Bethelship Norwegian United Methodist Church - Brooklyn, NY
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Bethelship Norwegian United Methodist Church

413 56th Street at Fourth Avenue
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11220


Organ Specifications:
413 56th Street at Fourth Avenue (since 1949)
► II/6 M.P. Möller, Op. 8952 (1957)
297-299 Carroll Street near Hoyt (1891-1949)
• II/ M.P. Möller, Op. 6481 (1937)
• unknown
President Street at Van Brunt Street (until 1891)
• unknown



The Bethelship Norwegian Methodist Episcopal Church, organized sometime in the mid-1800s, was originally known as the Mariners' Methodist Episcopal Church. The society's first known building was erected at the southwest corner of President and Van Brunt Streets, near the docks, on a plot measuring 50 by 100 feet. This edifice, built of brick and trimmed with blue stone, was 65 feet in length and 38 feet wide. On either side of the porch at the President Street end of the church were commodious classrooms, over which was a large apartment to be used for prayer meetings and other similar purposes. The building was a gift of Edwin Mead, a wealthy shipping merchant, in memory of his daughter, Julia. In 1891, the society moved into the former Carroll Park Methodist Episcopal Church at 297-299 Carroll Street near Hoyt Street, and officially changed its name to Bethelship Norwegian M.E. Church.

After six decades in Carroll Gardens, the congregation moved in 1949 to its present location at the corner of 56th Street and Fourth Avenue in Sunset Park.
         
M. P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 8952 (1957)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 26 stops, 6 ranks


In 1957, the M.P. Möller Company installed a new organ in the church. This popular "Double Artiste" model is fully enclosed in two expression chambers.
               
Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
16
   Bourdon
92
2
   Super Octave [repeat top 5]
—
8
   Diapason
80
2
   Flute [repeat top 5 notes]
—
8
   Gedeckt
—
1 1/3
  Larigot [repeat top 12 notes]
—
4
   Octave
—
     Tremulant
4
   Flute
—
    
Chimes  
2 2/3
  Nazard
61
        

     

     
Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
8
   Salicional
80
16
   Trompette [CCC-FF half length]
85
8
   Voix Celeste [TC]
49
8
   Trompette
—
4
   Salicet
—
4
   Trompette
—
2
   Salicetina [repeat top 5 notes]
—
     Tremulant  

     

     
Pedal Organ – 32 notes
16
   Bourdon
GT
4
   Salicet
SW
8
   Diapason
GT
4
   Bourdon
GT
8
   Salicional
SW
16
   Trompette
SW
8
   Bourdon
GT
8
   Trompette
SW
4
   Octave
GT
4
   Trompette
SW
               
Coupler
    Swell to Great          
               
Pedal Movements
    Balanced Expression Pedal – Great Organ  
    Balanced Expression Pedal – Swell Organ  
    Balanced Crescendo Pedal  
               
Stop Analysis
     
Pipes
16
   Bourdon
92
8
  Diapason
80
8
   Salicional
80
8
  Voix Celeste [TC]
49
2 2/3
   Nazard
61
16
  Trompette
    85
   
Total
447
         
Organ in previous church at 297-299 Carroll Street:

M. P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 6481 (1937)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals


Specifications for this organ have not yet been located.
           
Sources:
     "Carroll Gardens Historic District Designation Report," New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. New York: 1973.
     Kloda, Barry S. G. Specifications of M.P. Möller organ, Op. 8952 (1957) as of October 2004.
     "Laws of the State of New York Passed at the One Hundred and Fifth Session of the Legislature (Vol. I). Albany: Weed, Parsons and Company, 1882.
     Mead, Spencer P. History and Genealogy of the Mead Family of Fairfield County, Connecticut, Eastern New York, Western Vermont and Western Pennsylvania from A.D. 1180 to 1900. New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1901.
     The United Methodist Church web site: http://www.umc.org

Illustration:
     The United Methodist Church web site: undated exterior.