Summerfield United Methodist Church - Mariners' Harbor, Staten Island, N.Y. (Forgotten New York)
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Summerfield United Methodist Church

104 Harbor Road
Mariners' Harbor, Staten Island, N.Y. 10303


Organ Specifications:
Present Building (since 1869)
II/II J.H. & C.S. Odell (1889)
First Building (1839-1869)
• none


Summerfield Methodist Episcopal Church - Mariners' Harbor, Staten Island, N.Y.  
Summerfield M.E. Church (c.1889)  
           

J.H. & C.S. Odell
New York City (1889)
Mechanical action
2 manuals, 11 stops, 11 ranks


In 1889, the church celebrated its first half-century of life and celebrated the event by the purchse of a pipe organ costing $1,700. The two-manual organ was built that same year by J.H. & C.S. Odell of New York City. This organ is extant and playable.
               
Great Organ (Manual I) – 58 notes
8
  Open Diapason
58
4
  Flute [TC]
46
8
  Clarionet Flute
58
4
  Octave
58
8
  Keraulophon
58
2
  Fifteenth
58

     

     
Swell Organ (Manual II) – 58 notes, enclosed
8
  Open Diapason
58
4
  Violina
58
8
  Stopped Diapason Treble
46
8
  Oboe [TC]
46
8
  Stopped Diapason Bass
12
  Tremolo
8
  Dulciana
58
   

     

     
Pedal Organ – 27 notes
16
  Bourdon
27
       
               
Couplers
    Swell to Great        
    Swell to Pedal          
    Great to Pedal          
               
Mechanicals
    Swell to Great [mechanical thumb piston]  
    Swell Expression Pedal  

 
Sources:
     Bridge and Tunnel Club web site: http://www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com
     Hubbell, A. Y. History of Methodist and the Methodist Churches of Staten Island, New York: Richmond Publishing Company, 1898.
     Kloda, Barry. Specifications of J.H. & C.S. Odell organ (1889).
     Nelson, George. Organs in the United States and Canada Database. Seattle, Wash.

Photos:
     Bridge and Tunnel Club web site. Exterior.
     Hubbell, A. Y. History of Methodist and the Methodist Churches of Staten Island. Exterior (c.1889).
 

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