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Austin Organ Co. Opus 1596 (1928)

Lutheran Church of the Reformation: Sanctuary
105 Barbey St.
New York City: Brooklyn, NY

Images

1914 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Brooklyn Public Library via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1928 - Church interior, chancel and organ chamber façade pipes (Photograph from an archival source: Courtesy of the East New York Project, Nathan Smith, 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, Right
3 manuals
16 stops
25 registers
4 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
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
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

2011-04-02 - Updated through on-line information from Connor Annable. -Database Manager

2020-11-24 - From the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project: The present neo-Gothic edifice, located on Barbey Street near Arlington Avenue, was dedicated on April 15, 1908. On the ground floor are rooms for the Sunday-school, and on the floor above is the church. In 1928, the Austin Organ Company installed a new three-manual organ in a chamber at the left side of the chancel. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> May 1928 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

   Brooklyn, New York
   Lutheran Church of the Reformation

   Austin   Op. 1596   1928   3/16
   _____________________________________________

   GREAT (*encl w/CH)           SWELL
8' Open Diapason   73       16' Bourdon       61
8' Clarabella      73 *      8' Open Diapason 73
8' Dulciana        73 *      8' Gedeckt       12
4' Flauto Traverso 73 *      8' Salicional    73
8' Tuba Harmonic   73 *      8' Voix Celeste  61
   Sub                       4' Flute d'Amour 12
   Unison Off                2' Piccolo       12
   Super                     8' Cornopean     73
   Chimes             *      8' Corno d'Amore 73
                             8' Vox Humana    61
   CHOIR                        Tremolo
8' Violin Diapason 73           Sub
8' Clarabella      GT           Unison Off
8' Dulciana        GT           Super
8' Unda Maris      61
4' Flauto Traverso GT           PEDAL
8' Clarinet        73       16' Open Diapason 32
   Tremolo                  16' Bourdon       SW
   Sub                       8' Flute         12
   Unison Off               16' Tuba          12 GT
   Super

  [Received from Jeff Scofield July 9, 2014]