Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2020-11-21 - From the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project: This theatre organ was built in 1931 by the Austin Organ Company for station WHK of the Radio Air Service Corp. in Cleveland, Ohio. Austin's Op. 1778 was known as a "unified" (theatre) model, and it included a three-manual Art Deco console and an automatic player. The organ cost $16,500. In 1950, the organ was donated to the Bethel Home of the World Headquarters of the Jehovah's Witnesses in Brooklyn, where it was installed in new building addition then underway. The organ was used there until about 1960, at which time the organ was in need of major repairs. The Witnesses decided that pipe organs did not fit into their religious profile and, in 1961, the organ was sold and moved to St. Augustine Presbyterian Church in The Bronx. -Jeff Scofield
Source: Courtesy of the NYC AGO Organ Project
Brooklyn, New York
Bethel Home World Headquarters
Jehovah's Witnesses
Austin Op. 1788 1931 3/15
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GREAT (encl w/CH) SWELL
16' Tibia tc 16' Bourdon 61
16' Concert Flute tc 8' Diapason 73
16' Viole de Gambe 61 8' Stopped Flute 12
8' Diapason 61 8' Viole d'Orchestre GT
8' Tibia 73 8' Viole Celeste GT
8' Concert Flute 61 8' Violoncello GT
8' Gemshorn 61 4' Flute d'Amour 12
8' Viole de Gambe 12 4' Muted Viole 73
8' Viole Celeste 49 2 2/3' Nazard 7
8' Violoncello 61 2' Piccolo 5
4' Tibia 12 8' Trumpet GT
4' Concert Flute 12 8' Oboe 73
2 2/3' Concert Flute 7 8' Vox Humana GT
2' Concert Flute 5 Tremolo
16' Vox Humana tc Sub
8' Tuba 12 Unison Off
8' Trumpet 12 Super
8' Kinura prep
8' Vox Humana 61 CHOIR
Tremolo
Sub 8' Tibia GT
Unison Off 8' Concert Flute GT
Super 8' Gemshorn GT
Chimes 25 8' Violoncello GT
Harp 4' Concert Flute GT
Celesta 2 2/3' Nazard GT
8' Tuba GT
PEDAL 8' Trumpet GT
8' Clarinet 73
32' Resultant Bass -- Tremolo
16' Open Diapason 12 GT Sub
16' Violone GT Unison Off
16' Bourdon SW Super
8' Open Diapason GT Chimes GT
8' Tibia GT Harp GT
8' Flute GT Celesta GT
8' Violoncello GT
16' Trombone 12 GT
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