Click on image to enlarge Flatbush-Tompkins Congregational Church 424 East 19th Street at Dorchester Brooklyn, N.Y. 11226 http://ftcchurch.org Organ Specifications: ► III/43 Austin Organs Inc., Op. 2438 (1965) – Chancel ► Aeolian Company, Op. 1586 (1926) – Antiphonal ► 0/13 Aeolian-Skinner, Op. 1063 (1945) • III/ W.W. Kimball Co. (1912); reb. W.W. Kimball Co. (1939) • II/ Vaughan Ramsey – Auditorium • II/ Vaughan Ramsey – Music Office                 1910 interior view               Austin Organs Inc. Hartford, Conn. – Opus 2438 (1965)  Aeolian Company Boston, Mass. – Opus 1586 (1925) Electro-pneumatic action 3 manuals, 45 stops, 43 ranks In 1965, Austin Organs installed a new two-manual organ in the chancel, providing a three-manual console to also control the Antiphonal Organ, which was built by the Aeolian Company as Op. 1586 (1925) and originally installed in St. Mark's Methodist Episcopal Church in Brooklyn. .                 Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes 16   Quintaten 68   Fourniture IV ranks 244 8   Prinzipal 68 8   Trompete 68 8   Bourdon 68 8   Krummhorn 56 4   Oktav 68     Chimes [enc. in SW] 25 tubes 4   Quintaten [ext.] 24   Cymbelstern   2   Octavin [labled Waldflöte]  61                       Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed 8   Rohr Gedeckt 68   Plein Jeu III ranks 183 8   Viola 68 16   Fagotto [ext.1-12 prepared] — 8   Viola Celeste [TC] 56  8   Trompette 68 4   Principal 68 8   Oboe 68 4   Koppelflöte 68     Tremulant   2   Waldflöte [labled Octavin] 61     Harp [not connected]                   Antiphonal Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed [from Aeolian Company, Opus 1586] 8   Principal 61 2   Doublette 61 8   Gedeckt 61 1 3/5   Tierce 61 8   Viole 61 1 1/3   Larigot 61 8   Celeste 61     Plein Jeu II ranks 122 8   Gemshorn 61   Cymbale II ranks 122 4   Prestant 61 8   Trompette 61 4   Rohrflöte 61   Tremulant   2 2/3   Nazard 61                       Pedal Organ – 32 notes 16   Contrabass 32 4   Choralbass [ext.] 12 16   Quintaten GT 4   Blockflöte 32 16   Gedeckt [ext. SW] 12   Mixture III ranks 96 8   Principal [ext.] 12 16   Posaune [ext. GT] 12 8   Viola SW 8   Trompete GT 8   Gedeckt SW 4   Krummhorn GT             Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co, Inc. Boston, Mass. – Opus 1063 (1945) Electro-pneumatic action 8 stops, 13 ranks, 793 pipes In 1945, Aeolian-Skinner was contracted to provide the following ranks to the existing Kimball Organ.                 Great Organ 8   Principal [TC] 49 2   Fifteenth 61 4   Principal 61   Fourniture III ranks 183 2 2/3   Twelfth 61                     Swell Organ 8   Celeste 61 8   Trompette 61   Mixture IV ranks 244                     Interior showing Kimball Organ Case W.W. Kimball Company Chicago, Ill. (1912); reb. by Kimball (1939) Electro-pneumatic action 3 manuals                   According to church records, the original Kimball organ was apparently installed in 1912. Music committee minutes in 1937 mention that the organ was 25 years old. Rebuilding the Kimball was necessary due to deterioration of pneumatic tubing that began in the late 1920's. (The church chose from five plans, one of which included a Hammond organ that was auditioned at a worship service where only one person responded positively! All others said it was too hard to sing with and/or too loud.) The work that was proposed for Kimball to do in 1939 (approved at a Nov. 14, 1938 meeting) was as follows:     "A complete repair and electrification of the present organ in its present space ... releather all manual and pedal chest pneumatics, recover 35 stop action pneumatics, ship back to factory all primaries, install new valves and recover all pneumatics, install new slide tuners on 16 sets of pipes, install three new tremolos, install new four manual console of most modern design, install four individual swell shutter actions for the present swell shutters, furnish and install motor generator unit to create organ current. All parts of the organ to be thoroughly cleaned and repaired. All pipes to be thoroughly cleaned and the reeds to be revoiced at the factory at a  cost including installation, freight charges,...."     This organ was completely reconfigured when the chancel was remodeled in 1949.     The specifications for this organ have not yet been located.             Organ in Auditorium (former sanctuary): Vaughan Ramsey Brooklyn, NY Electro-pneumatic action 2 manuals Vaughan Ramsey, who was for many years the Organist/Choirmaster at Flatbush-Tompkins Congregational Church, built a two-manual organ for the church's auditorium. This organ was removed when Mr. Ramsey retired from the church. Specifications for this organ have not yet been located.             Vaughan Ramsey Brooklyn, NY Direct-electric action 2 manuals Vaughan Ramsey built a two-manual organ with direct-electric action for his office at Flatbush-Tompkins Church. This organ was removed with Mr. Ramsey retired from the church. Specifications for this organ have not yet been located.             Sources:      Aeolian-Skinner Archives web site: http://aeolian-skinner.110mb.com/      Birk, Eric. History of the Kimball Organ.      Brooklyn Daily Eagle photo from Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection      The Diapason, August 1964. Specifications of Austin Organ, Op. 2438 (1965); courtesy Jeff Scofield.      Flatbush-Tompkins Congregational Church website: http://ftcchurch.org      Kinzey, Allen, and Sand Lawn. E.M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List (New Revised Edition). Richmond: The Organ Historical Society, 1997.      Ochse, Orpha. Austin Organs. Richmond: The Organ Historical Society, 2001.      Smith, Rollin. The Aeolian Pipe Organ and its Music. Richmond: The Organ Historical Society, 1998.      Trupiano, Larry. Electronic correspondence with information about the organs built by Vaughan Ramsey. 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