Second Church of Christ, Scientist

516 Bay Ridge Parkway at 75th Street
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11209


Original Second Church of Christ, Scientist - Brooklyn, N.Y. (1945 photo from Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection)  
Church located at 340 67th Street
The Second Church of Christ, Scientist was founded in 1909 as the Christian Science Society of Dyker Heights. The first meetings were held in a rented building, and later in an edifice erected at 340 67th Street between Third and Fourth Avenues. The church is now located on Bay Ridge Parkway at 75th Street.
               

This organ was installed at the edifice located on 67th Street:

M.P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 5475 (1930)
Electro-pneumatic action
3 manuals, 46 ranks
               
Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes (6" wind pressure)
16
  Diapason [ext. 2nd O.D.]
2
  Fifteenth
61
8
  Diapason One
61
  Mixture III ranks [15-17-19]
183
8
  Diapason Two
73
16
  Tuba [ext. ]
8
  Grossfloete
61
8
  Tuba
73
8
  Melodia
61
4
  Clarion
61
8
  Viola da Gamba
61
8
  Harp
CH
4
  Octave [ext.]
8
 
Chimes [Deagan]
25 tubes
4
  Flute Harmonic
61
4
  Harp
CH
2 2/3
  Twelfth
61
     

 

     

 

     
Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed (6" wind pressure)
16
  Bourdon
73
  Mixture III ranks [12-15-17]
183
8
  Diapason
73
16
  Oboe [ext.]
8
  Stopped Flute
73
8
  Cornopean
73
8
  Clarabella
73
8
  Oboe
73
8
  Aeoline
73
8
  Vox Humana
73
8
  Salicional
73
  Tremulant
8
  Voix Celeste
73
8
  Harp
CH
4
  Flute d'Amour
73
8
  Chimes
GT
4
  Fugara
73
4
  Harp
CH
2
  Flautino
61
   

 

     

 

     
Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed (6" wind pressure)
16
  Dulciana [ext.]
8
  French Horn
73
8
  Violin Diapason
73
8
  English Horn
73
8
  Dulciana
85
8
  Clarinet
73
8
  Unda Maris [TC]
61
  Tremulant
8
  Quintadena
61
8
 
Harp [Deagan]
49 bars
8
  Concert Flute
73
8
  Chimes
GT
4
  Flauto Traverso
73
4
  Harp [ext.]
2
  Piccolo Harmonique
61
   
               
Ancillary String Organ (floating) – 61 notes, enclosed in Choir chamber (6" wind pressure)
8
  Viole d'Amour
73
8
  Viole d'Orchestre Celeste
73
8
  Viole Celeste [TC]
61
4
  Viole d'Amour [ext.]
8
  Viole
73
  Tremulant
8
  Viole d'Orchestre
73
   
               
Pedal Organ – 32 notes (6" wind pressure)
32
  Resultant
16
  Bourdon
SW
16
  Diapason
44
8
  Diapason [ext.]
16
  Diapason One
GT
8
  Violin Diapason
CH
16
  Dulciana
CH
8
  Bourdon
16
  Violin Diapason
CH
16
  Tuba
GT
16
  Bourdon
44
8
  Tuba
GT

               
Sources:
     The American Organist, November 1930. (Möller Organ specifications). Courtesy Jonathan Bowen.

Photo:
     Brooklyn Daily Eagle (1945); Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection.
     
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