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Church of the Redeemer
Iglesia del Redentor
(Episcopal)
30-14 Crescent Street
Astoria (Queens), N.Y. 11102
http://www.redeemer-astoria.org/
The Protestant Episcopal Church of the Redeemer was organized on August 19, 1866. For the first eighteen months the society held services in a store on Main Street, with Holy Communion being administered for the first time on September 2nd, celebrated by the Rev. William D. Walker, who would later become Bishop of North Dakota. In December 1866, the Rev. Edmund D. Cooper, D.D., became the first rector. Plans for a permanent church were drawn up, and the cornerstone was laid on June 27, 1867. Designed in a plain Gothic style, the structure was constructed of ashlar granite. The first service in the completed church took place on Sexigesima Sunday (Feb. 9), 1868, with the sermon preached by Rev. Dr. Haight of Trinity Church, New York. Although the congregation was in debt, the Vestry unanimously resolved on May 22, 1872, that the time had come to erect an organ chamber and commission Messrs. Odell of New York to build an organ. Due to a liberal bequest from the late Mr. Trafford, the square tower was erected in 1872-73 and a chime of ten bells installed. It was not until 1879 that the society was free of debt and consecrated. Today, the building is shared with Iglesia del Redentor, an Hispanic congregation. |
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J. H. & C. S. Odell & Company
New York City – Opus 134 (1874)
Mechanical key action
Pneumatic stop action (Great only)
2 manuals, 17 stops, 17 ranks
This organ was rebuilt by Fred Holmes in 1962. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 58 notes
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8 |
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Open Diapason |
58 |
4 |
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Principal |
58 |
8 |
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Keraulophon |
58 |
4 |
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Wald Flute [TC] |
46 |
8 |
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Dulce [TC] |
46 |
2 2/3 |
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Twelfth |
58 |
8 |
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Stopped Diapason Bass |
12 |
2 |
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Fifteenth |
58 |
8 |
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Clarionet Flute [TC] |
46 |
8 |
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Trumpet |
58 |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 58 notes, enclosed
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16 |
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Bourdon Bass |
12 |
4 |
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Violina [TC] |
46 |
8 |
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Open Diapason |
58 |
2 |
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Piccolo |
58 |
8 |
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Dulciana [TC] |
46 |
8 |
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Oboe [TC] |
46 |
8 |
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Stopped Diapason Bass |
12 |
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Tremulant |
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8 |
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Stopped Diapason Treble |
46 |
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Pedal Organ – 25 notes
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16 |
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Grand Double Open Diapason |
25 |
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Couplers
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Swell to Great |
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Great to Pedal |
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Swell to Pedal |
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Accessories
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8 "patent" composition knobs (Great only) |
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Swell Pedal |
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Sources:
Church of the Redeemer web site: http://www.redeemer-astoria.org/
Guild of Carillonneurs of North America Database: http://www.towerbells.org/data/NYASTORI.HTM
Odell, Edward. Factory Specification of J.H. & C.S. Odell Organ, Op. 134 (1874).
Kelsey, J. S. History of Long Island City, New York, A Record of Its Early Settlement and Corporate Progress. New York: Long Island Star Publishing Company, 1896.
Long Island City. Greater Astoria Historical Society, Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2007.
Illustration:
Google Street View. Exterior. |
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