Second Church of Christ, Scientist - Brooklyn, NY
 
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Second Church of Christ, Scientist

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

Organ Specifications:
516 Bay Ridge Parkway at 75th Street
• unknown
340 67th Street between 3rd and 4th Avenues
► III/46 M.P. Möller, Op. 5475 (1930)

Original Second Church of Christ, Scientist - Brooklyn, N.Y. (1945 photo from Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection)  
Edifice 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.

At some point, the society moved to 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, 58 stops, 46 ranks
               
Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes (6" wind pressure)
16
   Diapason One [unit]
73
2
  Fifteenth
61
8
   Diapason Two
61
    Mixture III ranks [15-17-19]
183
8
   Diapason One
—
16
  Tuba [unit]
73
8
   Grossfloete
61
8
   Tuba
—
8
   Melodia
61
4
   Clarion
61
8
   Viola da Gamba
61
8
   Harp
CH
4
   Octave
—
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 [unit]
85
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 [unit]
85
8
  French Horn
73
8
  Violin Diapason
73
8
   English Horn
73
8
  Dulciana
—
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
—
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
—
8
   Viole
73
     Tremulant  
8
   Viole d'Orchestre [unit]
73
        
               
Pedal Organ – 32 notes (6" wind pressure)
32
  Resultant
—
16
  Bourdon
SW
16
  Diapason [unit]
44
8
  Diapason
—
16
  Diapason One
GT
8
  Violin Diapason
CH
16
   Dulciana
CH
8
   Bourdon
—
16
   Violin Diapason
CH
16
   Tuba
GT
16
   Bourdon [unit]
44
8
   Tuba
GT
               
Sources:
     The American Organist (Nov. 1930). Specifications of M.P. Möller Organ, Op. 5475 (1930). Courtesy Jonathan Bowen.

Photo:
     Brooklyn Daily Eagle; Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection: 1945 photo of exterior.
     Google Street View: exterior of present church.
     
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