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Present Church Interior, seen in Hillgreen, Lane advertisement
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Calvary United Methodist Church
1885 University Avenue
Bronx, N.Y. 10453
website
Organ Specifications:
1885 University Avenue, Bronx (since 1924):
• III/50 Allen Organ Company electronic
• III/ Hillgreen, Lane & Company, Op. 765 (1924)
211 West 129th Street, Manhattan (1887-1923):
► III/33 Geo. Jardine & Son (c.1887) |
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Original church in Manhattan (1887-1923) |
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Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church (also known as the West Harlem M.E. Church) was originally located at 211 West 129th Street at Seventh Avenue in Manhattan. John Rochester Thomas designed the brick and stone church, as well as a chapel and parsonage, which were built in 1887. Calvary Church grew considerably and, after only three years, Thomas was requested to double the size of the church. In 1893, the 2000-seat Romanesque church was described as the largest Protestant church auditorium in the city.
In 1923, Calvary Church decided to leave West Harlem and move to their present location at 1885 University Avenue in the Bronx. The original church was sold to Salem Methodist Episcopal Church, a black congregation. Today, Calvary Church is a multi-racial, multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and multi-national congregation. |
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Allen Organ Company
Macungie, Penn.
Digital tone production
3 manuals, 50 stops (Renaissance Model)
Specifications for this organ have not yet been located. |
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Hillgreen, Lane & Company
Alliance, Ohio – Opus 765 (1924)
Electro-pneumatic action
3 manuals
The 2006 status of this organ is unknown. Specifications for this organ have not yet been located. |
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Organ in previous church at 211 West 129th Street in Manhattan:
Geo. Jardine & Son
New York City (c.1887)
Mechanical action
3 manuals, 27 stops, 31 ranks |
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Great Organ (Manual II) – 58 notes
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16 |
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Double Open Diapason |
58 |
4 |
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Principal |
58 |
8 |
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Open Diapason |
58 |
3 |
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Nasard |
58 |
8 |
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Gamba |
58 |
2 |
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Piccolo |
58 |
8 |
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Doppel Flöte |
58 |
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Sexquialtera, 3 ranks |
174 |
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Swell Organ (Manual III) – 58 notes, enclosed
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16 |
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Bourdon |
58 |
2 |
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Flageolet |
58 |
8 |
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Open Diapason |
58 |
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Cornet, 3 ranks |
174 |
8 |
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Clariana |
58 |
8 |
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Trumpet |
58 |
8 |
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Lieblich Gedackt |
58 |
8 |
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Oboe |
58 |
4 |
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Violino |
58 |
8 |
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Vox Humana |
58 |
4 |
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Echo Flute |
58 |
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Tremulant |
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Choir Organ (Manual I) – 58 notes
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8 |
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Salicional |
58 |
4 |
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Flute Harmonic |
58 |
8 |
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Dulciana |
58 |
2 |
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Flautino |
58 |
8 |
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Claribella |
58 |
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Pedal Organ – 30 notes
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16 |
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Open Diapason |
30 |
8 |
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Violoncello |
30 |
16 |
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Bourdon |
30 |
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Pedal Movements
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Forte to Great Organ |
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Piano to Great Organ |
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Mezzo to Great Organ |
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Balanced Swell Pedal |
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Sources:
Allen Organ Studios website: http://www.allenorgan.com
"Another Jardine Organ", article in The Musical Courier, October 10, 1888. Specifications of Jardine organ. Courtesy Dale W. Hansen, Archivist, Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church.
Calvary United Methodist Church: http://fm2.forministry.com/Church/Home.asp?SiteId=10453CUMC
Dunlap, David W. From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.
Hickman, Cynthia. Harlem Churches At the End of the 20th Century. New York City: Dunbar Press, 2001.
Stern, Robert A.M., Thomas Mellins, and David Fishman. New York 1880: Architecture and Urbanism in the Gilded Age. New York City: The Monacelli Press, 1999.
Photos:
Bowen, Jonathan: Console of Hillgreen, Lane & Company Organ, Op. 765 (1924). |
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