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Church of St. Rosalia – Regina Pacis
(Roman Catholic)
1230 65th Street at 12th Avenue
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11219
http://www.reginaparish.org
Organ Specifications:
Regina Pacis Shrine: 1230 65th Street at 12th Avenue (since 1951)
► IV/57 Skinner Organ Company, Op. 739 (1928); inst. 1972
• III/ Jimmy Rockefeller (<1930s); inst. 1951
St. Theresa's Chapel (School)
• II/4 Geo. Kilgen & Son (1929)
St. Rosalia Church: 63rd Street corner 14th Avenue (since 1905)
► II/13 Gilbert F. Adams (1971)
• II/ Baldwin Organ Company electronic (1950s)
• II/ Unknown builder (1910)
• III/ Geo. Kilgen & Son, Op. 4276 (1929) – Lower Church
• II/ Estey Organ Company (second hand) – Lower Church
62nd Street near Thirteenth Avenue (1901-1905)
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The Roman Catholic parish of St. Rosalia (Chiesa Cattolica Italiana Romana di St. Rosalia) was founded in 1902 by Rev. P. Sapienza to serve Italian Catholics in the Borough Park area of South Brooklyn. In the early years, Masses were held in a converted three-story clapboard house on 62nd Street near 13th Avenue. Later, a permanent church was built on the corner of 63rd Street and 14th Avenue. This building survives today.
On the second Sunday In May, 1942, the parish vowed to build a votive shrine to Regina Pacis (Our Lady, Queen of Peace), the patroness of Palermo, for the victory of the U.S. armed forces in World War II. Under the leadership of Msgr. Angelo R. Cioffi, funds were raised throughout the war years, and the cornerstone was laid on October 29, 1949. The new shrine, designed by Anthony J. DePace, was dedicated on August 15, 1951. |
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Skinner Organ Company
Boston, Mass. – Opus 739 (1928)
Moved and revised by Gilbert F. Adams Organ Builders, Inc. (1972)
Electro-pneumatic action
4 manuals, 53 stops, 51 ranks
The Skinner organ in St. Rosalia-Regina Pacis Church was built in 1928 for the South Congregational Church of New Britain, Conn. In 1972, South Congregational Church purchased a large new Gress-Miles organ, and the Skinner organ was acquired by St. Rosalia-Regina Pacis parish. Gilbert F. Adams of New York City was contracted to move and reinstall the organ in the Regina Pacis Shrine. Adams eliminated the Choir division because of space issues, and modified the Echo/Solo chest to become an enclosed Positiv that is playable on manuals I and IV. |
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Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes [7½" wind]
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16 |
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Double Diapason |
61 |
2 2/3 |
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Twelfth |
61 |
8 |
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First Diapason |
61 |
2 |
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Fifteenth |
61 |
8 |
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Second Diapason |
61 |
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Harmonics III ranks |
183 |
8 |
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Principal Flute |
61 |
8 |
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Tromba |
61 |
8 |
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Erzähler |
61 |
4 |
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Clarion |
61 |
4 |
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Octave |
61 |
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4 |
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Flute Harmonique |
61 |
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* enclosed in Choir |
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Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed [7½" wind]
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16 |
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Contra Gamba |
73 |
2 |
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Flautino |
61 |
8 |
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Diapason |
73 |
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Chorus Mixture V ranks |
305 |
8 |
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Rohrflote |
73 |
16 |
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Waldhorn |
73 |
8 |
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Salicional |
73 |
8 |
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Cornopean |
73 |
8 |
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Voix Celeste |
73 |
8 |
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Oboe |
73 |
8 |
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Flauto Dolce |
73 |
8 |
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Vox Humana |
73 |
8 |
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Flute Celeste [TC] |
61 |
4 |
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Clarion |
73 |
4 |
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Octave |
73 |
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Tremolo |
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4 |
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Flute Triangulaire |
73 |
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Positiv Organ (Manuals I and IV) – 61 notes, enclosed [7½" wind]
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16 |
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Bourdon |
61 |
2 |
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Blockflöte |
61 |
8 |
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Diapason |
61 |
1 3/5 |
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Tierce |
61 |
8 |
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Gedeckt |
61 |
1 1/3 |
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Larigot |
61 |
4 |
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Octave |
61 |
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Cymbel III ranks |
183 |
4 |
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Rohrflöte |
61 |
8 |
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Tuba [horizontal] |
61 |
2 |
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Octave |
61 |
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Tremolo |
2 2/3 |
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Nazard |
61 |
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Pedal Organ – 32 notes
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32 |
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Resultant |
— |
8 |
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Flute [ext. Bourdon] |
12 |
16 |
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First Diapason |
32 |
8 |
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Cello |
SW |
16 |
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Second Diapason |
GT |
8 |
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Solo Gedeckt |
POS |
16 |
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Bourdon |
32 |
16 |
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Trombone |
32 |
16 |
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Gamba |
SW |
16 |
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Waldhorn |
SW |
16 |
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Solo Bourdon |
POS |
8 |
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Tromba |
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8 |
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Octave [ext. 1st Diap.] |
12 |
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Chimes |
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Organ installed in Regina Pacis Votive Shrine:
Jimmy Rockefeller
New York
Electro-pneumatic action
3 manuals, 5 divisions
The original organ in the Regina Pacis Votive Shrine was a theatre-style organ built by Jimmy Rockefeller. A three-manual "churchy" console with colored tabs controlled the Solo, Great, Orchestral and Pedal divisions in the gallery, plus an Echo division above the high altar. Specifications of this organ have not yet been located. |
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Organ installed in St. Rosalia Church on 14th Avenue and 63rd Street:
Gilbert F. Adams Organ Builders Inc.
New York City (1971)
Mechanical key and stop action
2 manuals, 10 stops, 13 ranks
This organ was originally a two-manual instrument with 9 stops built c.1895 by L.C. Harrison as Op. 1362 for the Park Presbyterian Church of Bloomfield, N.J. The organ was relocated by the Organ Clearing House and rebuilt in 1971 by Gilbert F. Adams of New York City.
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Organo Grando (Manual I)
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Principale |
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Decimaquinta |
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8 |
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Flautona Fuso |
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Ripieno di IV |
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4 |
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Ottava |
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Organo Piccolo (Manual II)
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Flautone |
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2 |
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Flautino |
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8 |
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Flautone Bassi |
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8 |
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Oboe Francese |
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4 |
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Flauto Ottava |
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Tremulo |
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Pedale
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Contrabassi |
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Couplers
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Org. Piccolo e Contrabassi |
(Manual II to Pedal) |
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Org. Grande e Contrabassi |
(Manual I to Pedal) |
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Org. Piccolo e Org. Grande |
(Manual II to Manual I) |
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Terza Mano |
(Octave Coupler) |
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Organ installed in St. Rosalia Church on 14th Avenue and 63rd Street:
Unknown Builder
(1910)
Mechanical action
2 manuals
The first pipe organ in St. Rosalia Church was installed in 1910, replacing a reed organ. It is not known who built the two-manual mechanical-action instrument. Specifications of this organ have not yet been located.
This organ was replaced in the 1950s by a Baldwin Organ Company electric instrument. |
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Organ installed in Lower Church of St. Rosalia Church on 14th Avenue and 63rd Street::
Estey Organ Company
Brattleboro, Vt. (1912); reb. Geo. Kilgen & Son (c.1927)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals
The first pipe organ in the Lower Church was built by the Estey Organ Company, replacing an Estey reed organ. This organ was rebuilt (c.1927) as a three-manual organ by Geo. Kilgen & Son. Specifications of this organ have not yet been located. |
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Organ installed in St. Theresa's Chapel on 14th Avenue and 63rd Street:
George Kilgen & Son
St. Louis, Mo. – Opus 4276 (1929)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 4 ranks
A two-manual organ for St. Theresa's Chapel in the school building was built in 1929 by George Kilgen & Son. The stock model organ had four ranks (diapason, flute, string and Bourdon) but no couplers. Specifications of this organ have not yet been located. |
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Sources:
Aeolian-Skinner Archives: http://aeolian-skinner.110mb.com/
The Catholic Church in the United States of America: Undertaken to Celebrate the Golden Jubilee of His Holiness, Pope Pius X, Vol. III. New York: The Catholic Editing Company, 1914.
Grillo, Joseph. Telephone interview regarding organs while he was director of music.
Kinzey, Allen, and Sand Lawn. E.M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List (New Revised Edition). Richmond: The Organ Historical Society, 1997.
Organ Historical Society Convention Booklet (1973). Specifications of Gilbert F. Adams Organ (1971); courtesy Jim Stettner.
St. Rosalia–Regina Pacis web site: http://www.reginaparish.org
Photos:
Undated postcard of Regina Pacis Votive Shrine. |
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