Flatbush Church of the Redeemer
(Lutheran-Presbyterian)
494 East 23rd Street near Foster Avenue
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11226
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The Flatbush Church of the Redeemer was organized in 1973 with the merger of the Flatbush Presbyterian Church and the Flatbush Lutheran Church of the Redeemer.
The combined congregations elected to worship in the stone Gothic building erected c.1916 for the Flatbush Presbyterian Church. |
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Richard Walker
Brooklyn, N.Y. (c.1973)
Electro-pneumatic key action
Sometime after Flatbush Lutheran Church of the Redeemer and Flatbush Presbyterian Church merged in 1973, the Aeolian-Votey organ (Op. 1673 (1929) from the Lutheran church was merged into the Möller organ by Richard Walker. Specifications for this organ have not yet been located. |
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M.P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 4588 (1926)
Electro-pneumatic action
3 manuals, 42 stops, 28 ranks
From the February 1927 issue of The Diapason:
"The new three-manual organ in the Flatbush Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn was formally opened by Dr. Clarence Dickinson on Tuesday evening, January 18. E. Harold DuVall is the organist and director of music at this church, his fourth position in this vicinity, having been previously successfully and successively at the Prospect Ave. Methodist Episcopal Church, the Baptist Church of the Redeemer and the Church of the Nativity. He has been at the present church for the last four years. He is also organist at Temple Bethel, Manhattan Beach. Mr. DuVall, a former pupil of R. Huntington Woodman and Clarence Dickinson, will give the first of his third series of organ recitals on Feb. 3."
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Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes
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8 |
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First Open Diapason |
61 |
4 |
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Octave [ext.] |
12 |
8 |
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Second Open Diapason |
61 |
4 |
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Flute [ext.] |
12 |
8 |
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Grossflöte |
61 |
8 |
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Tuba |
61 |
8 |
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Dulciana |
CH |
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8 |
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Gamba |
73 |
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Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed
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16 |
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Bourdon [unit] |
85 |
2 |
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Flautina |
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8 |
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Open Diapason |
73 |
1 3/5 |
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Tierce |
— |
8 |
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Rohrflöte |
— |
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Mixture III ranks |
183 |
8 |
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Viole d'Orchestre |
73 |
16 |
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Fagotto |
61 |
8 |
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Voix Celeste |
73 |
8 |
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Cornopean |
73 |
8 |
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Aeoline |
73 |
8 |
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Oboe |
73 |
4 |
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Flute |
— |
8 |
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Vox Humana |
61 |
4 |
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Violina |
— |
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Tremolo |
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2 2/3 |
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Nazard |
— |
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Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
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8 |
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Violin Diapason |
73 |
8 |
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Unda Maris [TC] |
61 |
8 |
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Concert Flute |
73 |
4 |
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Flute d'Amour |
61 |
8 |
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Flute Celeste [TC] |
61 |
8 |
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Clarinet |
73 |
8 |
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Gamba |
73 |
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Tremolo |
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8 |
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Melodia |
73 |
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8 |
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Dulciana |
73 |
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Echo Organ (console preparation only)
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Pedal Organ – 32 notes
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16 |
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Open Diapason [unit] |
44 |
8 |
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Gedeckt [Bourdon] |
— |
16 |
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Bourdon [unit] |
44 |
16 |
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Trombone [ext. GT] |
12 |
16 |
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Lieblich Gedeckt |
SW |
16 |
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Fagotto |
SW |
8 |
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Flute [Op. Diap.] |
— |
8 |
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Tuba |
GT |
8 |
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Violoncello |
GT |
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M.P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 2123 (1916)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 25 registers
Specifications for this organ have not yet been located.
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Sources:
The Diapason (February 1927). Specifications of Möller Organ, Op. 4588 (1926); courtesy Jeff Scofield.
Flatbush Church of the Redeemer web site: www.metronysynod.com/Find/Page-001.html
Nelson, George. Organs in the United States and Canada Database. Seattle, Wash.
"2 Flatbush Congregations Unite for Survival," The New York Times (July 2, 1973).
Trupiano, Larry. Electronic correspondence (Apr. 3, 2011) regarding the present organ.
Photos:
Flatbush Church of the Redeemer web site. |
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