Concord Baptist Church of Christ 833 Gardner C. Taylor (Marcy) Avenue at Putnam Avenue Brooklyn, N.Y. 11216 www.concordcares.org Organ Specifications: 833 Gardner C. Taylor (Marcy) Avenue at Putnam Avenue Present Building (since c.1954) ► IV/53 Austin Organs Inc., Op. 2388 (1962, 1974) First Building (1888-burned 1952) – orig. Marcy Ave. Baptist ► III/28 Estey Organ Company, Op. 2376 (1925) • III/ Reuben Midmer & Sons (<1917); enl. 1888 organ • II/ Reuben Midmer & Sons (1888) • Geo. Jardine & Son (1888) – possibly Sunday School 165 Duffield Street at Myrtle Avenue • unknown   Marcy Avenue Baptist Church   The Concord Baptist Church was founded in 1863. An early church building was located at 165 Duffield Street at Myrtle Avenue. Sometime in the 1920s, Concord Baptist acquired the former Marcy Avenue Baptist Church on Marcy Avenue between Putnam Avenue and Madison Street. Built in 1888, the Romanesque church and 200-foot-tall steeple were faced in brick laid with red mortar and trimmed with terra cotta. Adjacent to the 1,500-seat auditorium was a building containing a lecture room, parlour, library, nursery and kitchen on the ground floor, with Sunday School facilities for 2,000 on the floor above. Fire destroyed this building in October, 1952. Concord Baptist Church was rebuilt following the fire, and the present brick building was opened c.1954.             Austin Organs Inc.  Hartford, Conn. – Opus 2388 (1963) Electro-pneumatic action 4 manuals, 58 stops, 53 ranks                 Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes 16   Spitz Principal 61 4   Nachthorn 61 8   Principal 61 2   Super Octave 61 8   Bourdon 61   Fourniture IV ranks 244 4   Octave 61   Chimes             Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed 16   Gedeckt 68 2   Plein Jeu III ranks 183 8   Geigen 68 16   Fagotto [unit] 80 8   Hohl Flöte 68 8   Trompette 68 8   Viole de Gambe 68 8   Fagotto [ext.] — 8   Viole Celeste 68 4   Clairon 68 4   Principal 68   Tremulant 4   Rohrflöte [ext. Gedeckt] 24                 Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed 16   Erzahler [unit] * 80 1 1/3   Larigot 61 8   Nason Flute 68   Sesquialtera II ranks 122 8   Erzahler — 8   Krummhorn 68 8   Erzahler Celeste [TC] 68   Tremulant 4   Prestant 68   Harp 4   Koppelflöte 68 8   Trompette en Chamade ANT 2   Octavin 61   * Haskell basses                 Solo Organ (Manual IV) – 61 notes, enclosed 8   Orchestral Flute 68 8   Trompette Harmonique [unit] 80 8   Violoncello 68 4   Clairon Harmonique — 8   'Cello Celeste 68   Tremulant 8   French Horn 68                       Antiphonal Organ (Manual IV) – 61 notes [added 1974] 8   Montre 61   Fourniture IV ranks 244 4   Prestant 61 8   Trompette en Chamade 61 2   Doublette 61                   Pedal Organ – 32 notes 32   Contra Bourdon [unit] 56 4   Choral Bass 32 16   Contra Bass 32 4   Spitzflöte 32 16   Spitz Principal GT   Mixture III ranks 96 16   Bourdon — 32   Contre Bombarde [ext.] 12 16   Gedeckt SW 16   Bombarde [ext. SO Tr. Harm.] 12 16   Erzahler CH 16   Fagotto SW 8   Octave 32 8   Trompette SO 8   Spitz Principal GT 4   Krummhorn CH 8   Bourdon —                 Organ installed in first church at present address: Estey Organ Company Brattleboro, Vt. – Opus 2376 (1925) Electro-pneumatic key action 3 manuals, 30 stops, 28 ranks The Shop Order for the Estey Organ Company's Op. 2376 states that the organ for Concord Baptist Church was voiced on 6" wind pressure and had a three-manual Electric Luminous console with celluloid keys. Estey provided the case that included 17 bronzed pipes from the Great 1st Open Diapason. The organ was to be installed by August 15, 1925. In 1952, the church and organ were destroyed by fire.                 Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes 8   1st Open Diapason 61 8   Gemshorn 61 8   2nd Open Diapason 61 4   Flute Harmonic 61 8   Viol d'Amour 61 8   Tuba 61 8   Gross Flute 61   Chimes 20 notes                 Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed 16   Bourdon 73 4   Flauto Traverso 73 8   Open Diapason 73 8   Oboe 73 8   Salicional 73 8   Cornopean 73 8   Aeoline 73 8   Vox Humana 73 8   Voix Celeste [TC] 61   Tremolo 8   Stopped Diapason 73                     Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed 8   Violin Diapason 73 4   Flute d'Amour 73 8   Dulciana 73 2   Piccolo [harmonic] 61 8   Melodia 73 8   Clarinet 73 8   Quintadena 73   Tremolo                 Pedal Organ – 32 notes 16   Open Diapason [unit] 44 8   Octave [Open Diap.] — 16   Bourdon [unit] 44 8   Flauto Dolce [Bourdon] — 16   Lieblich Gedeckt [1-12 fr. SW] 20 8   'Cello 32                 Couplers     Great to Pedal 8'   Swell to Choir 16', 8', 4'     Swell to Pedal 8', 4'   Great 4', Unison Separation     Choir to Pedal 8'   Swell 16', 4', Unison Separation     Swell to Great 16', 8', 4'   Choir 16', 4', Unison Separation     Choir to Great 16', 8', 4'                     Combination Pistons     Pistons No. 1-2-3 affecting Great & Pedal Stops & Couplers     Pistons No. 1-2-3-4-5 affecting Swell & Pedal Stops & Couplers     Pistons No. 1-2-3 affecting Choir & Pedal Stops & Couplers     Pistons No. 1-2-3-4 affecting All Stops & Couplers                 Pedal Movements     Balanced Swell Expression Pedal   Great to Pedal Reversible     Balanced Choir Expression Pedal   Sforzando Reversible     Balanced Crescendo Pedal               Previous organ installed in Marcy Avenue Baptist Church Reuben Midmer & Sons Brooklyn, N.Y. (1888) Mechanical action? 2 manuals, enlarged to 3 manuals (<1917) The original organ in Marcy Avenue Baptist Church was built in 1888 by Reuben Midmer & Sons, who installed it in a rear corner of the balcony. Sometime before 1917, the organ was rebuilt and enlarged to three manuals by Reuben Midmer & Sons. Specifications for this organ have not yet been located.             Previous organ installed in Marcy Avenue Baptist Church: Geo. Jardine & Son New York City (1888) Unknown action This organ may have been installed in the Sunday School room of Marcy Avenue Baptist Church. Specifications for this organ have not yet been located.             Sources:      Carnahan, John. Factory Shop Order for Estey Organ, Op. 2376 (1925).      "Ceremonies in the Marcy Avenue Baptist Church," The Brooklyn Eagle, Oct. 1, 1888.      Concord Baptist Church of Christ web site: http://www.concordcares.org/      "Description of the New Marcy Avenue Baptist Church," The Brooklyn Eagle, Sep. 26, 1888.      The Estey Pipe Organ web site: www.esteyorgan.com      Glück, Sebastian. Specifications of Austin Organ, Op. 2388 (1963).      "The Marcy Avenue Baptist Church. Description of the Edifice and Sketch of the Society," The Brooklyn Eagle, May 16, 1887.      "The Marcy Avenue Baptists Take Leave of Their Old Quarters," The Brooklyn Eagle, Sep. 24, 1888.      Nelson, George. Organs in the United States and Canada Database. Seattle, Wash.      Ochse, Orpha. Austin Organs. Richmond: The Organ Historical Society, 2001. Photos:      Concord Baptist Church of Christ web site.      Estey Organ Company: interior of church showing Estey Organ, Op. 2376 (1925); courtesy Larry Trupiano.             | NYC AGO Home Page | Back to NYC Organ Project List |