St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church
87-34 85th Street
Woodhaven (Queens), N.Y. 11421
St. Luke's English Evangelical Lutheran Church was organized in 1908, at first meeting in a facility located on Snedeker Avenue near 4th (now 78th Street near 88th Road) in the town of Woodhaven. In 1911, the congregation moved into their present neo-Gothic building on the corner of 85th Street and 87th Road. |
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Wicks Pipe Organ Company
Highland, Ill. – Opus 4365 (1963)
Electric stop and key action
2 manuals, 26 stops, 12 ranks |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
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16 |
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Quintaton [unit] |
73 |
2 2/3 |
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Twelfth |
61 |
8 |
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Principal |
61 |
2 |
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Fifteenth |
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8 |
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Quintaton |
— |
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Mixture III ranks ** |
derived |
8 |
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Gemshorn * |
61 |
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Chimes |
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8 |
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Unda Maris * [TC] |
49 |
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* enclosed in Swell |
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4 |
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Octave [unit] |
73 |
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** Twelfth, Fifteenth, Oct. 1' from Fifteenth |
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Swell Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
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8 |
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Gedeckt [unit] |
85 |
2 2/3 |
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Nazard |
— |
8 |
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Viole d'Gambe |
68 |
2 |
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Flautino |
— |
8 |
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Viole Celeste [TC] |
49 |
8 |
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Trompette [unit] |
80 |
4 |
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Geigen Octave |
68 |
4 |
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Clarion |
— |
4 |
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Flute d'Amour |
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Tremulant |
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Pedal – 32 notes
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16 |
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Subbass [unit] |
44 |
8 |
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Flauto Dolce |
SW |
16 |
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Quintaton |
GT |
5 1/3 |
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Quint |
SW |
8 |
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Principal |
GT |
4 |
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Choral Bass |
GT |
8 |
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Bass Flute |
— |
16 |
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Double Trumpet [ext. SW] |
12 |
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Couplers
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Great to Pedal 8', 4' |
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Great 16', Unison Off, 4' |
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Swell to Pedal 8', 4' |
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Swell 16', Unison Off, 4' |
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Swell to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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Combinations
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Pistons: 4 each: Divisional, Master and General |
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M. P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 3533 (1923)
Tubular-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 9 stops, 6 ranks
The M. P. Möller Factory Specification (Nov. 13, 1922) shows that this two-manual organ had tubular-pneumatic action, cost $2,500, and was to be installed and ready by March 1, 1923. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
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8 |
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Open Diapason |
61 |
8 |
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Dulciana |
61 |
8 |
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Stopped Diapason |
61 |
4 |
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Flute Traverso |
61 |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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Gedeckt |
GT |
8 |
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Dolce |
GT |
4 |
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Flute |
GT |
8 |
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Vox Celeste [TC] |
49 |
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Pedal Organ – 32 notes, enclosed
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16 |
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Bourdon |
32 |
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Couplers
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Swell to Pedal |
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Swell to Swell 4' |
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Great to Pedal |
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Great to Great 4' |
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Swell to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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Mechanicals
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Tremulant |
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Crescendo Indicator |
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Combinations
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Pistons No. 1-2 affecting Great and Pedal Stops |
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Pistons No. 1-2 affecting Swell and Pedal Stops |
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Pedal Movements
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Balanced Swell Pedal |
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Great to Pedal Reversible |
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Grand Crescendo Pedal |
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Aeolian Company
New York City
Church records show that there was an Aeolian organ prior to the installation in 1923 of the M. P. Möller organ. In 1919, the church purchased a Kinetic blower for the organ, and a receipt from April 1921 shows that $4 was paid to Ralph W. Covert, Jr., for a new stop for the organ. The church placed sold the organ in 1923, the result of advertising in The Lutheran magazine. The Aeolian Company opus list does not show an organ for Woodhaven, Queens, so it may be assumed that the organ was a second-hand instrument. It is also possible that the Aeolian instrument was actually a reed organ or Vocalion. |
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Sources:
Haberstroh, Richard. The German Churches of Metropolitan New York: A Research Guide. New York: The New York Genealogical & Biographical Society, 2000.
Kloda, Barry S. G. Factory Specification (Nov. 13, 1922) of M.P. Möller Organ, Op. 3533 (1923).
Kloda, Barry S. G. Notes from church archives about an undated Aeolian Company instrument.
Kloda, Barry S. G. Specification of Wicks Organ, Op. 4365 (1963).
M. P. Möller, Inc. Opus List; compiled by the Boston Organ Club Chapter of the Organ Historical Society (Martin R. Walsh, editor). Courtesy Larry Trupiano.
Nelson, George. Organs in the United States and Canada Database. Seattle, Wash.
Smith, Rollin. The Aeolian Pipe Organ and its Music. Richmond: The Organ Historical Society, 1998. |
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