St. Paul of Tremont Lutheran Church - Bronx, N.Y. (photo: Dave Schmauch)
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St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church
(Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod)

1984 Crotona Avenue at East 178th Street
Bronx, N.Y. 10457


Organ Specifications:
1984 Crotona Avenue at East 178th Street (since 1925)
II/8 Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company, Op. 519-A (1947)
II/7 Skinner Organ Company, Op. 519 (1925)
East 178th Street and LaFontaine Avenue (1908-1925)
• unknown
East 181st Street and Third Avenue (1902-1908)
• unknown



St. Paul of Tremont Lutheran Church was established in 1898.
               

  Console of Aeolian-Skinner Organ, Op. 519-A (1947) at St. Paul of Tremont Lutheran Church - Bronx, N.Y. (photo: Dave Schmauch)
   
  Facade of Aeolian-Skinner Organ, Op. 519-A (1947) at St. Paul of Tremont Lutheran Church - Bronx, N.Y. (photo: Dave Schmauch)
Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company, Inc.
Boston, Mass. – Opus 519-A (1947)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 12 stops, 8 ranks








In 1947, the Aeolian-Skinner Company added an 8' Trumpet on the Great division of the existing Skinner organ, as Opus 519-A. The organ was later restored by Allen Dreyfuss.
               
Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
8
  Diapason
61
4
  Flute
SW
8
  Gedeckt
SW
8
  Trumpet
61
8
  Aeoline
SW
   
 
     
 
     
Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed

8
  Gedeckt
61
8
  Aeoline
61
8
  Salicional
61
4
  Flute
61
8
  Voix Celeste
61
     
     
     
Pedal Organ – 32 notes

16
  Bourdon
32
       
8
  Gedeckt [ext.]
12
       
               
Couplers

    Great to Pedal 8', 4'     Great to Great 4'
    Swell to Pedal 8', 4'     Swell to Swell 16', 4'
    Swell to Great 16', 8', 4'      
               
Adjustable Combinations

    Pistons No. 1-2-3 affecting Great Stops
    Pistons No. 1-2-3 affecting Swell Stops
               
Pedal Movements

    Balanced Swell Pedal     Great to Pedal Reversible
    Balanced Crescendo Pedal     Sforzando Reversible

               

Skinner Organ Company
Boston, Mass. – Opus 519 (1925)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 11 stops, 7 ranks


This organ was built in the "Westfield Branch" in Westfield, Mass. The following specification was recorded by F.R. Webber (1887-1963), whose "Organ Scrapbooks" are in the possession of The Organ Historical Society Archives in Princeton, N.J.
               
Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
8
  Diapason
61
8
  Aeoline
SW
8
  Gedeckt
SW
4
  Flute
SW
 
     
 
     
Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed

8
  Gedeckt
61
8
  Aeoline
61
8
  Salicional
61
4
  Flute
61
8
  Voix Celeste
61
   
     
     
Pedal Organ – 32 notes

16
  Bourdon
32
       
8
  Gedeckt [ext.]
12
       

               

Sources:
     Aeolian-Skinner Archives web site: http://aeolian-skinner.110mb.com/
     Haberstroh, Richard. The German Churches of Metropolitan New York: A Research Guide. New York: The New York Genealogical & Biographical Society, 2000.
     Kinzey, Allen, and Sand Lawn, comps. E.M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List. New Rev. Ed. Richmond: The Organ Historical Society, 1997.
      Webber, F.R. "Organ Scrapbook" in Organ Historical Society Archives, Princeton, N.J., with specifications of Skinner organ, Op. 519; courtesy Jonathan Bowen.

Photos:
      Schmauch, Dave: Aeolian-Skinner Organ, Op. 519-A (1947); church exterior.

               

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