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St. Sebastian's Church
(Roman Catholic)
39-63 57th Street
Woodside (Queens), N.Y. 11377
http://stsebastianwoodside.org/
Organ Specifications:
39-63 57th Street
• III/ Rodgers Instruments electronic
• II/ Rodgers Instruments – Chapel
• II/ Midmer-Losh Organ Company (1930)
► I/6 George Jardine & Son (1878) |
The Parish of St. Sebastian was established in May 1894 by Bishop Charles McDonnell of Brooklyn, with the Rev. William McGuirl, Pastor of St. Patrick's in Long Island City, celebrating Mass in Woodside periodically until the appointment of the first resident pastor. The following October, Fr. Edward Gannon was named pastor and celebrated the first Masses in Ariel Hall on today's 56th Street, near Woodside Avenue. Masses were also offered in the Woodside volunteer Hook and Ladder Company #3 House on 39 Avenue, and in the home of Mrs. Anne Collins, also on 56th Street. Fr. Gannon purchased 16 lots for the new parish and upon it was built a new church. Designed by F.J. Berlenbach, the church was dedicated on Sunday, June 14, 1896 at the 10:15 A.M. Mass. Bishop McDonnell presided and Fr. Gannon was the celebrant. The choir sang a newly composed Mass in honor of St. Sebastian accompanied by a full orchestra. Fr. Gannon died in February 1911 of Bright's disease, having built the original church and the rectory, which is still used to this day.
St. Sebastian's was not a heavily populated parish until several transportation changes. In 1896, the New York and Queens County Railway Company erected its main barns at Woodside Avenue and Northern Boulevard, bringing trolley lines into Woodside. Other openings soon followed: in 1909, the Queensboro (often referred to as the "59th Street") Bridge; in 1910, the LIRR East River tunnel; in 1917, the opening of the LIRR station at 61 Street and Roosevelt Avenue. The population of Queens quadrupled between 1910 and 1930, and St. Sebastian's grew with it. |
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Rodgers Instruments LLC
Hillsboro, Ore.
Digital tone generation
3 manuals
The present electronic organ in St. Sebastian's Church was built by Rodgers Instruments. Specifications for this organ have not yet been located. |
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Organ in Chapel:
Rodgers Instruments LLC
Hillsboro, Ore.
Digital tone generation
2 manuals
The Chapel in St. Sebastian's Church contains an electronic organ built by Rodgers Instruments. Specifications for this organ have not yet been located. |
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Midmer-Losh Organ Company
Merrick, N.Y. (1930)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals
In 1930, a new organ built by Midmer-Losh of Merrick, N.Y. was installed in the church. Specifications for this organ have not yet been located. |
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George Jardine & Son
New York City (1878)
Mechanical action
1 manual, 6 stops, 6 ranks
The following specification was recorded (Nov. 1915) by Louis F. Mohr & Co., an organ service concern in the area. Mohr noted that the organ was powered by a Kinetic blower. The 1878 organ was undoubtedly acquired second-hand for the church that opened in 1896. |
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Manual – 58 notes
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8 |
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Open Diapason |
56 |
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8 |
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Clariana |
58 |
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8 |
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Stopped Bass |
12 |
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8 |
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Clarinet Flute [TC] |
46 |
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4 |
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Octave |
58 |
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4 |
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Flute |
58 |
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2 |
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Piccolo |
58 |
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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.
Mohr, Louis F. & Co. Specifications of George Jardine & Son organ (1878). Courtesy Larry Trupiano.
Nelson, George. Organs in the United States and Canada Database. Seattle, Wash.
St. Sebastian's Church web site: http://stsebastianwoodside.org/
Illustration:
Waxman, Mitch. Exterior (2008). |
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