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Good Samaritan Lutheran Church
Roosevelt Island
New York, N.Y. 10044
Good Samaritan Lutheran Church was established in 1917 to serve the large number of German immigrants living on Blackwell's Island. By the 1950s, most of the island's institutions had closed or relocated, and churches lost their congregations. Good Samaritan Lutheran was abandoned and ultimately demolished.
Originally named Blackwell's Island, the name was changed to Welfare Island in 1921, and was renamed Roosevelt Island in 1973. |
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M.P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 5504 (1929)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 11 stops, 6 ranks
The Factory Specifications (Jan. 2, 1929) show that this organ had a stop-key console and included an Artiste Reproducing Roll Player. Total cost of the organ was $4,000 less a $250 contribution by the M.P. Möller company. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
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8 |
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Open Diapason |
61 |
4 |
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Flute Traverso |
61 |
8 |
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Stopped Diapason |
61 |
8 |
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Salicional |
61 |
8 |
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Dulciana |
61 |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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Stopped Diapason |
GT |
4 |
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Flute Traverso |
GT |
8 |
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Dulciana |
GT |
8 |
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Salicional |
GT |
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Pedal Organ – 32 notes
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Bourdon |
32 |
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Lieblich Gedeckt [lo-press.] |
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Couplers
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Great to Pedal |
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Great to Great 16', 4' |
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Swell to Pedal |
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Swell to Swell 16', 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 No. 1-2-3 |
affecting Great and Pedal stops |
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Pistons No. 1-2-3 |
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:
Berdy, Judith and the Roosevelt Island Historical Society. Images of America: Roosevelt Island. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2003.
Roosevelt Island Historical Society: http://www.correctionhistory.org/rooseveltisland/index.html
Trupiano, Larry. Factory Specifications (Jan. 2, 1929) of M.P. Möller Organ, Op. 5504 (1929).
Illustration:
Oliver Chapin Collection, Roosevelt Island Historical Society. Drawing of Good Samaritan Lutheran Church |
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