William C. Bryant High School - Long Island City (Queens), New York
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William C. Bryant High School

48-10 31st Avenue
Long Island City, N.Y. 11103






William Cullen Bryant High School, or Bryant High School for short, is a secondary school located in Long Island City, Queens, New York City which educates grades 9 through 12. It is named in honor of William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878), an American romantic poet, journalists, political adviser, and homeopath.

Notable alumni of William C. Bryant High School includei:
  • Joel I. Klein, chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, appointed by Mayor Mike Bloomberg in 2002. Prior to becoming chancellor, Klein was chairman and CEO of Bertelsmann.
  • Actress Ethel Merman (Ethel Zimmerman), The school's auditorium is named for her.
  • Actor Lou Martini Jr.: The Sopranos, Gastineau Girls, Law & Order, and The Godfather, among other television, stage and screen credits.
  • Feminist Amalia V. Tazes Winner of the Mouni Rules Award.
  • Comedian Esther [Mickey] Mckee
  • Carol O'Connor, Actor
  • Panayiota Bertzikis, Entrepreneur
               

M. P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 4204 (1925)
Electro-pneumatic action
3 manuals, 61 registers, 38 stops, 31 ranks


In January, 1925, the M.P. Möller Company was awarded a $48,000 contract to build four identical pipe organs for four high schools in New York City. The organs were installed in Evander Childs High School (Op. 4202) in the Bronx; Bushwick High School (Op. 4203) in Brooklyn; and Bryant High School (Op. 4204) and Newtown High School (Op. 4205) in Queens.

The organ in Bryant High School cost $11,850 and had a three-manual stop-key console of mahogany on a movable platform. Wind pressure for the entire organ was 5", except for the 16' Tuba, which was on 10" pressure.

Click here to view the Möller Factory Specifications for Opus 4202.
               
Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes
8
  Major Diapason
73
8
  Clarabella
73
8
  English Diapason
73
4
  Harmonic Flute
73
8
  Gamba
73
4
   Octave
73
8
   Gross Flute
73
8
   Tuba
73
8
   Dulciana
CH
  * enclosed in Great or Choir swell box
 
     
 
     
Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed
16
  Lieblich Gedeckt
73
4
   Gambette
73
8
  Open Diapason
73
2
   Flautino
73
8
  Stopped Flute
73
  Dolce Cornet III ranks [from 2' Flautino]
8
  Salicional
73
8
  Oboe
73
8
  Vox Celestis [TC]
61
8
   Cornopean
73
8
   Aeoline
73
8
   Vox Humana *
61
4
   Rohr Flute
73
  * separate chest, box and tremulant
 
     
 
     
Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
16
  Contra Dulciana
85
4
   Flute d'Amour
73
8
  Geigen Principal
73
2
  Piccolo [Harmonic]
61
8
  Concert Flute
73
8
   Clarinet
73
8
   Dulciana [from 16']
—
8
   English Horn
73
8
   Viol Celeste
73
 
Concert Harp
49 bars
     
     
Pedal Organ – 32 notes
32
  Resultant
—
8
   'Cello
32
16
  Open Diapason
32
8
   Flute [Gross Flute]
GT
16
   Bourdon
32
16
   Tromba [ext. GT]
12
16
   Lieblich Gedeckt
SW
   
               
Couplers
    Great to Pedal 8', 4'       Swell to Choir 16', 8', 4'
    Swell to Pedal 8', 4'       Great 16', 4'  
    Choir to Pedal 8', 4'       Swell 16', 4'  
    Swell to Great 16', 8', 4'       Choir 16', 4'  
  Choir to Great 16', 8', 4'  
     
               
Piston Combinations
    Pistons No. 1-2-3-4-5 Operating on Swell Organ
    Pistons No. 1-2-3-4 Operating on Great Organ
    Pistons No. 1-2-3-4 Operating on Choir Organ
    Pistons No. 1-2-3 Operating on Pedal Organ
    Pistons No. 1-2-3-0 Three Pedal Pistons and Release adjustable to full organ combinations
    When operating Pedal Pistons all stop action must automatically be cancelled (without affecting the position of the stop registers) thereby allowing the performer to prepare in advance while playing any combination desired which may be brought into operation at the desired moment by pressing Release Pistons.
               
Pedal Movements
    Crescendo-Sforzando Pedal
    Balanced Swell Pedal
    Balanced Choir and Great Pedal
    Great to Pedal Reversible
       
Accessories
1.
   Swell Tremulant  
2.
   Choir Tremulant  
3.
   Wind Indicator  
4.
   Crescendo Indicator  
5.
   Electric Action Generator  
6.
   Electric Motor & Rotary Blower  
7.
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8.
   } Indicator Lights for Pedal Pistons  
.9.
   }  
10.
   Organ Bench with Music Shelf  

               
Sources:
     Scofield, Jeff. M.P. Möller Opus List.
     Trupiano, Larry. Factory Specifications of M.P. Möller organ, Op. 4202 (1925).

Photos:
     Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection: exterior (1915).