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Blessed Sacrament Church
(Roman Catholic)
1170 Beach Avenue at Gleason Avenue
Bronx, N.Y. 10472
Blessed Sacrament Church was founded in 1927 to serve residents of the Soundview area of the East Bronx, and to ease overcrowding in Holy Family parish. Ground was broken for a combination church and school building on April 1, 1928; the cost of the excavation, estimated to be between $25,000 and $30,000, was the gift of Samuel R. Rosoff, subway builder. The Gothic Revival building was dedicated by Cardinal Hayes on September 29, 1929.
Among the notable alums of Blessed Sacrament School is Justice Sonya Sotomayor, the first Hispanic to be seated on the Supreme Court of the United States after being appointed by President Barack Obama in August 2009. Sotomayor attended Blessed Sacrament's grammar school in the 1960s and was class valedictorian in 1968. |
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J.H. & C.S. Odell & Company
New York City – Opus 586 (1928)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 18 stops, 16 ranks
The status of this organ is unknown. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
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8 |
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Open Diapason |
73 |
8 |
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Melodia |
73 |
8 |
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Dulciana |
73 |
4 |
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Harmonic Flute |
73 |
8 |
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Gamba |
73 |
8 |
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Capped Horn |
73 |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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16 |
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Bourdon |
73 |
8 |
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Stopped Diapason |
73 |
8 |
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Violin Diapason |
73 |
4 |
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Rohr Flute |
73 |
8 |
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Salicional |
73 |
8 |
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Oboe |
73 |
8 |
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Aeoline |
73 |
8 |
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Vox Humana |
73 |
8 |
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Vox Celestis [TC] |
61 |
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| Cathedral Chimes |
20 tubular bells |
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Pedal Organ – 32 notes
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16 |
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Sub Bass |
32 |
8 |
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Stille Gedeckt |
SW |
16 |
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Bourdon |
SW |
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Couplers
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Great to Pedal |
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Swell to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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Swell to Pedal |
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Great to Great 16', 4' |
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Pedal to Pedal Octaves |
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Swell to Swell 16', 4' |
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Piston Combinations
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Pistons No. 1-2-3-4 operating on Great Organ |
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Pistons No. 1-2-3-4 operating on Swell Organ |
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Pedal Movements (page missing, but suggested)
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Balanced Swell Pedal |
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Great to Pedal Reversible |
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Crescendo Pedal |
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Sources:
Bronx Catholic blogspot: http://bronxcatholic.blogspot.com
"Bronx Plot is Sold to Catholic Church," The New York Times (Nov. 13, 1927:N18).
"Cardinal Blesses New Trinity School," The New York Times (Sept. 30, 1929:14).
Fernandez, Manny. "The Children at the Judge's Bronx School," The New York Times (July 16, 2009).
"Ground is Broken for Bronx Church," The New York Times (April 2, 1928:19).
Nelson, George. Organs in the United States and Canada Database. Seattle, Wash.
Shelley, Thomas J. The Bicentennial History of the Archdiocese of New York 1808-2008. Strasbourg: Éditions du Signe, 2007.
Trupiano, Larry. Factory Specifications of J.H. & C.S. Odell Organ, Op. 586 (1928).
Photos:
The Bicentennial History of the Archdiocese of New York 1808-2008. exterior of school.
Bronx Catholic blogspot: exterior showing church with school above. |
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