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Connie's Inn
2221 Seventh Avenue at 131st Street
New York, N.Y. 10027
The intersection of 131st Street and 7th Avenue was a Harlem hot spot called "The Corner." This was the site of Connie's Inn, a popular nightclub located in the basement of 2221 Seventh Avenue at 131st Street. Connie's Inn was established in 1923 by Connie Immerman, a white bootlegger, during Prohibition—the period from 1920 to 1933 when the making and sale of liquor was outlawed in the United States. Its clientele included gangsters and molls, rumrunners, and bathtub bootleggers.
Connie's Inn attracted huge audiences with acts by Louis Armstrong, Moms Mabley, Fats Waller, Wilbur Sweatman, Peg Leg Bates, and Fletcher Henderson. Like its cheif rival, the Cotton Club, Connie's Inn featured African-American performers, but restricted its audience to whites only. |
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Estey Organ Company
Brattleboro, Vt. – Opus 2800 (1929)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 23 stops, 3 ranks
Connie's Inn contained an organ built in 1929 by the Estey Organ Company, and was the first example of the "Grand Minuette" model. Estey's Op. 2800 had three unified ranks on 8" wind pressure, and all of its pipes were contained in a grand piano-type case that measured 8'4" long by 5'5" wide by 3'3" high. The case and piano-type bench of Op. 2800 were finished in Whitewood, ivory and gold. |
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Solo Melody (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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16 |
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Bass Viol |
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4 |
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Octave |
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8 |
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Diapason |
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4 |
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Flute d'Amour |
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8 |
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Oboe (synthetic) |
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4 |
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Violina |
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8 |
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Clarinet (synthetic) |
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2 2/3 |
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Twelfth |
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8 |
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Tibia Clausa |
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2 |
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Piccolo |
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8 |
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Violin |
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1 3/5 |
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Tierce |
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8 |
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Saxophone (synthetic) |
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Accompaniment Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
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16 |
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Contra Violone |
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4 |
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Octave |
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8 |
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Diapason |
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4 |
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String |
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8 |
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Viola |
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4 |
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Flute |
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8 |
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Gedeckt |
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Pedal Organ – 32 notes
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16 |
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Violone |
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8 |
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Flute |
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8 |
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'Cello |
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Accessories and Special Features
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General Tremolo |
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Current and wind lights |
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Balanced Swell Expression |
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4 spare contacts – Solo |
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Crescendo Pedal |
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4 spare contacts – Accomp. |
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5-note Chimes [E, F#, G#, A#, B] |
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4 spare contacts – Pedal |
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Stop Analysis |
4 |
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Open Diapason |
61 |
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Stopped Flute |
85 |
16 |
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Salicional |
85 |
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Total |
231 |
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Sources:
Carnahan, John. Factory Shop Order for Estey Organ, Op. 2800 (1929).
The Estey Pipe Organ website: www.esteyorgan.com
Nelson, George. Organs in the United States and Canada Database. Seattle, Wash.
"The Voices of African-Americans: The Harlem Renaissance and Hip-Hop Movements and the Search for An Identity, a Comparative Analysis." Presentation by Leye Moery, Ted Archer,and Quiana McKenzie. Washington and Lee University: Introduction to African-American Studies, Fall 2005.
Photos:
The Estey Pipe Organ website: "Grand Minuette" model.
www.streetswing.com: exterior.
"The Voices of African-Americans": interior. |
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