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St. George Episcopal Church
14-22 27th Avenue at 14th Street
Astoria (Queens), N.Y. 11102
http://www.historic-stgeorge-astoria.org/
Organ Specifications:
14-22 27th Avenue at 14th Street (since 1904)
• II/8 Frazee Organ Company (1953)
• Unknown (c.1904)
Franklin Street (Astoria Boulevard) (1825-burned 1904)
• Ferris & Stuart – burned 1894
• George Jardine (1843?)
• Henry Erben (1838) |
There has been a St. George Episcopal parish in Astoria since 1825 when its site was donated by landowner Robert Blackwell. The original church was on Franklin Street, today’s Astoria Boulevard. After that edifice burned down in 1894, the present brick church at 27th Avenue and 14th Street was erected in 1903-1904. The Astoria Library stands on the site of the original church. |
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Frazee Organ Company
South Natick, Mass. (1953)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 31 stops, 8 ranks
The organ in St. George's Church was built in 1953 by the Frazee Organ Company of South Natick, Mass. Frazee provided a two-manual stop-key console to control approximately eight unified ranks of pipes. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
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8 |
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Open Diapason |
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4 |
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Flute |
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8 |
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Gedeckt |
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2 2/3 |
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Twelfth |
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8 |
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Gamba |
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2 |
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Fifteenth |
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8 |
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Dulciana |
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8 |
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Trumpet |
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8 |
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Geigen Diapason |
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4 |
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Clarion |
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4 |
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Octave |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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16 |
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Bourdon |
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4 |
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Flute |
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8 |
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Geigen Diapason |
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4 |
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Dulcet |
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8 |
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Gedeckt |
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4 |
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Viol |
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8 |
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Viol da Gamba |
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2 |
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Flautino |
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8 |
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Gamba Celeste |
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8 |
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Trumpet |
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8 |
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Dulciana |
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Tremulant |
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4 |
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Geigen Octave |
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Pedal Organ – 32 notes
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16 |
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Bourdon |
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8 |
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Dulciana |
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8 |
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Open Diapason |
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4 |
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Octave |
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8 |
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Geigen Diapason |
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4 |
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Flute |
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8 |
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Gedeckt |
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8 |
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Trumpet |
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Adjustable Combinations
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| Swell Organ |
Pistons 1-2-3-4-0 (thumb) |
| Great Organ |
Pistons 1-2-3-4-0 (thumb) |
| Entire Organ |
Pistons 1-2-3-4 (thumb) |
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Pedal Movements
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Balanced Swell Pedal |
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Balanced Crescendo Pedal |
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Organ in previous church on Franklin Street:
Ferris & Stuart
New York City
Mechanical action
This organ burned in 1894. Specifications for this organ have not yet been located. |
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Organ in previous church on Franklin Street:
George Jardine
New York City (1843)
Mechanical action
Specifications for this organ have not yet been located. |
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Organ in previous church on Franklin Street:
Henry Erben
New York City (1838)
Mechanical action
Specifications for this organ have not yet been located. |
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Sources:
Forgotten New York web site: http://forgotten-ny.com
Schmauch, Dave. Specifications of Frazee organ.
St. George Episcopal Church web site: http://www.historic-stgeorge-astoria.org/
Nelson, George. Organs of the United States and Canada Database. Seattle, Wash.
Illustrations:
Forgotten New York web site. Exterior.
Schmauch, Dave. Interior; Frazee Organ (1853). |
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