Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church - New York City (photo: eastharlem.com)

 
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Church of Our Lady Queen of Angels
(Roman Catholic)

232 East 113th Street (1886-closed 2007)
New York, N.Y. 10128


Organ Specifications:
• Ernest Lucas (c.1963) – reb.
• II/ Geo. Kilgen & Son, Op. 6158 (1939) – reb.
► II/15 Schaefer Organ Company (1920)




As the Germans moved north from Yorkville, a German national parish was provided for them in East Harlem in 1886 at the Church of Our Lady Queen of Angels on 113th Street by the Capuchins, which was their third New York parish.

This church was closed in 2007.
 
Ernest Lucas, Jr.
Belmore, N.Y. (c.1963)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals



Ernest Lucas of rebuilt the organ sometime around 1963. Specifications of this organ have not yet been located.
 
Geo. Kilgen & Son
St. Louis, Mo. – Opus 6158 (1939)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals



In 1939, the organ was rebuilt by Geo. Kilgen & Son of St. Louis. Specifications of this organ have not yet been located.
 
Schaefer Organ Company
Schleisingerville (now Slinger), Wisc. (1920)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 15 stops


The first known pipe organ in the church was built in 1920 by the Schaefer Organ Company of Schleisingerville, Wisc.
               
Great Organ (Manual II)
8
  Open Diapason  
8
   Dulciana  
8
  Gamba  
4
   Octave  
8
   Melodia  
8
  Trumpet  

     

     
Swell Organ (Manual II) – enclosed
8
  Geigen Diapason  
8
   Aeoline  
8
  Gedeckt  
4
   Rohr Flute  
8
  Salicional  
 8
  Vox Humana  
8
  Vox Celeste       Tremolo  

     

     
Pedal Organ
16
  Bourdon          
8
   Flute          
   
Sources:
     The Catholic Church in the United States of America: Undertaken to Celebrate the Golden Jubilee of His Holiness, Pope Pius X, Vol. III. New York: The Catholic Editing Company, 1914.
     Dunlap, David W. From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.
     "Establishment of the Capuchin Order," Historical Records and Studies, Vol. IV., Parts I and II. October, 1906. New York: The United States Catholic Historical Society, 1906.
     Fox, David H. A Guide to North American Organbuilders (Rev. ed.). Richmond: The Organ Historical Society, 1997.
     Shelley, Thomas J. The Bicentennial History of the Archdiocese of New York 1808-2008. Strasbourg: Éditions du Signe, 2007.
     Smith, Rollin. Stoplist of Schaefer Organ Company organ (1920).

Illustration:
     Shelley, Thomas J. The Bicentennial History of the Archdiocese of New York 1808-2008. Exterior.