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Windsor Terrace United Methodist Church
Vanderbilt Street and East 3rd Street
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11218
Organ Specifications:
Vanderbilt Street and East 3rd Street (1954-c.1995)
• unknown
Corner Greenwood and Prospect Avenues (1883-1954)
► II/11 Estey Organ Company, Op. 1006 (1912) |
The Windsor Terrace United Methodist Church was organized c.1893, and a wooden edifice was built at Prospect and Greenwood Avenues. This building was demolished in 1954 to make way for the Prospect Expressway, and a new church was erected at Vanderbilt Street and East 3rd Street. In the mid-1990s, the congregation merged with Park Slope United Methodist Church. |
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Organ in church located on Greenwood and Prospect Avenues:
Estey Organ Company
Brattleboro, Vt. – Opus 1006 (1912)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 11 stops, 11 ranks
The Estey Organ Company Shop Order, dated June 15, 1912, states that their Op. 1006 for Windsor Terrace Methodist Church was to be voiced "Strong" on 4" wind pressure. Estey provided an oak case measuring 14 feet 9 inches tall that had bronzed front pipes. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
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8 |
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Open Diapason |
61 |
8 |
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Dulciana |
61 |
8 |
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Melodia |
61 |
4 |
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Flute d'Amour |
61 |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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16 |
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Bourdon |
61 |
4 |
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Flute Harmonic |
61 |
8 |
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Violin Diapason |
61 |
8 |
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Oboe [TC] |
49 |
8 |
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Salicional |
61 |
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Tremolo |
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8 |
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Stopped Diapason |
61 |
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Pedal Organ – 30 notes
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16 |
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Bourdon |
30 |
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Couplers
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Swell to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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Great to Pedal |
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Great Unison Separation |
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Swell to Pedal |
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Swell to Swell 16', 4', Unison Separation |
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Accessories
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Reversible Pedal |
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Sources:
The Estey Pipe Organ web site: www.esteyorgan.com
Nelson, George. Organs in the United States and Canada Database. Seattle, Wash.
Park Slope United Methodist Church web site: http://www.parkslopeumc.org
Stimmel, Phil: Estey Organ Company Shop Order with specifications of Estey Organ, Op. 1006 (1912).
Photos:
Brooklyn Eagle, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection: 1954 exterior. |
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