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Roosevelt Organ Works [Hilborne Roosevelt Organs] Opus 204 (1884)

Shrine Church of Our Lady of Solace
2866 West 17th Street at Mermaid, Coney Island
New York City: Brooklyn, NY

OHS convention: 1969

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)


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2004-10-30 - The original builder was J. H. & C. S. Odell (1865, Opus29). -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1969. -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - From 2nd Reformed (sometimes listed 1st Reformed) New Brunswick, NJ. Compass 58/27. 1925 building. -Database Manager

2012-10-26 - Updated through online information from Robert Weigel. -- Originally the property of Second Reformed Church, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Originally a tubular action single-manual Odell in 1865, it was rebuilt and enlarged as a two-manual tracker action instrument by Hilborne Roosevelt in 1884 to coincide with its move to the present-day church building. When the Second Reformed decided to have a new, larger electric action organ built, the Roosevelt was acquired by the Shrine Church of Our Lady of Solace. More than thirty years of neglect, water damage and a large amount of disuse rendered it totally unplayable in 2001. Finally, after an aborted attempt to try to raise funds to have it rebuilt, and with accumulating structural damage to the floor under the platform on which the organ was installed, it was finally removed and discarded on August 29, 2012 -Database Manager


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