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Park Baptist Church
130 Park Avenue at Vreeland Street
Port Richmond, Staten Island, N.Y. 10302
Park Baptist Church of Port Richmond was organized in 1841 when fifty-three members of the Old Clove Baptist Church were granted letters of dismissal to establish a new society known as the North Baptist Church in Graniteville. That same year the society called Rev J.T. Seeley to be their first pastor, and in the following year a church was erected on Gun Factory Road in Graniteville.
In the 1870s, the congregation built a new church on Park Avenue and Vreeland Street in Port Richmond. The Gothic Revival building featured a facade with two towers, the one at the corner being taller and surmounted by a tall steeple.
At an unknown time, the Park Baptist congregation disbanded or merged. The building is now home to St. Mary's Orthodox Church, which is part of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church of the East in the USA. |
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M.P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 5610 (1929)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 26 registers, 13 stops, 13 ranks
In June 1929 the church commissioned M.P. Möller to build a new organ at a cost of $5,000. Correspondence indicates that the organ was installed in the corner of the front platform while the two-manual stop-key console was on the auditorium floor. Möller provided a swell box, case, front pipes and grille. The organ was voiced on 6" wind.. |
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Great Organ (Manual I)
– 61 notes
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8 |
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Open Diapason |
73 |
8 |
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Dulciana |
73 |
8 |
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Doppel Flute |
73 |
4 |
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Octave (fr. Op. Diap.) |
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8 |
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Melodia |
73 |
4 |
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Flute (fr. Doppel Flute) |
— |
8 |
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Viole d'Gamba |
73 |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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16 |
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Bourdon (unit) |
97 |
8 |
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Vox Celeste (TC) |
61 |
8 |
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Lieblich Gedeckt |
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8 |
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Dulciana |
GT |
4 |
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Orchestral Flute |
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8 |
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Aeoline |
73 |
2 2/3 |
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Flute Twelfth |
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4 |
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Flute Traverso (fr. Melodia) |
GT |
2 |
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Flautina |
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4 |
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Salicet (fr. 8') |
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8 |
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Open Diapason |
73 |
8 |
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Oboe |
73 |
8 |
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Viole d'Gamba |
GT |
8 |
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Vox Humana |
61 |
8 |
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Salicional |
73 |
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Pedal Organ – 32 notes
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16 |
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Bourdon |
44 |
8 |
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Flute (fr. Bourdon) |
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16 |
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Lieblich Gedeckt |
SW |
8 |
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Violoncello (VDG) |
GT |
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Couplers
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Great to Pedal |
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Great 16', 4' |
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Swell to Pedal |
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Swell 16', 4' |
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Swell to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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Swell Unison Separation |
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Mechanicals
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Tremulant |
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Crescendo Indicator |
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Adjustable Combinations
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Pistons 1-2-3-4 |
| Swell and Pedal Stops |
Pistons 1-2-3-4 |
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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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Grand Crescendo Pedal |
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J.H. & C.S. Odell
New York City – Opus 202 (1883)
Mechanical action
2 manuals, 10 stops, 10 ranks
The Agreement (April 23, 1883) between J.H. & C.S. Odell and the Park Baptist Church of Port Richmond states that Odell would build an organ with two manuals and ten stops for a consideration of $1,550. Odell indicated that the organ would be set up and ready on or before August 1, 1883. All of the organ, except the Pedal Bourdon, was enclosed "in a chestnut case with large speaking pipes in front – handsomely decorated in gold and colors..." |
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Great Organ (Manual I)
– 58 notes
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8 |
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Open Diapason |
58 |
8 |
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Melodia (wood) (TC) |
46 |
8 |
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Dulciana (TC) |
46 |
4 |
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Octave |
58 |
8 |
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Stopped Diap. Bass (wood) |
12
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Fifteenth |
58 |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 58 notes, enclosed
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8 |
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Viola |
58 |
4 |
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Forest Flute (wood) |
58 |
8 |
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Stopped Diap. Bass (wood) |
12 |
8 |
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Oboe (TC) |
46 |
8 |
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Stopped Diap. Treble (wood) |
46 |
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Tremulant |
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Pedal Organ – 27 notes
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Bourdon (wood) |
27 |
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Couplers &c
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Swell to Great coupler |
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Bellows Signal |
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Swell to Pedal coupler |
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Balance Swell Pedal |
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Great to Pedal coupler |
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Sources:
Agreement and Specification (Apr. 23, 1883) of J.H. & C.S. Odell organ, Op. 202. Courtesy Larry Trupiano.
Bayles, Richard M., ed. History of Richmond County, (Staten Island) New York, From its Discovery to the Present Time. New York: L. E. Preston & Co., 1887.
Clute, J.J. Annals of Staten Island From its Discovery to the Present Time, Vol. 2. New York: Press of Chas. Vogt, 1877.
Correspondence (June 1929) and Factory Specifications of M.P. Möller organ, Op. 5610 (1929). Courtesy Larry Trupiano.
Morris, Ira K. Morris's Memorial History of Staten Island, New York, Vol II. West New Brighton, Staten Island: pub. by the author, 1900.
Webber, F.R. "Organ scrapbook" at Organ Historical Society Archives, Princeton, N.J. Specifications of J.H. & C.S. Odell organ, Op. 202. Courtesy Jonathan Bowen.
Illustration:
Park Baptist Church. Photo from undated bulletin cover. Courtesy Larry Trupiano. |
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