Click on image to enlarge Trinity Chapel - St. John Episcopal Church 1894 Mott Avenue Far Rockaway (Queens), N.Y. 11691 Organ Specifications: ► III/38 Austin Organs Inc., Op. 1754 (1930s) • II/ Johnson & Son, Op. 715 (1889) St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church in Far Rockaway began as Trinity Chapel, founded in 1860 by Frances Hewlett Bolton. In 1881, Trinity Chapel became St. John's Church, and a new church, designed in Gothic Revival style by Richard Upjohn, was opened. In 2002, the building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places. In 1974, the building was purchased by Beth-El Temple Church of God in Christ.                 Austin Organs Inc. Hartford, Conn. – Opus 1754 (1930s) Electro-pneumatic action 3 manuals, 40 stops, 38 ranks The following stoplist was recorded by Charles Sharpeger, an employee of Louis F. Mohr & Co., who visited the organ in 1934. Originally, the Echo division was a console preparation, but it is believed that the division was eventually installed. Sharpeger did not include pipecounts, but the following are suggested, based on Austin organs from that period.                 Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes 16   Double Open Diapason 73 8   Doppel Flute 73 8   First Open Diapason 73 4   Principal 73 8   Second Open Diapason [ext.] 12 4   Flute Harmonique 73 8   Gamba 73   Mixture II ranks 122 8   Gross Flute 73 8   Trumpet 73                 Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed 16   Bourdon 73 4   Fugara 73 8   Open Diapason 73 4   Flauto Traverso 73 8   Stopped Diapason 73 2   Flautino 61 8   Viole d'Orchestre 73   Mixture IV ranks 244 8   Salicional 73 8   Cornopean 73 8   Voix Celeste [TC] 61   Tremolo                 Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed 8   Geigen Principal 73 4   Flute d'Amour 73 8   Concert Flute 73 2   Piccolo Harmonique 61 8   Quintadena 73 8   Clarinet 73 8   Dolce 73   Tremolo                 Echo Organ – 61 notes, enclosed 8   Gedeckt 73 8   Vox Humana 61 8   Viole Aetheria 73   Tremolo 8   Unda Maris [TC] 61                     Pedal Organ – 32 notes 32   Resultant — 16   Lieblich Gedeckt SW 16   First Open Diapason 32 8   Octave [ext.] 12 16   Second Open Diapason GT 8   Flute [ext.] 12 16   Bourdon 32 16   Trombone 32                 Johnson & Son Westfield, Mass. – Opus 715 (1889) Mechanical action 2 manuals The first known organ for St. John's Church was built in 1889 by Johnson & Son of Westfield, Mass. Specifications for this organ have not yet been located.                 Sources:      "Forty Years of Ministry Celebrated," The Wave (Rockaway Newspaper), September 26, 2003.      Nelson, George.Organs in the United States and Canada Database, Seattle. Wash.      New York Local History web site: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyqueen2/Churches/EpiscopalChurch.htm      Ochse, Orpha. Austin Organs. Richmond: The Organ Historical Society, 2001.      Sharpeger, Charles. Organ Notebook with specifications of Austin Organ, Op. 1754 (1930s); courtesy Larry Trupiano. Photos:      Forgotten New York web site: http://www.forgotten-ny.com. Exterior of Beth El Temple.       | NYC AGO Home Page | Back to NYC Organ Project List |