1929 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Brooklyn Public Library via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2020-11-24 - After only thirteen years on Lenox Road, the congregation commissioned Mayers, Murray & Phillip of B. G. Goodhue Associates to design a new edifice on Ditmas Avenue between 21st and 22nd Streets. The neo-Gothic building was octagonal in shape and featured a pyramidal copper roof surmounted by a cupola. The completed church was dedicated on February 10, 1929. In 1973, the congregation merged with the Flatbush Presbyterian Church, located nearby at 494 East 23rd Street near Foster Avenue. The combined congregations are known today as the Flatbush Church of the Redeemer, using the Flatbush building. The Redeemer building was eventually demolished. For their new building on Ditmas Avenue, the congregation commissioned the Aeolian-Votey Company to move and rebuild the 1896 Müller & Abel organ from the old church. In the factory specifications, Aeolian-Votey states that they would provide "an entirely new (3-manual and pedal) console of the most modern type, the dimensions confirming to the A.G.O. and N.A.O. requirements. Stops controlled by means of Draw Knobs and tilting tablets, with combinations adjustable at the keyboard and visibly affecting the registers." The company rebuilt the Swell, Choir and Great chests with electro-pneumatic action, extending those of the Swell and Choir to 73 notes. All of the old pipes were brought to the factory for revoicing and repairing, retaining the resonators and parts of old pipes where they were usable. The reed stops were replaced with new pipes, and a Cornopean was added to the Swell where there had been none before. The Swell Spitzflöte was replaced with a Voix Celeste. Aeolian-Votey also raised the pitch to standard "Philharmonic A-440; C-523.3" and raised the pressure to 5" throughout. Archer Gibson dedicated the organ on February 12, 1929. -Jeff Scofield
Source: Larry Trupiano via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project
Brooklyn, New York
Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Redeemer
Müller & Abel 1896 3/39
Aeolian-Votey 1929 3/40 Op. 1673
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GREAT SWELL
16' Dbl Open Diapason 61 16' Bourdon 73
8' Open Diapason 61 8' Open Diapason 73
8' Flute Harmonic 61 8' Stopped Diapason 73
8' Doppel Flute 61 8' Salicional 73
8' Viola da Gamba 61 8' Voix Celeste 73 *
4' Octave 61 8' Aeoline 73
4' Hohlflöte 61 4' Gemshorn 73
2 2/3' Twelfth 61 4' Flute Traverse 73
2' Fifteenth 61 2' Flageolet 61
III Mixture 183 III Dolce Cornet 183
8' Trumpet 61 * 8' Cornopean 73 *
Tremolo 8' Oboe 73 *
Sub 8' Vox Humana 73 *
Super Tremolo
Chimes 20 Sub
Unison Off
CHOIR Super
8' Geigen Principal 73 PEDAL
8' Concert Flute 73
8' Quintadena 73 16' Open Diapason 32
8' Dolce 73 16' Bourdon 32
4' Flute d'Amour 73 16' Violone 32
4' Violina 73 8' Octave 12
2' Piccolo 61 8' Still Gedeckt 12
8' Clarinet 73 * 8' Cello 12
Tremolo 16' Trombone 32 *
Sub 8' Tromba 12 *
Unison Off Chimes GT
Super
* new by Aeolian-Votey
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