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Church of St. Rose of Lima
(Roman Catholic)
269 Parkville Avenue at East 8th Street
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11230
Organ Specifications:
Present building (since 1925)
► III/55 Holtkamp Organ Company (1962)
• II/11 Earl J. Beach (c.1925)
Second building (1907-1925)
• Reuben Midmer & Son?
First building (1886-1907)
• II/20 Geo. Jardine & Son (1889) – Lower Church |
The parish of St. Rose of Lima was founded in 1884 and built its first church in 1886. A second and larger edifice was built in 1907. The cornerstone for the present building, a fine example of Tudor Gothic architecture, was laid on June 25, 1922, and the church was dedicated on April 19, 1925. |
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Holtkamp Organ Company
Cleveland, Ohio (1962)
Electro-pneumatic action
3 manuals, 42 stops, 55 ranks
The present organ in St. Rose of Lima Church was built in 1961 by the Holtkamp Organ Company of Cleveland at a cost of $55,000. Holtkamp delivered the organ in November of that year and it was completed in March 1962. Pitman chests are used throughout with the exception of the Great division which is on a slider chest. Walter Holtkamp, Sr., died during the installation of this organ. The organ was dedicated by Leonard Raver, who performed Fantasia in G major, Trio Sonata in E minor, and Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor by J.S. Bach; Choral No. 1 in E major by César Franck; Sonata for Organ, Op. 86 by Vincent Persichetti; and Litanies by Jehan Alain.
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Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes
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16 |
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Quintadena |
61 |
2 |
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Hohlflöte |
61 |
8 |
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Principal |
61 |
1 1/3 |
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Octave Quint |
61 |
8 |
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Gedackt |
61 |
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Mixture IV ranks |
244 |
4 |
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Octave |
61 |
16 |
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Dulzian |
61 |
4 |
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Spitzflöte |
61 |
8 |
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Trumpet |
* 73 |
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Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed
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8 |
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Chimney Flute |
61 |
2 |
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Doublette |
61 |
8 |
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Lieblich Gedackt |
61 |
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Cornet III ranks |
183 |
8 |
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Gambe |
61 |
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Plein Jeu IV ranks |
244 |
8 |
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Voix Celeste [GG] |
56 |
8 |
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Fagott |
61 |
4 |
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Octave Geigen |
61 |
4 |
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Clarion |
* 85 |
4 |
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Bourdon |
61 |
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Positiv Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
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8 |
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Copula |
61 |
2 |
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Blockflöte |
61 |
4 |
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Praestant |
61 |
1 3/5 |
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Tierce |
61 |
4 |
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Rohrflöte |
61 |
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Fourniture III ranks |
183 |
2 2/3 |
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Nazard |
61 |
8 |
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Cromorne |
61 |
2 |
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Octava |
61 |
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Pedal Organ – 32 notes
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16 |
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Principal |
32 |
4 |
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Nachthorn |
32 |
16 |
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Subbass |
32 |
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Mixture IV ranks |
128 |
16 |
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Quintadena |
GT |
16 |
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Posaune |
32 |
8 |
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Octave |
32 |
16 |
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Dulzian |
GT |
8 |
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Flauto Dolce |
32 |
8 |
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Trumpet |
32 |
4 |
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Choralbass |
32 |
4 |
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Schalmey |
32 |
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* [sic] pipecounts from dedication program |
Couplers
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Great to Pedal |
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Swell to Great |
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Swell to Pedal |
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Positiv to Great |
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Positiv to Pedal |
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Swell to Positiv |
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Combinations – adjustable by setterboard
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| Pedal |
1-2-3-4-5 |
Pedals |
| Great |
1-2-3-4-5 |
Pistons |
| Swell |
1-2-3-4-5 |
Pistons |
| Positiv |
1-2-3-4-5 |
Pistons |
| General |
1-2-3-4-5-6 |
Pistons & Pedals |
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Accessories
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Swell Pedal |
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Crescendo Pedal |
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Crescendo Indicator |
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Full Organ Pedal – hookdown type |
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Full Organ Indicator |
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Glockenzimbel Pedal – hookdown type |
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Earl J. Beach
Newark, N.J. (c.1925)
Tubular-pneumatic action
2 manuals
Earl J. Beach of Newark rebuilt an existing organ by Reuben Midmer & Son and installed it in the Upper Church of St. Rose of Lima. Specifications of this organ have not yet been located.
Earl J. Beach previously worked with the Hope-Jones Organ Co. of Elmira, NY, and was later (c.1910) a voicer for the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company in North Tonawanda, N.Y. In 1920, he established his own firm in Newark, N.J.
When the new Holtkamp Organ was installed in 1962, the Beach organ was moved to St. Athanasius Church in Brooklyn, where it was rebuilt with electro-pneumatic action by Frederick J. Lloyd of New Hyde Park. |
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Organ installed in the Second Church (1907-1925):
Reuben Midmer & Sons?
Brooklyn, N.Y. (1907)
It is not certain who built the organ for the second church building. Specifications of this organ have not yet been located. |
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Organ installed in the Lower Church:
Geo. Jardine & Son
New York City (1889)
Mechanical action
2 manuals
Specifications of this organ have not yet been located. |
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Sources:
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.
The Diapason, July 1962; Holtkamp Organ Company advertisement with specifications of the 1962 organ; courtesy Jeff Scofield.
Fox, David H. A Guide to North American Organbuilders (Rev. ed.). Richmond: The Organ Historical Society, 1997.
Trupiano, Larry. Dedication program with specifications of Holtkamp Organ (1962).
Photos:
Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. Brooklyn Eagle (August 25, 1932): exterior.
Trupiano, Larry: Holtkamp Organ (1962). |
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