Grace Lutheran Church - Forest Hills (Queens), N.Y. (credit: Walkereight)
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Grace Lutheran Church

103-15 Union Turnpike
Forest Hills (Queens), N.Y. 11375

Organ Specifications:
103-15 Union Turnpike (since 1958)
► II/2 Rodgers Organ Company hybrid electronic (1984)
• II/ Allen Organ Company electronic (1958)
70-18 Olcott Street at Herrick Street (1927-1958)
• unknown


On October 9, 1927, the cornerstone was laid for a new church building located at Olcott and Herrick Streets. Built at a cost of about $35,000, this building was dedicated on December 18, 1927. After 30 years on Olcott Street, the congregation erected the present building, on Union Turnpike between 71st Road and 71st Drive, at a cost of $250,000. The completed edifice was dedicated on October 19, 1958.
         
Rodgers Organ Company
Hillsboro, Ore. (1984)
Electronic tone generation + pipes – Gemini 2 model
2 manuals, 38 stops, 2 pipe ranks


In the 1970s, the Rodgers Organ Company began production of the "Gemini" series, a 'combo' or 'hybrid' instrument that combined a Rodgers console with pipe ranks provided by Fratelli Ruffatti of Padua, Italy. This model had two ranks of pipes (4' Principal and 4' Gedackt) augmented by many electronic stops.
               
Manual I – 61 notes
8
*
 Prestant
2
Fifteenth
pipes
8
Gedackt Flöte
pipes
2
Blockflöte
pipes
8
*
 Still Gedackt
1 1/3
*
 Quint
8
*
 Flute Celeste II ranks
*
 Mixture III-IV ranks
8
*
 Gemshorn
*
 Cymbale I rank
4
Octave
pipes
16
*
 Dulzian
4
Gedackt Flöte
pipes
8
*
 Trompette
               
Manual II – 61 notes
8
*
 Gemshorn
2
Octave
pipes
8
*
 Gemshorn Celeste
2
*
 Waldflöte
8
Gedackt Flöte
pipes
1 3/5
*
 Terz
8
*
 Rohr Gedackt
1
*
 Sifflet
4
Principal
pipes
*
 Scharf III ranks
4
*
 Nachthorn
16
*
 Fagot
2 2/3
*
 Nasat
8
*
 Krummhorn
               
Pedal Organ – 32 notes
16
*
 Subbass
4
Gedackt Flöte
pipes
16
*
 Lieblich Gedackt
2
Blockflöte
pipes
8
*
 Principal
*
 Mixture IV ranks
8
*
 Gedackt
16
*
 Posaune
4
Choralbass
pipes
4
*
 Clairon
               
General
    Manual II to Manual I   Stop Enclosed *
    Manual I to Pedal   Tremulant *
               
Adjustable Combinations (2 memory levels)
   
  M1 & M2
Manual I Pistons 1-2-3-4
Manual II Pistons 5-6-7-8
  Set
  Cancel
               
Accessories
    Swell Pedal   Man. I to Pedal (thumb & toe)
         
Allen Organ Company
Macungie, Penn. (1958)
Electronic tonal production
2 manuals


Specifications of this organ have not yet been located.
           
Sources:
     "190 Years Passed For Brick Church," The New York Times (Oct. 11, 1958). Dedication of present edifice.
     "Topics of Interest to the Church Goer," The New York Times (Oct. 8, 1927).
     "Topics of Interest to the Church Goer," The New York Times (Dec. 17, 1927).
     Trupiano, Larry. Specification of Rodgers Organ Company "Gemini 2" organ.

Illustration:
     Exterior (credit: Walkereight)