] |
30 |
16 |
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Bourdon (wood) |
30 |
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* "Augmented" |
Couplers ("Operated by Rocking Tablets placed above the Manuals.")
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Swell to Great |
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Swell to Pedal |
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Swell Superoctave to Great |
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Great to Pedal |
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Swell Suboctaves to Great |
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Pedal to Pedal Octaves |
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Swell to Swell Superoctave |
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Great Unison |
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Swell to Swell Suboctave |
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Swell Unison |
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Coupler Cancel ("Operated by Pistons placed under their respective Manuals.")
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Great Cancel |
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Swell Cancel |
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Mechanicals
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Swell Organ Tremulant |
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Crescendo Dial |
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Bellows Wind Indicator |
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Pedal Movements
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Balanced Swell Pedal |
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Grand Crescendo Pedal |
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Great Organ Forte |
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Swell Organ Forte |
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Great Organ Mezzo |
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Swell Organ Mezzo |
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Great Organ Piano |
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Swell Organ Piano |
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Sources:
"Religious News and Views: Alexander Avenue Baptist Church to be Dedicated," The New York Times (Feb. 15, 1902).
Trupiano, Larry. Factory Specification of
Hillgreen, Lane & Company organ (1902).
Illustration:
New York Big Apple Images (credit: Matthew Kiernan). Exterior (2012). Used by permission. |
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