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Austin Organ Co. Opus 302-A (1968)

Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (since 1862): Sanctuary
85 South Oxford Street
Brooklyn
New York City, NY

Images

2015-08-30 - Church interior (Photograph by Joseph Routon, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1906 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Brooklyn Public Library via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2007-11-08 - Console (Photograph by Courtesy of the NYC AGO Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2013-03-14 - Console (Photograph by Sebastian Glück via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2013-03-14 - Organ case (Photograph by Sebastian Glück 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, Center
4 manuals
45 stops
58 registers
5 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2009-07-14 - Identified through on-line information from J. David Williams. -- Reworked Austion Opus 302 (1910). According to the church's web site, the organ contains some pipe work and the case of the preceding Hook & Hastings organ. A new console was provided in 1958, a new disposition was developed in 1968, including the addition of new stops. -Database Manager

2014-02-16 - The console was moved to the nave floor front and center in 1961; rebuilt and enlarged in 1968 as 4/55 Austin Op. 302-A. -Database Manager

2020-12-08 - From the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project: In 1910, the Austin Organ Company of Hartford, Conn. built a new organ for Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian, retaining the original mahogany case and several ranks from the 1886 Hook & Hastings organ. A new Austin console was installed in 1958, and in 1968 the disposition of the organ was altered and new stops added. The console was moved to the Sanctuary floor in the mid-1970s. The church's interior is notable for its mahogany panelling and 13 stained-glass windows designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany. -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
       Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church

       Austin   Op. 302     1911   4/39
       Austin   Op. 302-A   1968   4/55
       ____________________________________________
  
       GREAT (II)                SWELL  (III)
   16' Diapason       61     16' Bourdon         73
    8' Principal      61      8' Geigen Diapason 73
    8' Harmonic Flute 61      8' Rohrgedeckt     73
    8' Viole d'Amour  61      8' Salicional      73
    4' Octave         61      8' Voix Celeste    61
    4' Doppelflöte    61      4' Principal       73
2 2/3' Twelfth        61      4' Flauto Traverso 73
    2' Fifteenth      61      2' Flautino        61
   IV  Mixture       244     II  Sesquialtera   122
    8' Trumpet        61    III  Plein Jeu      183
    4' Clarion        12     16' Fagotto         73
       Sub                    8' Trompette       73
       Unison Off             8' Hautbois        73
       Super                  8' Vox Humana      73
                              4' Chalumeau       73
       CHOIR  (I)                Tremulant
   16' Contra Gamba   73         Sub
    8' Gedeckt        73         Unison Off
    8' Dolce          73         Super
    8' Dolce Celeste  61
    4' Koppelflöte    73         PEDAL
    4' Quintaton      73     32' Resultant       --
2 2/3' Nazard         61     16' Open Diapason   32
    2' Blockflöte     61     16' Bourdon         32
1 3/5' Tierce         61     16' Violone         32
    8' Krummhorn      61     16' Lieblich        SW
       Tremulant             16' Gamba           CH
       Sub                    8' Principal       32
       Unison Off             8' Bourdon         12
       Super                  8' Dulciana        CH
    8' Trumpet        GT      4' Principal       12
                              4' Bourdon         12
       POSITIV (IV)         III  Mixture         96
    8' Nason Flute    61     16' Trumpet         12 GT
    4' Nachthorn      61     16' Fagotto         SW
    2' Principal      61      8' Trumpet         GT
1 1/3' Larigot        61      4' Krummhorn       CH
    1' Sifflöte       61         Chimes          PO
  III  Cymbel        183
       Tremulant
       Unison Off
       Chimes         25

     [Received from Jeff Scofield February 17, 2014]

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