Church of the Assumption Chapel of St. Paul (Roman Catholic) 15 Webster Avenue at Brighton Avenue New Brighton, Staten Island, N.Y. 10301 www.assumption-stpaul.org Organ Specifications: ► II/2 Rodgers Instruments (1986) • II/33s M.P. Möller, Op. 4369 (1925) A chapel was established on Webster Avenue where services were conducted by Father Louis Riccio, pastor of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel. Father Carmelo Crisci was appointed the first pastor of the newly organized Assumption Parish in New Brighton. The cornerstone was laid in 1922 for the magnificent Italian Renaissance structure on the corner of Brighton and Webster Avenues. In 2007, the Archdiocese of New York merged the Assumption Church with the Chapel of Saint Paul located a short distance away.              Rodgers Instruments LLC Hillsboro, Ore. (1986) Model Essex 640 Solid-state key, stop and combination action 2 manuals, 33 stops, 2 pipe ranks The present organ was built by Rodgers Instruments and combines electronic voices with two ranks of pipes from the previous M. P. Möller organ, Op. 4369 (1925).                 Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes 8   Principal * [1-12 digital] 73 1 1/3   Quint * [ext.] — 8   Bourdon * [1-12 digital] 73   Cornet III ranks digital 8   Gemshorn digital   Mixture IV ranks digital 4   Octave * [ext.] —   Harp digital 4   Flute * [ext.] —   Carillon digital 2   Super Octave * [ext.] —   Main Tremulant 2   Waldflöte * [ext.] —   Swell to Great             Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, expressive 16   Bourdon doux digital 2   Blockflöte digital 8   Gedackt digital 1 3/5   Tierce digital 8   Salicional digital 1   Sifflöte digital 8   Gemshorn Celeste II ranks digital   Plein Jeu IV ranks digital 8   Flute Celeste II ranks digital   Cymbale II ranks digital 4   Principal digital 8   Trompette digital 4   Nachthorn digital 8   Oboe digital 2 2/3   Nasard digital                 Pedal Organ – 32 notes, enclosed 16   Subbass digital 2   Flute * GT 16   Bourdon doux digital   Mixture IV ranks digital 8   Octave digital   Great to Pedal 8' 8   Flute digital   Swell to Pedal 8'   4   Choralbass * GT   Swell to Pedal 4'   4   Nachthorn * GT                   * unenclosed pipes                     M.P. Möller, Inc. Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 4369 (1925) Electro-pneumatic action 2 manuals, 33 registers The original organ in the Church of the Assumption was built by M.P. Möller of Hagerstown, MD and installed in the rear gallery. Specifications of this organ have not yet been located.             Sources:      D'Albero, Ron. Specifications of Rodgers organ (1986).      Church of the Assumption-St. Paul website: www.assumption-stpaul.org Photos:      Church of the Assumption-St. Paul website: watercolor of church.      D'Albero, Ron. Photos of Rodgers organ.   | NYC AGO Home Page | Back to NYC Organ Project List |