All Saints Episcopal Church
85-45 96th Street
Woodhaven (Queens), N.Y. 11421
http://www.allsaintsrh.org/
Organ Specifications:
85-45 96th Street (since 2013)
► II/10 Reuter Organ Company, Op. 2103 (1988)
• II/11 Henry Pilcher's Sons, Op. 1425 (1928)
97-25 Lefferts Boulevard (c.1899-2013)
• II/ Rodgers Instruments electronic (1968)
• II/ Everett Orgatron amplified reed organ |
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All Saints Episcopal Church was founded in 1899 to serve the Richmond Hill community of Queens. A brick Gothic church was erected on Lefferts Boulevard.
By the early 2000s the dramatically changing demographics in Richmond Hill and a declining membership had stagnated the growth of the congregation. At the suggestion of Bishop Lawrence Provenzano and the Rev. John Betit, Canon to the Ordinary of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island, the congregation moved to the vacant St. Matthew Episcopal Church in Woodhaven. St. Matthew's was closed and its building deconsecrated in May 2011. Designed by Henry Bereau in the Late Gothic Revival style, the stone building was completed in December 1928. The property includes the Wyckoff-Snediker Family Cemetery, located behind the church buildings. The cemetery has about 160 individual gravestones denoting burials from 1793 to 1892. In 2001, the church and cemetery were placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
After repairing and renovating the former St. Matthew's facilities, the All Saints congregation held its first service in the new location on Friday, October 25, 2013, for the installation of their seventh rector, The Rev. Dr. Norman Whitmire Jr. The church was consecrated the following Sunday, October 27. |
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Reuter Organ Company
Lawrence, Kan. – Opus 2103 (1988)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 35 stops, 10 ranks
The organ in All Saints Church was built in 1988 by the Reuter Organ Company of Lawrence, Kan., replacing the 1928 Pilcher organ but retaining its case. Reuter's design was for ten ranks of pipes that are unified and enclosed in one expression chamber. The organ is played from a detached two-manual drawknob console.
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
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8 |
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Principal |
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2 |
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Principal |
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8 |
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Gedeckt |
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2 |
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Gedeckt |
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8 |
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Viole |
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Mixture IV ranks |
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8 |
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Viole Celeste (TC) |
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8 |
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Trompete |
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4 |
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Principal |
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Chimes (existing) |
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4 |
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Nachthorn |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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8 |
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Nachthorn |
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2 |
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Nachthorn |
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8 |
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Viole |
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1 1/3 |
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Gedeckt Quinte |
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8 |
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Viole Celeste (TC) |
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1 |
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Gedeckt |
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4 |
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Gedeckt |
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16 |
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Trompette |
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4 |
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Viole |
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8 |
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Trompette |
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4 |
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Viole Celeste |
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4 |
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Trompette |
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2 2/3 |
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Gedeckt Nasard |
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Tremolo |
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2 |
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Pedal Organ – 32 notes
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32 |
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Resultant |
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4 |
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Principal |
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16 |
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Gedeckt |
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4 |
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Nachthorn |
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16 |
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Viole (preparation) |
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Mixture IV ranks |
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8 |
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Principal |
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16 |
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Trompette |
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8 |
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Gedeckt |
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8 |
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Trompette |
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8 |
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Viole |
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4 |
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Trompette |
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Couplers
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Great to Pedal |
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Swell to Great |
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Swell to Pedal |
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Adjustable Combinations
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| Swell Organ |
Pistons 1-2-3-4-5-6 (thumb) |
| Great Organ |
Pistons 1-2-3-4-5-6 (thumb) |
| Pedal Organ |
Pistons 1-2-3-4-5-6 (toe) |
| Entire Organ |
Pistons 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 (thumb & toe) |
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General Cancel (thumb) |
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Setter (thumb) |
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Reversibles
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Great to Pedal (thumb & toe) |
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Cymbelstern (toe) – existing |
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Swell to Pedal (thumb & toe) |
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Reeds Off (toe) – with ind. light * |
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Full Organ (thumb & toe) – with ind. light |
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* console preparation |
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Pedal Movements
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Balanced Great Pedal |
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Balanced Swell Pedal |
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Balanced Crescendo Pedal – with ind. light |
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Tonal Analysis |
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Stop |
Pipes |
Great |
16 |
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Gedeckt |
97 |
Great |
8 |
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Principal |
85 |
Swell |
8 |
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Viole |
73 |
Swell |
8 |
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Viole Celeste [TC] |
49 |
Swell |
4 |
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Nachthorn |
73 |
Great |
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Mixture IV ranks |
244 |
Swell |
16 |
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Trompette |
85 |
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Total |
706 |
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Original organ in present building:
Henry Pilcher's Sons
Louisville, Ken. – Opus 1425 (1928)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 11 ranks
Specifications for this organ have not yet been located. |
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Organ in church on Lefferts Boulevard:
Rodgers Organ Company
Hillsboro, Ore. (1968)
Electronic tone generation
2 manuals
In 1968 the congregation replaced the Everett Orgatron with a two-manual electronic instrument manufactured by the Rodgers Organ Company. Specifications for this organ have not yet been located. |
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Organ in church on Lefferts Boulevard:
Everett Piano Company
South Haven, Mich.
Everett Orgatron amplified reed organ
2 manuals
The Everett Orgatron was invented in 1935 by Frederick A. Hoschke of South Haven, Mich.; following his death in 1936, it was manufactured by the Everett Piano Company of that city until 1946, when the patents were sold to the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company. The Orgatron was basically an amplified reed organ that was controlled by a traditional two-manual stop-key console built to AGO standards. Specifications for this organ have not yet been located. |
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Sources:
All Saints Church web site: http://www.allsaintsrh.org/
Reuter Organ Company web site: www.reuterorgan.com
Scofield, Jeff. Specification of Reuter Organ, Op. 2103 (1988).
"Consecration of All Saints' New Church in Woodhaven and Installation of The Rev. Dr. Norman Whitmire Jr. as Seventh Rector," This Week in the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island (Oct. 27, 2013).
Illustrations:
All Saints Church web site. Exterior of Richmond Hill building; exterior of Woodhaven building.
Whitmire, The Rev. Dr. Norman Jr. Photos (2013) of Reuter Organ, Op. 2103 (1988). |
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