Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organ Co. Opus 303 (1910)

Nostrand Avenue Methodist Church
260 Quincy St.
New York City: Brooklyn, NY

Images

1930-04-07 - Chancel, console and facade pipes (Photograph from an archival source: Brooklyn Public Library via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
2 manuals
19 stops
23 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons

Notes

2004-12-21 - Information identifying this instrument from the Austin Organs, Inc. web site, accessed December 20, 2004: http://www.austinorgans.com/organ-research.htm. -Database Manager

2010-11-20 - Updated through online information from Connor Annable. -Database Manager

2014-02-17 - Retained some pipework from the church's 1881 Reuben Midmer; renovated by Hall Organ Co. c.1931; rebuild, tonal changes and new console in 1965 as 2/20 Op. 303-A. -Database Manager

2020-11-26 - From the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project: On June 1, 1910, a contract was signed by the Austin Organ Company and the Trustees of the Nostrand Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church to rebuild the existing organ. The contract for $5,000 included an electric stop-key console with A.G.O. Willis model concave and radiating pedalboard, and Austin's 2-1/2" thick, double construction, horizontal beveled shades. The old case was redesigned, and "French leaf gold bronze" was applied to the display pipes. Austin stated "the old (good) pipes out of the present organ to be used in construction of the new, same to be revoiced and in every way equal to new." This organ was rebuilt by the Hall Organ Company sometime before 1931. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Stoplist from <i>The New York City Organ Project</i>, NYC AGO Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

    Brooklyn, New York
    Nostrand Avenue Methodist Church

    Austin   Op. 303   1910   2/19
    _______________________________________________________________________

    GREAT                    SWELL                      PEDAL
16' Bourdon        *     16' Lieblich Gedeckt       16' Open Diapason
 8' Open Diapason         8' Open Diapason          16' Bourdon          GT
 8' Melodia               8' Rohrflöte              16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
 8' Dulciana              8' Viole d'Orchestre *     8' Gross Flute      12
 8' Unda Maris     *      8' Viole Celeste     *     8' Flauto Dolce     GT
 4' Octave                8' Aeoline
 4' Harmonic Flute *      4' Flauto Traverso
 8' Clarinet              4' Violina
    Sub                   8' Tuba              *
    Super                 8' Oboe
                             Tremulant
                             Sub
                             Super                   *  new pipework

           [Received online from Jeff Scofield February 18, 2014]