Unknown - Organ case and console (Photograph by Alan Binger (July 2015)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Pipes (Photograph by Alan Binger (August 2015)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Inside organ case (Photograph by Alan Binger (2014)/Database Manager)
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2004-10-30 - Pneumatic lever action. -Database Manager
2014-06-06 - Updated through online information from Mark Victor Smith. -- (There is some debate as to the builder; resolution will come in the next few months when the organ is disassembled and stored for a major building project. As far as Mr. Smith knows, no one has actually entered the pipe chamber and looked at the pipework to verify; the nameplate is missing.) <br>Since a full assessment of this instrument has probably not been made (as far as this organist can tell), the number of "divisions" is, for now, considered "1." Although there may be a full rank of pedal pipes outside of the enclosed pipework, there is some question as to borrowing into the manual stops (enclosed) and vice-versa. <br>One builder who visited and inspected the instrument seemed to think this instrument was by the British firm, Harrison, c. 1880. This will be resolved for certain in the next several months.<br>In the fall of 2014, St. Mary's will begin a major building project. The Parish House will be razed, and a new nine-story building will take its place. A new parish hall, with similar acoustics and of similar dimensions compared to the current Johnson Hall, will be constructed.<br>The Johnson Memorial Organ (there is a dedication nameplate to a Rev. Johnson) will be dismantled and stored during the 2-3 year building period. When the hall is complete, the organ will be reassembled and repaired/restored to playable condition. Once funds permit some years down the road, a full renovation will be done, following OHS standards. All due care will be taken to preserve this instrument so that it can be restored to as close to its original construction and character as is possible.<br>During disassembly, a wealth of information will be available, hopefully, from the inscriptions on the pipework, chests, mechanicals, and case. At that time, we will know for certain the builder, the [approximate] date it was built, and other information that is unable to be retrieved at this time.<br>The information given here is from direct observation, the NYCAGO Organ Project page regarding the organs of St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Brooklyn, and comments from one consultant. Very little historical documentation is available at St. Mary's; most has been discarded, including correspondence, plans, maintenance records, sales receipts, contracts... This organist wishes not to come to conclusions, even as to the builder, until concrete evidence is obtained during disassembly. -Database Manager
2017-12-28 - Updated by Alan Binger, the builder. <br> The organ is currently (late 2017) disassembled and stored by an organbuilder. The action can be considered "tracker pneumatic" with a mechanical linkage between the keys and the primary and channels in the bottom boards. The entire instrument is encased with feeder bellows reservoir for hand pumping. A "Spencer Junior" electric blower was installed in the early 20th Century. The case is on wooden, "Flintstone Mobile" wheels which allowed the organ to be moved around the parish house hall as needed before it was made stationary by a parquet floor being installed around the instrument. At that time the pedal clavier was made stationary. Previously it was able to slide in and out of the keydesk, like a drawer. The pipework is in excellent shape due, in part, to the great difficult of access for tuning. It is cone tuned. The owners intend to restore the instrument. -Database Manager
2023-03-12 - Currently undergoing restoration in the workshops of Alan A. Binger Pipe Organ Manufacture and Service. -Alan Binger
Stoplist taken from the console, May 27, 2014. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Brooklyn, New York (United States)
St. Mary’s Church (Episcopal/Anglican)
[L.C. Harrison & Co. 1890]??
Mechanical and pneumatic action [not determined exactly]
1 manual and pedal, 9 stops, 7 ranks
Manual – 58 notes (enclosed)
8' Open Diapason 58
8' Gamba 58
8' Melodia [TC] 46
[Blank] (4' Flute Harmonic?)
[non-functional]
16' Stop'd Diapason Bass 12
4' Principal 58
8' Dulciana [TC] 46
2' Fifteenth 58
Pedal – 25 notes
16' Bourdon Bass 25
Accessories
Pedal to Manual Coupler
Bellows Signal
Ped. Bourdon Octave 8' (Coupler? Super?)
Electric blower on/off switch
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