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Ernest M. Skinner Company Opus 145 (1907)

Tompkins Avenue Congregational Church / First A.M.E. Zion Church
54 McDonough Street at Tompkins Avenue
New York City: Brooklyn, NY

Note: Not playable. (in this location)

Images

Unknown - Facade in room (Photograph by AS Archives, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)

Unknown - Building (Photograph by AS Archives, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)

Unknown - Facade in room (Photograph by AS Archives, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)

Unknown - Console and facade (Photograph by AS Archives, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)

2015-05-19 - Chamber interior (Photograph by Photograph by Bryan Dunnewald, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2015-05-19 - Pipes in chamber (Photograph by Photograph by Bryan Dunnewald, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2015-05-19 - Sanctuary and organ case (Photograph by Photograph by Bryan Dunnewald, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1959-05-19 - Chancel and organ case (Photograph by Photograph by Bryan Dunnewald, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

4 manuals
46 stops
56 registers
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes

Notes

2005-11-19 - Identified through information adapted from *E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List*, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: Replaced a Reuben Midmer & Son; dedicated March 2, 1908 by Clarence Eddy; retained existing case and twenty-eight ranks; extant. -Database Manager

2010-12-06 - Updated through online information from Connor Annable. -Database Manager

2020-11-19 - From the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project: In 1907, Ernest M. Skinner Company of Boston installed a four-manual-and-pedal organ in Tompkins Avenue Church. Skinner retained the existing case and 28 ranks from the previous Midmer organ, and also installed an early example of his Orchestral Oboe stop. The organ was played from a four-manual drawknob console. The organ was dedicated on March 2, 1908 by Clarence Eddy, who was then the organist and choirmaster of the church. Marcel Dupré presented his last American concert of 1937 on this organ, performing Bach's Fantasy and Fugue in G minor; the Allegro from Handel's Organ Concerto No. 10; Mozart's Fantasy in F minor; Sowerby's "Comes Autumn Time," and works of Saint-Saëns, Mendelssohn, Reger, Russell, Schubert and Dupré. n 1942, Tompkins Avenue Congregational Church merged with and moved to the Flatbush Congregational Church, located at 19th Street and Dorchester, forming the Flatbush-Tompkins Congregational Church. The membership of the merged churches was 4,100, making it the largest Congregational Church in the United States at the time. The Tompkins Avenue building was then acquired by the First A.M.E. Zion Church. As of 2006, the organ was extant but unplayable. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Typed stoplist Source: From Allen Kinzey Date not recorded

Brooklyn, New York
Tompkins Avenue Congregational Church

Ernest M. Skinner Co.   Opus 145   1907     4 manuals, 46 stops, 49 ranks
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         GREAT ORGAN                          SWELL ORGAN
     16' Bourdon             61           16' Bourdon             61
      8' First Diapason      61            8' First Diapason      61
      8' Second Diapason     61            8' Second Diapason     61
      8' Erzähler            61            8' Stopped Diapason    61
      8' Gross Floete        61            8' Gross Floete        61
      8' Gamba               61            8' Spitz Floete        61
      8' Gedackt             61            8' Quintadena          61
      4' Octave              61            8' Aeoline             61
      4' Flute               61            8' Salicional          61
     16' Ophecleide          SO            8' Voix Celestes       61
      8' Harmonic Tuba       SO            8' Dulcet II          122
      4' Harmonic Clarion    SO            4' Octave              61
                                           4' Flute               61
         CHOIR ORGAN                       4' Violin              61
      8' Diapason            61            2' Flautino            61
      8' Melodia             61          III  Solo Mixture       183
      8' Dulciana            61           16' Trumpet             61
      8' Unda Maris          61            8' Cornopean           61
      4' Flute               61            8' Oboe                61
      2' Piccolo             61            8' Vox Humana          61
      8' Clarinet            61            4' Clarion             61
      8' Orchestral Oboe     61               Tremolo
         Tremolo
                                              PEDAL ORGAN
         SOLO ORGAN (enc. with CH)        32' Diapason            12
      8' Philomela           61           16' Diapason            30
     16' Ophecleide          12           16' First Bourdon       30
      8' Harmonic Tuba       61           16' Second Bourdon      GT
      4' Harmonic Clarion    12           16' Violone             30
         Chimes                            8' Octave              30
                                           8' Gedackt             30
                                           8' Cello               30
                                          16' Ophecleide          SO
                                           8' Harmonic Tuba       SO
                                           4' Harmonic Clarion    SO


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2017-03-27]

Documents

(1907-06-01) Original Contract Documentation courtesy of the Organ Historical Society Archive -Roman Lizak

Websites

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