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Mount Calvary United Methodist Church
116 Edgecombe Avenue at West 140th Street
New York, N.Y. 10030
Mount Calvary Independent Methodist Church was organized around 1920 by a group that left the Bethel A.M.E. Church. At the beginning, the new congregation rented a room on the second floor of the Lafayette Building, but within a few years they were able to purchase the present building, erected as the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Atonement, a large Gothic edifice built in 1897-98 to designs by Henry Andersen. Mt. Calvary Church struggled in the early years and through the Depression, but in the 1940s the membership peaked to 1,500, making it one of the largest Methodist churches in Harlem. |
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J.H. & C.S. Odell
New York City – Opus 615 (1956)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 20 stops, 20 ranks
In 1956, the existing Odell organ (Op. 396, 1903) was rebuilt by Odell as Op. 615. Odell disassembled and restored the organ to 'new-like' condition, and installed electric action primaries to replace the old tubular-pneumation action. The console shell came from St. David's Episcopal Church, The Bronx. Odell's contract price for this rebuild was $5,450. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
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Open Diapason |
61 |
4 |
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Octave |
61 |
8 |
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Gamba |
61 |
2 |
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Fifteenth |
61 |
8 |
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Dulciana |
61 |
8 |
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Trumpet |
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8 |
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Melodia |
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4 |
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Harmonic Flute |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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Bourdon |
61 |
8 |
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Stopped Diapason |
61 |
8 |
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Open Diapason |
61 |
4 |
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Rohr Flute |
61 |
8 |
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Salicional |
61 |
2 |
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Flageolet |
61 |
8 |
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Vox Celesteis |
61 |
8 |
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Oboe |
61 |
8 |
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Aeoline |
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Tremulant |
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8 |
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Quintadena |
61 |
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Pedal Organ – 30 notes
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Double Open Diapason |
30 |
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Bourdon |
30 |
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Couplers
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Swell to Pedal |
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Swell to Swell 16', 4' |
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Great to Pedal |
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Great to Great 4' |
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Swell to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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Adjustable Combinations (recorder board type)
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Pistons No. 1-2-3-4 affecting Great & Pedal stops |
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Pistons No. 1-2-3-4 affecting Swell & Pedal stops |
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Accessories
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Great to Pedal Reversible |
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Rectifier for organ current |
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Balanced Crescendo Pedal |
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Current indicator light |
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Balanced Swell Pedal |
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Crescendo indicator light |
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M.P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 3582 (1923)
Tubular-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 13 stops, 11 ranks
This Möller organ, built in 1923, was possibly installed in a Sunday-school hall. It had tubular-pneumatic action, an attached two-manual console, and was voiced on 3-3/4" wind pressure. Total cost of the organ was $4,500. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
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Open Diapason |
61 |
4 |
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Flute d'Amour |
61 |
8 |
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Dulciana |
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Melodia |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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Salicional |
73 |
4 |
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Flute Harmonique |
73 |
8 |
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Vox Celeste [TC] |
61 |
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Oboe |
73 |
8 |
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Stopped Diapason |
73 |
8 |
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Vox Humana |
61 |
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Pedal Organ – 32 notes
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Bourdon |
44 |
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Lieblich Gedeckt [lo-press.] |
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Flute [Bourdon] |
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Couplers
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Great 16', 4' |
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Swell 16', 4', Unison Separation |
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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 & Pedal Stops |
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Pistons No. 1-2-3 affecting Swell & Pedal Stops |
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Pedal Movements
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Great to Pedal Reversible |
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Balanced Swell Expression Pedal |
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Grand Crescendo Pedal |
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Organ built for Lutheran Church of the Atonement:
J.H. & C.S. Odell
New York City – Opus 396 (1903)
Mechanical action
2 manuals, 20 stops, 20 ranks
The following specification was recorded by F.R. Webber (1887-1963), whose "Organ Scrapbooks" are in the possession of The Organ Historical Society Archives in Princeton, N.J. Webber noted, "From detached stopknobs in the shop. 11-30-1956."
An entry (Mar. 29, 1904) in a Ledger Book of J.H. & C.S. Odell shows that this organ was set up as per agreement for $4,000. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
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Open Diapason |
61 |
4 |
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Flute Harmonique |
61 |
8 |
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Gamba |
61 |
4 |
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Octave |
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8 |
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Dulciana |
61 |
2 |
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Fifteenth |
61 |
8 |
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Melodia |
61 |
8 |
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Trumpet |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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Bourdon |
61 |
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Quintadena |
61 |
8 |
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Open Diapason |
61 |
8 |
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Stopped Diapason |
61 |
8 |
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Salicional |
61 |
4 |
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Rohr Flöte |
61 |
8 |
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Vox Celeste |
61 |
2 |
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Flageolet |
61 |
8 |
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Aeoline |
61 |
8 |
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Oboe |
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Pedal Organ – 30 notes
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Double Open Diapason |
30 |
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Bellows Signal |
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Bourdon |
30 |
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Sources:
Dunlap, David W. From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.
Hickman, Cynthia. Harlem Churches at the End of the 20th Century. New York: Dunbar Press, 2001.
J.H. & C.S. Odell Ledger Book (Mar. 29, 1904: p.276). Item regarding setting up 2-manual organ. Courtesy Larry Trupiano.
Trupiano, Larry. Factory Specifications of M.P. Möller Organ, Op. 3582 (1923).
Trupiano, Larry. Specifications of Specifications of J.H. & C.S. Odell organ, Op. 615 (1956).
Webber, F.R. "Organ scrapbook" at Organ Historical Society Archives, Princeton, N.J. Specifications of J.H. & C.S. Odell organ, Op. 396 (1903). Courtesy Jonathan Bowen.
Illustrations:
Lawson, Steven E. Exterior (2012).
Schmauch, Dave. J.H. & C.S. Odell organ, op. 615 (1956). |
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