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Thomas Jefferson High School
400 Pennsylvania Avenue at Blake Avenue
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11207
On May 11, 1922, ground was broken by Mayor Hylan for the construction of Thomas Jefferson High School, located in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn. Over the years, the large school was instrumental in the education of many notable people, but by the 1990s the neighborhood and school had fallen into decline. In the fall of 2002, Thomas Jefferson High School was named one of seven low-performing Brooklyn high schools scheduled for restructuring under the Brooklyn New Century High Schools initiative. In 2004 it was announced that Jefferson would no longer accept incoming 9th graders, although the existing students would be allowed to stay and graduate. Four new small schools opened in the building in September 2004:
1. The Performing Arts and Technical High School (PATH)
2. High School for Fire and Life Safety (FDNY)
3. High School for Civil Rights (CIVIL RIGHTS)
4. World Advocacy for Total Community Health High School (WATCH)
Famous alumni of Thomas Jefferson High School include actors Danny Kaye, Shelley Winters, and Jimmy Smits.
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M.P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 4487 (1926)
Electro-pneumatic action
3 manuals, 38 stops, 31 ranks
In January 1925, the M.P. Möller company received a contract to build seven identical organs for high schools in the boroughs of New York City. High Schools receiving the new organs included Julia Richman (Op. 4485) and George Washington (Op. 4486) in Manhattan; and Thomas Jefferson (Op. 4487), Girls' Commercial (Op. 4488), New Utrecht (Op. 4489), and James Madison (Op. 4491) in Brooklyn; and Flushing High School (Op. 4492) in Queens.
The Möller organ in the auditorium of Thomas Jefferson High School was the third of the seven organs to be installed, and it had a three-manual stop-key console. Wind pressure for the organ was 5 inches, except for the 16' Tuba, which was on 10 inches.
In the 1990s, this organ was removed and
discarded.
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Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed with Choir except as noted
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Major Diapason * |
73 |
8 |
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Clarabella |
73 |
8 |
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English Diapason * |
73 |
4 |
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Harmonic Flute |
73 |
8 |
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Gamba |
73 |
4 |
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Octave |
73 |
8 |
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Gross Flute |
73 |
8 |
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Tuba |
73 |
8 |
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Dulciana |
CH |
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* unenclosed |
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Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed
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16 |
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Lieblich Gedeckt |
73 |
2 |
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Flautino |
73 |
8 |
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Open Diapason |
73 |
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Dolce Cornet III ranks |
— |
8 |
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Stopped Flute |
73 |
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(derived from 2' Flautino) |
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8 |
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Salicional |
73 |
8 |
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Oboe |
73 |
8 |
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Vox Celeste (TC) |
61 |
8 |
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Cornopean |
73 |
8 |
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Aeoline |
73 |
8 |
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Vox Humana [sep. box & trem.] |
61 |
4 |
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Rohr Flute |
73 |
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Tremulant |
4 |
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Gambette |
73 |
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Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed with Great
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Contra Dulciana |
85 |
2 |
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Piccolo (Harmonic) |
61 |
8 |
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Geigen Principal |
73 |
8 |
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Clarinet |
73 |
8 |
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Concert Flute |
73 |
8 |
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English Horn |
73 |
8 |
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Dulciana (fr. 16') |
— |
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Tremulant |
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8 |
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Viol Celeste |
73 |
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4 |
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Flute d'Amour |
73 |
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Pedal Organ – 32 notes
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Resultant |
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8 |
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'Cello |
32 |
16 |
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Open Diapason |
32 |
8 |
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Flute (GT Gross Flute) |
GT |
16 |
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Bourdon |
32 |
16 |
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Tromba (ext. GT) |
12 |
16 |
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Lieblich Gedeckt |
SW |
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Couplers
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Great to Pedal 8', 4' |
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Swell to Choir 16', 8', 4' |
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Swell to Pedal 8', 4' |
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Great 16', 4' |
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Choir to Pedal 8', 4' |
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Swell 16', 4' |
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Swell to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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Choir 16', 4' |
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Choir to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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Piston Combinations (Adjustable at Organ Bench and Moving Registers)
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Pistons No. 1-2-3-4-5 |
operating on Swell Organ |
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Pistons No. 1-2-3-4 |
operating on Choir Organ |
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Pistons No. 1-2-3-4 |
operating on Great Organ |
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Pistons No. 1-2-3 |
operating on Pedal Organ |
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Pistons No. 1-2-3-0 |
Three Pedal Pistons and Release adjustable to full organ combinations |
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When operating Pedal Pistons all stop action must automatically be cancelled (without affecting the position of the stop registers) thereby allowing the performer to prepare in advance while playing any combination desired which may be brought into operation at the desired moment by pressing Release Pistons. |
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Pedal Movements
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Balanced Swell Pedal |
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Great to Pedal Reversible |
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Balanced Choir and Great Pedal |
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Crescendo-Sforzando Pedal |
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Accessories
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Swell Tremulant |
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Choir Tremulant |
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Wind Indicator |
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Crescendo Indicator |
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Electric Action Generator |
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Electric Motor & Rotary Blower |
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Indicator Lights for Pedal Pistons |
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Organ Bench with Music Shelf |
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