George Jardine & Son (1890)

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1892 - Church interior and organ case (Photograph from an archival source: Brooklyn Public Library via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1891–1894 - Organ facade and console (Photograph from an archival source: Louis Banks, B. Fernie, and G. Sandison, eds., T. DeWitt Talmage: His Life and Work (London: O.W. Binkerd, 1902), 240., submitted by Rollin Smith/Rollin Smith)

1894 - Organ case and facade (Sketch from an archival source: Brooklyn Citizen (May 20, 1894). Submitted by Rollin Smith/Rollin Smith)

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2020-12-01 - From the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project: The third tabernacle, built at the corner of Clinton Avenue and Greene Street, seated 6,000 persons, and when crowded held 7,000. There was still some debt on the building, for the entire enterprise had cost about $400,000. Talmage writes that "There were regrets expressed that we did not follow the elaborate custom of some fashionable churches in these days and introduce into our services operatic music. I preferred the simple form of sacred music—a cornet and organ. Everybody should get his call from God, and do his work in his own way. I never had any sympathy with dogmatics. There is no church on earth in which there is more freedom of utterance than in the Presbyterian church." The third Brooklyn Tabernacle, like its predecessor that burned in 1889, included an organ built by George Jardine & Son. For their 1890 instrument, Jardine installed a large four-manual organ behind an imposing facade that featured the flared pipes of the Song Trumpet in the center. The reported cost of this organ was $30,000. Tragedy struck for the third time in 1894, when fire broke out in the organ loft, destroying the organ and church. The third tabernacle was destroyed by fire in 1894. Talmage wrote, "The destruction of the New Tabernacle by a fire which started in the organ loft was one of these mysteries that will never be revealed this side of eternity. The destruction of any church, no matter how large or how popular, does not destroy our faith in God. Great as the disaster had been, much greater was the mercy of Divine mystery that prevented a worse calamity in the loss of human life. The fire was discovered just after the morning service, and everyone had left the building but myself, Mrs. Talmage, the organist, and one or two personal friends. We were standing in the centre aisle of the church when a puff of smoke suddenly came out of the space behind the organ. In less than fifteen minutes from that discovery the huge pipe organ was a raging furnace, and I personally narrowly escaped the falling debris by the rear door of my church study. The flags and decoration which had been put up for the jubilee celebration had not been moved, and they whetted the appetite of the flames." It is believed that the third tabernacle was rebuilt at the same location. -Jeff Scofield

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The Music Trades (Jan. 31, 1891): 17. Source: “George Jardine & Son,” The Music Trades (Jan. 31, 1891): 17. The Music Trades (Jan. 31, 1891): 17.

The Brooklyn Tabernacle Greene and Clermont Avenues, Brooklyn, NY George Jardine & Son, 1891 Tabernacle dedicated April 25, 1891 Compass: Manuals, 61 notes, C–c4 Pedal, 30 notes, C–f1 4,448 pipes GREAT 16 Double Open Diapason 8 Open Diapason 8 Second Open Diapason 8 German Gamba 8 Gemshorn 8 Open Flute 8 Dopple Flute 6 Quint 4 Principal 4 Gambetta 4 Flute Harmonic 3 Nasard 2 Acuta 1st Sexquialtra [sic], 3 rks (183 pipes) 2nd Mixture, 5 rks (305 pipes) 16 Double Trumpet 8 Trumpet 4 Octave Trumpet SWELL 16 Bourdon 8 Open Diapason 8 Second Open Diapason 8 Stopped Diapason 8 Viol d’Amour 8 Aeolina 8 Quintadena 8 Vox Celestes 4 Principal 4 Violin 4 Flauto Traverso 2 Piccolo Cornet, 3 rks (183 pipes) 16 English Horn 8 Cornopean 8 Oboe and Bassoon 8 Vox Humana 4 Clarion Tremulant CHOIR (enclosed) 16 Lieblich Gedacht 8 Violin Diapason 8 Keraulophon 8 Dulciana 8 Gedacht 8 Melodia 4 Wald Flute 4 Salicet 2 Flageolet Dolce Cornet, 3 rks (17-19-22, 183 pipes) 8 Clarionet 8 Vox Angelica (Free reed) Tremulant SOLO 16 Double Melodia 8 Cathedral Diapason 8 Bell Gamba 8 Flûte à Pavillion 4 Concert Flute 2 Fife Harmonic 16 Bombard 8 Song Trumpet PEDAL 32 Double Open Diapason 16 Open Diapason 16 Contra Gamba 16 Bourdon 8 Violoncello 8 Bass Flute 4 Night Horn 16 Trombone 8 Tromba 8 Bassoon BELLS Chimes (37 Bells rung with piano action) Cymbals DRUMS Long Roll Bass Drum Drum Check For Chimes and drum, the power was in three bellows, the largest being 16′ long and 6½ wide. The bellows were fed by three horizontal feeders driven by an electric motor of three-horse power, which was under the organ. The console was ten feet in front of the organ. COUPLERS Swell to Great Swell to Great at Octaves Solo to Great Choir to Great Swell to Great Great to Pedal Swell to Pedal Solo to Pedal Choir to Pedal Pedal at Octaves. ACCESSORIES Pedal Check Bellows Patent Wind Indicator Motor GREAT PISTONS Fortissimo, Forte, Mezzo, Piano String Solo Flute Solo COMBINATION PEDALS Swell: piano, mezzo, forte Solo: piano, mezzo, Forte Choir: piano, mezzo, Forte Pedal: Piano, Mezzo, Forte Sforzando, bringing out Full Organ Diminuendo, reversing Full Organ Great to Pedal Reversible coupler Balanced Expression Pedals Swell Choir

“George Jardine & Son,” The Music Trades (Jan. 31, 1891): 17. Source: “George Jardine & Son,” The Music Trades (Jan. 31, 1891): 17. Jan. 31, 1891

George Jardine & Son (1891) Brooklyn Tabernacle Brooklyn, NY GREAT 16 Double Open Diapason 8 Open Diapason 8 Second Open Diapason 8 German Gamba 8 Gemshorn 8 Open Flute 8 Dopple Flute 6 Quint 4 Principal 4 Gambetta 4 Flute Harmonic 3 Nasard 2 Acuta 1st Sexquialtra [sic], 3 rks (183 pipes) 2nd Mixture, 5 rks (305 pipes) 16 Double Trumpet 8 Trumpet 4 Octave Trumpet SWELL (enclosed) 16 Bourdon 8 Open Diapason 8 Second Open Diapason 8 Stopped Diapason 8 Viol d’Amour 8 Aeolina 8 Quintadena 8 Vox Celestes 4 Principal 4 Violin 4 Flauto Traverso 2 Piccolo Cornet, 3 rks (183 pipes) 16 English Horn 8 Cornopean 8 Oboe and Bassoon 8 Vox Humana 4 Clarion Tremulant CHOIR (enclosed) 16 Lieblich Gedacht 8 Violin Diapason 8 Keraulophon 8 Dulciana 8 Gedacht 8 Melodia 4 Wald Flute 4 Salicet 2 Flageolet Dolce Cornet, 3 rks (17-19-22, 183 pipes) 8 Clarionet 8 Vox Angelica (Free reed) Tremulant SOLO 16 Double Melodia 8 Cathedral Diapason 8 Bell Gamba 8 Flûte à Pavillion 4 Concert Flute 2 Fife Harmonic 16 Bombard 8 Song Trumpet PEDAL 32 Double Open Diapason 16 Open Diapason 16 Contra Gamba 16 Bourdon 8 Violoncello 8 Bass Flute 4 Night Horn 16 Trombone 8 Tromba 8 Bassoon COUPLERS Swell to Great Swell to Great at Octaves Solo to Great Choir to Great Swell to Great Great to Pedal Swell to Pedal Solo to Pedal Choir to Pedal Pedal at Octaves. BELLS Chimes (37 Bells) Cymbals DRUMS Long Roll Bass Drum Drum Check GREAT PISTONS Fortissimo, Forte, Mezzo, Piano String Solo Flute Solo COMBINATION PEDALS Swell: piano, mezzo, forte Solo: piano, mezzo, Forte Choir: piano, mezzo, Forte Pedal: Piano, Mezzo, Forte ACCESSORIES Pedal Check Bellows Patent Wind Indicator Motor Sforzando, bringing out Full Organ Diminuendo, reversing Full Organ Great to Pedal Reversible coupler Balanced Expression Pedals Swell Choir

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