Bridge Street African Wesleyan Methodist Episcopal Church

Bridge Street African Methodist Episcopal Church - Brooklyn, NY
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227 Stuyvesant Avenue
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11221


Organ Specifications:
277 Stuyvesant Avenue (since 1938)
► III/27 Tellers Organ Company (1965)
• unknown (c.1938)
309 Bridge Street (1854-1938)
• II/15 Geo. Jardine & Son (1885)
High Street (1818-1854)
• unknown
           

Tellers Organ Company, Inc.
Erie, Penn. (1966)
Electro-pneumatic action
3 manuals, 35 stops, 27 ranks


One source shows that this organ had 27 ranks; pipecounts below are estimated.
               
Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes
8
  Principal
61
  Fourniture IV ranks
244
8
  Bourdon
61
8
   Bombarde
61
4
   Octave
61
4
   Bombarde [ext.]
12
2
   Block Flute
61
  Chimes

     

     
Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed
16
  Bourdon
61
2
  Doublette
61
8
  Salicional
61
  Plein Jeu III ranks
183
8
  Voix Celeste [TC]
49
8
  Trompette
61
8
  Gedeckt [ext.]
12
4
   Clairon [ext.]
12
4
   Spitzprincipal
61
  Tremulant
               
Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
8
   Rohrflöte
61
2
   Prinzipal
61
8
   Flauto Dolce
61
1 1/3
  Spitzquinte
61
8
   Dolce Celeste [TC]
49
8
   Krummhorn
61
4
   Koppelflöte
61
  Tremulant

     

     
Pedal Organ – 32 notes
16
  Violonbass
32
4
   Choral Bass [ext. Vlnbass]
12
16
  Subbass
32
4
   Block Flute [ext. Subbass]
12
10 2/3
  Quinte
—
2
   Octavin [ext. Vlnbass]
12
8
   Spitzoctave [ext. Violonbass]
12
16
   Bombarde [ext. GT]
12
8
   Bourdon [ext. Subbass]
12
8
   Bombarde
GT
8
   Gedecktflöte
SW
4
   Trompette
SW

           

Organ in church located at 309 Bridge Street:

Geo. Jardine & Son
New York City (1885)
Mechanical action?
2 manuals, 15 stops


Specifications of this organ have not yet been located.

           
Sources:
     The Diapason, March 1966. Specifications of Tellers Organ (1966); courtesy Jonathan Bowen.
     Nelson, George. Organs in the United States and Canada Database. Seattle, Wash.

Photos:
     Brooklyn Eagle, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection: 1951 exterior.
           

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