click on images to enlarge Spanish Calvary Baptist Church 199 North 5th Street near Driggs Avenue Brooklyn, N.Y. 11211 The Spanish Calvary Baptist Church has been at its present location since 1965. Located in the Williamsburg area of Brooklyn, the edifice was built c.1864 for St. Matthew Evangelical German Lutheran Church.             Wm. & Chas. H. Pilcher Brooklyn, N.Y. (c.1880 or c.1906) Mechanical key and stop action 2 manuals, 9 stops, 9 ranks The organ in the Spanish Calvary Baptist Church was built by Wm. & Chas. H. Pilcher of Brooklyn, but the exact date of this organ has not yet been determined. The mechanical action organ includes a hitch-down swell pedal and employs a double-rise reservoir with two feeders.                 Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes 8   Gamba 61 4   Flute d'Amour 61 8   Melodia 61 2   Flageolet 61 4   Principal 61                 Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed 8   Keraulophone 61 4   Violin 61 8   Gedackt 61   Tremolo                 Pedal Organ – 27 notes 16   Bourdon 27                     Couplers & Accessories     Great to Swell       Bellows Signal       Pedal to Swell       Pedal Check       Pedal to Great       Hitch-down Swell Pedal                 Sources:      Bigger, Keith. Specifications of Wm. & Chas. H. Pilcher organ.      Fox, David H. A Guide to North American Organbuilders (Rev. ed.). Richmond: The Organ Historical Society, 1997. Photos:      Bigger, Keith: Wm. & Chas. H. Pilcher organ.      The Brooklyn Eagle (Brooklyn Collection, Brooklyn Public Library): 1939 photo of St. Matthew Lutheran Church.   | NYC AGO Home Page | Back to NYC Organs List |