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Christian Herald Bowery Mission
227 Bowery near Prince Street
New York, N.Y. 10002
http://www.bowery.org
The Bowery Mission was established in 1879 by the Rev. and Mrs. A. G. Ruliffson to assist recent immigrants to New York City who had not yet found adequate means to earn a living. After the original superintendent died, the mission experienced serious financial difficulty and was in danger of falling under secular control. Through the efforts of Dr. Louis Klopsch, owner of the Christian Herald magazine, the mission was purchased by the magazine in 1895. Since 1894, the Christian Herald had been publishing regular reports of the suffering
among New York City's poor.
Located in the Lower East Side, the Bowery Mission continues to assist the destitute and poor by offering meals, shelter, showers and clothing to desperate people living on the street. Homeless men are challenged to enter a six-to-nine month residential program to experience the beginning of permanent change. Seminars, computer classes, job training and Bible studies help up to 62 men at a time break destructive habits and prepare to rejoin society. |
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Allen Organ Company
Macungie, Penn.
Digital tone production
2 manuals (Renaissance Model)
Specifications for this organ have not yet been located. |
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Hall & Labagh
New York City (1870)
Mechanical key and stop action
2 manuals, 20 stops, 20 ranks
This organ was originally built in 1870 for the "Old" Chapel at Princeton University. In 1880, the organ was moved into Princeton's new chapel building where it remained until 1896 when it was replaced by a new organ built by Müller & Abel. The 1870 Hall & Labagh organ was then donated to The Christian Herald Bowery Mission.
In 1956, the organ in the Bowery Mission was visited by founding members of the Organ Historical Society. Barbara Owen reported in The Tracker (Oct. 1956) that the organ was installed in a gallery above the pulpit platform and had an attached console located in a small space on the C end of the case. The organ had apparently been rebuilt at the time of its installation, as noted by several painted display pipes on offset chests behind the modified case.
F.R. Webber wrote in his "Organ Scrapbook" that "the stops have round shanks, a long draw, and bulbous, oblique discs, facing the organist. The engraving is Old English, Mason & Hamlin harmonium-style of lettering. Front pipes are rather slender, and neatly made. It appears to be an older organ, rebuilt about 1895 or 1900. It was here that Victor H. Behnke, who died July 15, 1904, was organist. He is 'the volunteer organist' of the well-known poem, and a wall tablet in the mission commemorates him."
In 1975, the Hall & Labagh organ was acquired by the United Methodist Church, Sudbury, Mass. It was removed by the Stuart Organ Company and the Organ Clearing House for incorporation of manual windchests and some pipework by Stuart into opus 10 (1976) for the Sudbury Church. The Pedal Open Diapason 16' and its windchest were utilized in Stuart opus 12, Grace Episcopal Church, Amherst, Mass. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 56 notes
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8 |
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Open Diapason |
56 |
4 |
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Clarionet Flute |
56 |
8 |
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Gamba |
56 |
4 |
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Flute Harmonique |
56 |
8 |
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Doppel Flöte |
56 |
2 |
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Fifteenth |
56 |
8 |
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Stopped Diapason |
56 |
8 |
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Trumpet |
56 |
4 |
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Principal |
56 |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 56 notes, enclosed
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16 |
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Bourdon treble |
44 |
8 |
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Viol d'Orchestre |
56 |
16 |
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Bourdon bass |
12 |
8 |
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Aeoline |
56 |
8 |
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Open Diapason |
56 |
4 |
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Principal |
56 |
8 |
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Violin Diapason |
56 |
8 |
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Cornopean |
56 |
8 |
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Stopped Diapason |
56 |
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Tremulant |
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Pedal Organ – 30 notes
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16 |
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Open Diapason |
30 |
8 |
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Violoncello |
30 |
16 |
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Bourdon |
30 |
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Couplers
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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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Great to Pedal |
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Sources:
Allen Organ Studios web site: http://www.allenorgan.com
The Bowery Mission web site: http://www.bowery.org
Hedgebeth, Richard S. (Stuart Organ Company). Electronic correspondence (Nov. 19, 2011) concerning removal and reuse of Hall & Labagh organ.
Organ Historical Society Database: http://database.organsociety.org/SingleOrganDetails.php?OrganID=810 Stoplist of Hall & Labagh organ (1870).
Pinel, Stephen L. Old Organs of Princeton. Harrissville, N.H.: Boston Organ Club of the Organ Historical Society, 1989. Courtesy Sand Lawn.
Stuart Organ Company web site: http://stuartorgan.com/index.html
The Tracker, Vol. 1, No. 1 (October 1956). Report by Barbara Owen.
Webber, F.R. "Organ scrapbook" at Organ Historical Society Archives, Princeton, N.J. Specifications of Hall & Labagh organ (1870). Courtesy Jonathan Bowen.
Illustrations:
The Bowery Mission web site. Exterior; interior showing Hall & Labagh organ (1870). |
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