Hanson Place Seventh-day Adventist Church Click on image to enlarge 88 Hanson Place at South Portland Avenue Brooklyn, N.Y. 11217 http://www.hansonplace.org Organ Specifications: ► III/38 Casavant Frères, Op. 3416 (1979) • III/13 Hope-Jones Organ Company (1910) ► II/23 J.H. & C.S. Odell, Op. 52 (1866) The Hanson Place Seventh-day Adventist Church has been at its present location since 1963. From 1860-1963, the edifice was home to the Hanson Place Baptist Church.             Casavant Frères, Limitée St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada – Opus 3416 (1979) Electro-pneumatic action 3 manuals, 28 stops, 38 ranks The Casavant Frères Factory Specification, dated March 1, 1978, shows that Casavant provided a three-manual oak console with stops and couplers controlled by tilting tablets above the upper keyboard. In 1979, the new organ was installed behind the existing facade, which may be from the original J.H. & C.S. Odell organ installed in 1866.                 Great Organ (Manual II) – 56 notes 16   Bordun 56 2   Oktave 56 8   Prinzipal 56   Mixtur IV ranks 224 8   Hohlflöte 56 8   Trompete 56 4   Oktave 56   Chimes preparation 2 2/3   Quinte 56                 Positiv Organ (Manual I) – 56 notes 8   Gedackt 56   Sesquialtera II ranks 112 4   Prinzipal 56   Scharf III ranks 168 4   Rohrgedackt 56 8   Dulzian 56 2   Oktave 56   Tremulant                 Swell Organ (Manual III) – 56 notes, enclosed 8   Rohrflöte 56 2   Waldflöte 56 8   Gemshorn 56   Scharf III ranks 168 8   Schwebung [TC] 44 8   Oboe 56 4   Spitzflöte 56   Tremulant             Pedal Organ – 32 notes 16   Subbass 32 2   Mixtur III ranks 96 8   Oktave 32 16   Posaune [L/2] 32 4    Oktave 32 8   Trompete 32                 Couplers     Great to Pedal   Positiv to Great     Positiv to Pedal   Swell to Great     Swell to Pedal   Swell to Positiv                 Adjustable Combinations (hold-set type)     Great 1-2-3-4   Thumb     Positiv 1-2-3-4   Thumb     Swell 1-2-3-4   Thumb     Pedal 1-2-3-4   Toe     General 1-2-3-4   Thumb and Toe                 Reversible Pistons     Great to Pedal       Thumb       Positiv to Pedal       Thumb       Swell to Pedal       Thumb       Full Organ       Thumb                   Balanced Pedals     Crescendo on all stops and couplers     Swell Expression                           Indicator Lights     Crescendo               Wind (pedalboard light)               Full Organ                       Previous organ in Hanson Place Baptist Church: Robert Hope-Jones Co. Elmira, N.Y. (1910) Electro-pneumatic action 3 manuals, 13 ranks In 1910, the Robert Hope-Jones Company of Elmira, N.Y. built a new organ for Hanson Place Baptist Church. Hope-Jones was an exponent of extensive unification of stops through an electrical relay, and his consoles were typically controlled by stop-tabs arranged in a "horseshoe" curve. Specifications of this organ have not yet been located.             Previous organ in Hanson Place Baptist Church: J.H. & C.S. Odell New York City – Opus 52 (1866) Mechanical action 2 manuals, 20 stops, 23 ranks The earliest known organ in the present building was built in 1866 by J.H. & C.S. Odell of New York City for the Hanson Place Baptist Church. The following specification was recorded by F.R. Webber (1887-1963), whose "Organ Scrapbooks" are in the possession of The Organ Historical Society Archives in Princeton, N.J.                 Great Organ (Manual I) – 56 notes 16   Open Diapason 56 4   Wald Flute 56 8   Keraulophon 56 2 2/3   Twelfth 56 8   Dulce 56 2   Fifteenth 56 8   Stop Diapason 56   Sesquialtera, 3 ranks 168 8   Clarionet Flute 56 8   Trumpet 56 4   Principal 56                 Swell Organ (Manual II) – 56 notes, enclosed 16   Bourdon Bass 12 4   Principal 56 16   Double Diapason [TC] 44 2   Fifteenth 56 8   Open Diapason 56   Cornet, 2 ranks 112 8   Dulciana 56 8   Hautboy 56 8   Stop Diapason Bass 12   Tremolo 8   Stop Diapason Treble [TC] 44                 Pedal Organ – 25 notes 16   Grand Double Op. Diap. 25                         Couplers, &c     Swell to Great   Composition Stop     Swell to Pedal   Bellows Alarm     Great to Pedal   Patent Reversible Coupler                 Combinations 1.   Full Great Organ 2.   Full to Principal 3.   All the 8-foot Stops 4.   Keraulophon, Clarionet Flute and Dulce 5.   Clarionet Flute, Dulce and Wald Flute 6.   Dulce and Clarionet Flute 7.   Dulce Solo 8.   Wald Flute Solo   Sources:      Hanson Place Seventh-day Adventist Church website: http://www.hansonplace.org      Nelson, George. Organs in the United States and Canada Database. Seattle, Wash.      Scheer, Stanley. Casavant Frères Factory Specification, Opus 3416, March 1, 1978.      Webber, F.R. "Organ scrapbook" at Organ Historical Society Archives, Princeton, N.J. Specification of J.H. & C.S. Odell organ, Op. 52 (1866). Courtesy Jonathan Bowen. Photos:      Hanson Place Seventh-day Adventist Church website: interior.      Lawson, Steven E.: exterior.   | NYC AGO Home Page | Back to NYC Organ Project List |