Chambers Memorial Baptist Church - New York City (photo: Dave Schmauch)
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Chambers Memorial Baptist Church

219 East 123rd Street near Third Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10035
http://www.chambersmemorialbc.org/





Harlem Baptist Church - New York City  
   
Chambers Memorial Baptist Church was organized in 1882 as the Carmel Baptist Church. Most of the residents in the area were German immigrants. As the congregation grew, a church and four-story parish house were erected in 1890, and the name of the society was changed to Harlem Baptist Church.

In 1903, the Rev. Adam Chambers became the pastor, serving for 18 years. During his tenure, the first (basement) level of the church was turned into a gymnasium. In 1934, the congregation was renamed Chamber Memorial Baptist Church in his memory.
           
  Estey Organ, Op. 42 (1903) in Chambers Memorial Baptist Church - New York City (photo: Dave Schmauch)
Estey Organ Company
Brattleboro, Vt. – Opus 42 (1903)
Tubular-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 7 stops, 7 ranks





The pipe organ in the church was built in 1903 by the Estey Organ Company of Brattleboro, Vt., for the Harlem Baptist Church. Estey included their patented stop controls – a small keyboard above the top manual – in which depressing the white key brings on a stop, and the corresponding black key turns it off. This organ was extant as of 2012.
               
Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
8
  Open Diapason
61
4
   Principal
61
8
  Dulciana
61
   

     

     
Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
8
  Salicional
61
4
   Flute Harmonic
61
8
  Stopped Diapason
61
     Tremolo  
       

     
Pedal Organ – 30 notes
16
   Bourdon
30
        
               
Couplers
    Great to Pedal     Swell to Great
    Swell to Pedal     Swell to Great 8ves
           
Pedal Movements
    Balanced Swell Pedal      
           
Estey Organ, Op. 42 (1903) in Chambers Memorial Baptist Church - New York City (photo: Dave Schmauch)   Estey Organ, Op. 42 (1903) in Chambers Memorial Baptist Church - New York City (photo: Dave Schmauch)   Estey Organ, Op. 42 (1903) in Chambers Memorial Baptist Church - New York City (photo: Dave Schmauch)
           
Sources:
     Chambers Memorial Baptist Church web site: http://www.chambersmemorialbc.org/
     The Estey Pipe Organ web site: www.esteyorgan.com
     Schmauch, Dave. Specifications of Estey Organ, Op. 42 (1903).

Illustrations:
     Schmauch, Dave. Photos (2012) of exterior; interior; Estey Organ, Op. 42 (1903).