Click on image to enlarge Church of the Good Shepherd (Lutheran) Francis Lewis Boulevard at 100th Avenue Bellaire (Queens), N.Y. 11429 Organ Specifications: ► III/40 Schlicker Organ Company (1960) • unknown (1926) The Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in Bellaire, an area of Queens, had been organized for less than a year when the cornerstone for their first church building was laid on September 20, 1925 by the Rev. Dr. Samuel Trexler, President of the Lutheran Synod of New York and New England. Dr. Trexler returned on May 2, 1926 to dedicate the completed church. Due to changing demographics in Bellaire, the congregation disbanded, holding their last service on September 9, 1973.
Schlicker Organ Company, Inc. Buffalo, N.Y. (1960) Electro-pneumatic action 3 manuals, 33 registers, 28 stops, 40 ranks In 1960, the Schlicker Organ Company enlarged the existing organ to have three manuals and forty ranks. The organ was dedicated on September 18, 1960, with a recital by John Huston, Allen Hughes and Marilyn Mason. David S. Walker was organist-choirmaster of the church. After the church disbanded in 1973, the organ was moved to Abiding Presence Lutheran Church in Fort Salonga, Long Island.                 Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes 16   Quintadena 85 4   Quintadena (fr. 16') — 8   Principal 61 2   Nachthorn 61 8   Quintadena (fr. 16') —     Mixture IV-V ranks 293 8   Holzflöte 61     Chimes 25 notes 4   Octave 61                         Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed 8   Rohrflöte 61 2   Waldflöte 61 8   Salicional 61 1 3/5   Terz 61 8   Celeste (TC) 49     Mixture III-IV ranks 232 4   Gemshorn 61 8   Trumpet 61 2 2/3   Nasat 61     Tremolo                   Positiv Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes 8   Gedeckt 61 1   Sifflöte 61 4   Rohrflöte 61     Schar III-IV ranks 225 2   Principal 61 8   Krummhorn 61 1 1/3   Larigot 61     Tremolo                   Pedal Organ – 32 notes 16   Subbass 32 4   Quintadena (Gt) — 16   Quintadena (Gt) —     Mixture III ranks 96 8   Principal 32 16   Contra Fagott 32 8   Quintadena (Gt) — 4   Schalmey 32 4   Choralbass 32                         Couplers     Great to Pedal       Positiv to Great 16', 4'       Swell to Pedal       Positiv to Swell       Positiv to Pedal       Swell to Swell 16', 4'       Swell to Great 16', 8', 4'                           Adjustable Combinations     Pistons No. 1-2-3-4 affecting Great stops     Pistons No. 1-2-3-4 affecting Swell stops     Pistons No. 1-2-3-4 affecting Positiv stops     Pistons No. 1-2-3-4-5-6 affecting Full Organ stops and couplers                 Pedal Movements     Balanced Swell Pedal   Great to Pedal Reversible     Crescendo Pedal   Sforzando
Sources:      The American Organist (January 1961). Specifications of Schlicker Organ (1960).      "Lutheran Church Cornerstone Laid," The New York Times ( Sept. 21, 1925).      "Lutherans Dedicate Church in Bellaire," The New York Times (May 3, 1926).      Watson, Vaughn. Electronic correspondence with information about the Schlicker Organ (1960). Illustration:      Google Street View. Exterior.
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