Click on images to enlarge Greater Metropolitan Baptist Church 147 West 123rd Street New York, N.Y. 10027 The Greater Metropolitan Baptist Church is the third congregation to occupy the edifice located midblock on West 123rd Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue. Originally built as the German-American St. Paul Lutheran Church of Harlem, the Gothic church was built in 1897-98 to the designs of Ernest W. Schneider and Henry Herter. In 1933, after St. Paul's merged with and moved to Grace Lutheran Church at 123 West 71st Street, the building was sold to the Twelfth Church of Christ, Scientist. In 1985, after the Christian Scientists relocated to 2315 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard, the building was sold to the Greater Metropolitan Baptist Church.
credit: Organ Historical Society Archives Müller & Abel New York City – Opus 23 (1897) Tubular-pneumatic action 2 manuals, 29 stops, 35 ranks The Müller & Abel organ was built in 1897 for St. Paul German-American Lutheran Church, the original owner of the building. The status of this organ is unknown as of 2008.                 Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed 16   Double Open Diapason * 61 4   Octave 61 8   Open Diapason * 61 4   Hohl Flöte 61 8   Viola di Gamba 61 2 2/3   Octave Quint 61 8   Dolce 61 2   Super Octave 61 8   Doppel Flöte 61   Mixture, 3-4-5 ranks 202 8   Flute Harmonique 61 8   Trumpet 61         * unenclosed Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed 16   Bourdon (split knob) 61 4   Gemshorn 61 8   Open Diapason 61 4   Flauto Traverso 61 8   Salicional 61 2   Flageolet 61 8   Aeoline 61     Cornet, 3 ranks 183 8   Vox Celestis (TC) 49 8   Cornopean 61 8   Stopped Diapason 61 8   Vox Humana 61 8   Quintadena 61     Tremulant                    Pedal Organ – 30 notes 16   Open Diapason 30 8   Violoncello 30 16   Bourdon 30 16   Trombone 30                 Couplers     Swell to Great       Great to Pedal       Swell to Great octaves       Swell to Pedal                   Combination Pedals     Great Forte       Swell Forte       Great Mezzo       Swell Mezzo       Great Piano       Swell Piano                   Mechanicals     Swell Pedal   Great to Pedal reversible       Bellows Signal   Full Organ (hitch-down)
Sources:      Dunlap, David W. From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.      Müller & Abel specification: Organ Historical Society Archives; courtesy Jonathan Bowen. Illustrations:      Lawson, Steven E. Exterior.      Organ Historical Society Archives. Müller & Abel organ, Op. 23 *1897). Courtesy Bynum Petty.
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