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Greater Metropolitan Baptist Church
147 West 123rd Street
New York, N.Y. 10027
The Greater Metropolitan Baptist Church is the third congregation to occupy the edifice located midblock on West 123rd Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue. Originally built as the German-American St. Paul Lutheran Church of Harlem, the Gothic church was built in 1897-98 to the designs of Ernest W. Schneider and Henry Herter. In 1933, after St. Paul's merged with and moved to Grace Lutheran Church at 123 West 71st Street, the building was sold to the Twelfth Church of Christ, Scientist. In 1985, after the Christian Scientists relocated to 2315 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard, the building was sold to the Greater Metropolitan Baptist Church. |
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Müller & Abel
New York City – Opus 23 (1897)
Tubular-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 29 stops, 35 ranks
The status of this organ is unknown as of 2008. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
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16 |
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Double Open Diapason * |
61 |
4 |
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Hohl Flöte |
61 |
8 |
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Open Diapason * |
61 |
2 2/3 |
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Octave Quint |
61 |
8 |
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Viola di Gamba |
61 |
2 |
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Super Octave |
61 |
8 |
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Dolce |
61 |
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Mixture, 3-4-5 ranks |
202 |
8 |
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Doppel Flöte |
61 |
8 |
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Trumpet |
61 |
8 |
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Flute Harmonique |
61 |
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Bellows Signal |
4 |
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Octave |
61 |
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* unenclosed |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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16 |
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Bourdon [split knob] |
61 |
4 |
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Gemshorn |
61 |
8 |
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Open Diapason |
61 |
4 |
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Flauto Traverso |
61 |
8 |
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Salicional |
61 |
2 |
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Flageolet |
61 |
8 |
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Aeoline |
61 |
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Cornet, 3 ranks |
183 |
8 |
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Vox Celestis [TC] |
49 |
8 |
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Cornopean |
61 |
8 |
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Stopped Diapason |
61 |
8 |
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Vox Humana |
61 |
8 |
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Quintadena |
61 |
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Tremulant |
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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 |
16 |
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Trombone |
30 |
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Couplers
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Great to Pedal |
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Swell to Great |
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Swell to Pedal |
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Swell to Great octaves |
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Combinations
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Great forte |
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Swell forte |
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Great mezzo |
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Swell mezzo |
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Great piano |
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Swell piano |
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Great to Pedal reversible |
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Full Organ |
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Sources:
Dunlap, David W. From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.
Organ Historical Society Database: http://organsociety.bsc.edu/
Müller & Abel specifications: Organ Historical Society Archives; courtesy Jonathan Bowen.
Illustration:
Lawson, Steven E. Exterior. |
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