Better Pipe Organ Database

J. H. & C. S. Odell & Co. Opus 263 (1888)

Union Reformed of Highbridge
1272 Ogden Ave.
New York City: The Bronx, NY

Note: Not playable. (in this location)

Images

2014-05-18 - Right stopjamb (Photograph by David Schmauch via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2014-05-18 - Left stopjamb (Photograph by David Schmauch via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2014-05-18 - Console (Photograph by David Schmauch via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2014-05-18 - Church exterior (Photograph by David Schmauch via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2014-05-18 - Chancel and organ case (Photograph by David Schmauch via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

2 manuals
12 stops
12 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Manual compass: 58 notes
Pedal compass: 27 notes
Combination action: None

Notes

2020-11-10 - The Highbridge Community Church was organized on January 1, 2006 when a group of elders and deacons from Fordham Manor Reformed Church, led by Pastor Irving Rivera and Elder Cora Taitt, decided to reestablish a congregation in the Highbridge area of The Bronx. The new congregation acquired the former Union Reformed Church on Ogden Avenue, a society that existed from 1860 until it disbanded in 2005. Designed by Alfred E. Barlow in the Richardsonian Romanesque style, the edifice was built between 1887 and 1888 by D.C. Weeks & Son of New York City. The one-story structure is constructed of rock-faced gneiss ashlar with red sandstone trim, and features a taller square bell tower at the southeast corner. At the east end of the building, where the altar is located, there is a stained-glass rose window manufactured by the Tiffany Glass Co. in 1889. The completed church was dedicated on Thursday evening, December 6, 1888. In November 2010, the building was designated a landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. On December 20, 1888, an Agreement for a new organ was signed by J.H. & C.S. Odell and the trustees of the Union Reformed Church of Highbridge, N.Y. Odell provided their "Size No. 8" organ that had 18 registers and 10 stops, playable from two manuals of 58 notes each and a pedal of 27 notes. The organ cost $1,600 and was to be set up and complete on or before April 15, 1889. A handwritten note on the specification sheet states that an Aeoline 8' was added later. The blower for the organ was disconnected following Superstorm Sandy in 2012. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: Larry Trupiano via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project

   The Bronx, New York
   Highbridge Community Church

   J.H. & C.S. Odell   Op. 263   1888   2/11
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   GREAT                  SWELL                         PEDAL

8' Open Diapason 58    8' Viola               46    16' Bourdon  27
8' Dulciana      58    8' Stp'd Diapason Bass 12
8' Unison Bass   46    8' Stopped Diapason    46   
8' Melodia       46    8' Aeoline           * 58     *  added later
4' Octave        58    4' Flute               48
2' Fifteenth     58    8' Oboe                46
                          Tremolo

            [Received from Jeff Scofield November 10, 2020]