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J. H. & C. S. Odell & Co. Opus 595 (1947)

New Utrecht Reformed Church
1828 83rd St.
New York City: Brooklyn, NY

Images

ca.1900 - Church and parish house (Photograph from an archival source: brooklynpix.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2017-07-02 - Church exterior (Photograph by Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD, via Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

3 manuals
25 stops
34 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo

Notes

2020-12-10 - From the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project: The contract (Nov. 5, 1947) shows that J.H. & C.S. Odell was contracted to rebuild and enlarge the previous organ, Odell's Op. 147, at a cost of $12,500. This organ was described in the December 1948 issue of The Diapason: The organ is a gift of Jeremiah Rutger Van Brunt, descendant of one of the founders of New Utrecht in 1657, in memory of his wife, Anna Gertrude Remsen Van Brunt, and replaces a two-manual tracker instrument installed by J.H. & C.S. Odell in 1875. Most of the old pipes have been used in the rebuilding and enlarging project. Mr. Van Brunt, 81 years old, recalls that as a boy of 8 he was the first to hear the old organ played by the men making the installation while he was at work in his grandfather's onion field. The specifications for the instrument were prepared by William H. Odell in collaboration with Ethel Watson Usher, director of music, and the Rev. Martin Paul Luther, M.A., pastor of the church. George J. Grathwohl of the Odell Company supervised the installation. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON December 1948, via Jeff Scofield

       Brooklyn, New York
       New Utrecht Reformed Church

       J.H. & C.S. Odell   Op. 147   1875   2/12
       J.H. & C.S. Odell   Op. 595   1947   3/30
       _____________________________________________

       GREAT                     SWELL

    8' Open Diapason 61      16' Bourdon          73
    8' Melodia       61       8' Violin Diapason  73
    8' Keraulophon   61       8' Stopped Diapason 73
    8' Gamba         61       8' Salicional       73
    4' Principal     61       8' Voix Celeste     61
2 2/3' Twelfth       61       4' Rohrflöte        73
    2' Fifteenth     61   2 2/3' Nazard           61
       Tremolo                2' Flautina         61
       Chimes        20       8' Oboe             73
                              8' Vox Humana       61
       CHOIR                     Tremolo

   16' Dulciana      tc          PEDAL
    8' Concert Flute 61
    8' Dulciana      61      16' Sub Bass         32
    8' Unda Maris    49      16' Bourdon          32
    4' Violina       61       8' Open Diapason    12
    4' Dulcet        12       8' Bass Flute       12
2 2/3' Dolce Quint    7       8' Dulciana         CH
    2' Flageolet     61       4' Octave           12
    8' Clarinet      61
       Tremolo

      [Received from Jeff Scofield December 10, 2020]

Documents

Write-up from THE DIAPASON December 1948 Stoplist and commentary -Jeff Scofield

Websites

NYC AGO NYC Organ Project - Histories and stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#65621 - J. H. & C. S. Odell & Co. Opus 147 (1875)