City Tabernacle of Seventh-day Adventists - New York City
City Tabernacle of Seventh-day Adventists

562 West 150th Street
New York, N.Y. 10031
www.citytabernaclesda.org




City Tabernacle of Seventh-day Adventists - New York City  
The City Tabernacle of Seventh-day Adventists worships in the edifice that was built from 1915-17 as the Mount Neboh Synagogue. Berlinger & Moscowitz set out to repudiate both Moorish-Romanesque and Neoclassical synagogues because they resembled bank buildings and thus, "temples of Mammon", rather than "temples of God". The Mount Neboh congregation remained at this Harlem location until 1930, when it moved to the former Unity Synagogue at 130 West 79th Street. The Seventh-day Adventist congregation purchased the synagogue, removed the Decalogue that had been over the entrance, and rededicated the building in 1950.
           
J.H. & C.S. Odell & Co.
New York City – Opus 505 (1916)
"Electro-magnetic" action
2 manuals, 19 stops, 19 ranks


The status of this organ in 2008 is unknown.
               
Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
8
   Open Diapason
61
4
   Flute Harmonique
61
8
   Gamba
61
4
   Octave
61
8
   Dulciana
61
8
   Horn
61
8
   Melodia
61
   
 
    
 
    
Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
16
   Bourdon
61
8
   Stopped Diapason
61
8
   Violin Diapason
61
4
   Rohr Flöte
61
8
   Salicional
61
2
   Piccolo Harmonique
61
8
   Vox Celestis [TC]
49
8
   Oboe
61
8
   Aeoline
61
   
               
Pedal Organ – 30 notes
16
   Bourdon
30
8
   Bass Flöte
30
16
   Lieblich Gedeckt
30
   
               
Couplers
    Great to Pedal 8'     Great to Great 16', 4'
    Swell to Pedal 8'     Swell to Swell 16', 4'
    Swell to Great 16', 8', 4'     Pedal to Pedal Octaves
               
Piston Combinations (Visible)
Adjustable at organ bench to three positions, "on", "off", "neutral", and electrically moving stop registers.
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} Affecting all Great and Pedal Organ stops, and all Great Organ couplers.
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Full Organ Combinations (Non-visible)
1.
   All strings
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2.
   All flutes
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    With appropriate couplers.
3.
   All diapasons and reeds
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4.
   Release
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    In operating Pedal Pistons all stop action is automatically canceled, thereby allowing the performer to prepare in advance and while playing, any combination desired, which may be brought into operation at the desired moment by pressing Release piston.
           
Sources:
     City Tabernacle of Seventh-day Adventists web site: www.citytabernaclesda.org
     Dunlap, David. From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.
     Trupiano, Larry. Factory Specification of J.H. & C.S. Odell organ, Op. 505 (1916).

Illustrations:
     City Tabernacle of Seventh-day Adventists web site. Interior.