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Church of St. Elizabeth
(Roman Catholic)
94-20 85th Street at Atlantic Avenue
Ozone Park (Queens), N.Y. 11416
Organ Specifications:
Present building (since c.1930)
► II/9 Midmer-Losh Organ Company (1930)
First building (c.1873-c.1930)
• A.B. Felgemaker, Op. 481 (1888) |
St. Elizabeth's parish was founded in 1873 to serve German catholics in an area originally comprising Woodhaven, Union Crouse, Clarenceville, Aqueduct and Brooklyn Hills. It seems likely that the first church was built soon thereafter. The parochial school, erected in 1913, was administered by the Seven Sisters of St. Dominic and provided space for 300 pupils. The present church may have been erected in 1930, coninciding with the date of the present organ. Today, this area of Queens is known as Ozone Park. |
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Midmer-Losh Organ Company
Merrick, N.Y. (1930)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 17 stops, 9 ranks
The present organ, built in 1930 by the Midmer-Losh Organ Company, is installed in two cases. The following specifications were recorded (Dec. 8, 2009) by Barry Kloda, who noted that the main chests have 58 notes, but there are additional three-note chests on both sides to extend the manual compass to 61 notes. It seems possible that Midmer-Losh rebuilt the 1888 Felgemaker organ and moved it from the previous church. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
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8 |
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Open Diapason |
61 |
4 |
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Flute d'Amour |
SW |
8 |
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Melodia |
61 |
2 2/3 |
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Twelfth |
SW |
8 |
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Dulciana |
61 |
2 |
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Fifteenth |
SW |
4 |
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Octave |
61 |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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Violin Diapason |
61 |
2 |
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Flautina |
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8 |
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Stopped Diapason [unit] |
85 |
8 |
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Oboe (syn.) * |
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8 |
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Salicional |
61 |
8 |
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Vox Humana |
61 |
8 |
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Voix Celeste [TC] |
49 |
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Tremolo |
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4 |
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Flute d'Amour |
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* 8' Salicional + 2 2/3
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Pedal Organ – 32 notes
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Bourdon [ext. SW] |
12 |
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Flute |
SW |
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Couplers
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Great to Pedal 8' |
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Great to Great 4' |
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Swell to Pedal 8' |
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Swell to Swell 16', 4' |
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Swell to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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Adjustable Combinations
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| Great & Pedal |
Pistons 1-2-3-4-5-6 (thumb) |
| Swell & Pedal |
Pistons 1-2-3-4-5-6 (thumb) |
| Entire Organ |
Pistons 1-2-3-4-5-6 (thumb) |
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Pedal Movements
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Balanced Swell Pedal |
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Great to Pedal Reversible |
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Register Crescendo Pedal |
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Sforzando Reversible |
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A. B. Felgemaker
Buffalo, N.Y. – Opus 481 (1888)
Mechanical action
In 1888, A. B. Felgemaker of Buffalo built an organ for St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Woodhaven, now known as St. Elizabeth's Church in Ozone Park. Specifications for this organ have not yet been located. |
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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, 1914:602).
Haberstroh, Richard. The German Churches of Metropolitan New York: A Research Guide. (New York: The New York Genealogical & Biographical Society, 2000).
History of Queens County, New York, with Illustrations, Portraits & Sketches. New York: W.W. Munsell & Co., 1882.
Kloda, Barry. Specifications (Dec. 8, 2009) of Midmer-Losh Organ (1930).
Nelson, George. Organs in the United States and Canada Database. Seattle, Wash.
Illustration:
Google Street View: exterior. |
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