Müller & Abel (Opus 14, 1896)

Location:

Redeemer Lutheran Church
Bedford Avenue & Hewes Street
New York City: Brooklyn, NY US
Organ ID: 10477

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Lutheran Churches
  • The organ has an unknown or unreported status.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on July 11, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Pneumatic
  • 39 ranks. 3 manuals. 35 stops.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Pneumatic chests
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on July 11, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 3
  • Stops: 35
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 30
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
  • Stop Action: Tubular-pneumatic connection between stop control and chest.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on July 11, 2018.
Jeff Scofield on November 24, 2020:

A plot of land at the corner of Bedford Avenue and Hewest Street was purchased, and plans were drawn up for an edifice in the Gothic style. Ground was broken on October 12, 1895, and the cornerstone was laid on December 25 that same year. The completed church was consecrated on December 6, 1896. In December 1915, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Barnabas, located on Lenox Road near Flatbush Avenue, proposed that the two congregations merge. St. Barnabas was without a pastor and offered their church building (which was apparently not completed) as a permanent place of worship. The merger was approved by both congregations in January 1916. As part of the deal, the Church of the Redeemer would "supply whatever can be used to furnish [the] church auditorium..." The old Redeemer property on Bedford Avenue was sold to a synagogue.
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.

The organ in the original church building on Bedford Avenue was built in 1896 by Müller & Abel of New York City. It was then moved to the former St. Barnabas Church on Lenox Road in 1916. In 1929 it was rebuilt with some tonal changes and a new console at moved. to the new Redeemer location on Ditmas Ave. at 22nd St.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jeff Scofield on November 24, 2020.

Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Information from Müller & Abel opus list, compiled by Stephen Pinel

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on February 11, 2019.

Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Originally in old building in Williamsburg section, which stands and in 1970 was used as a synagogue. Electrified by Aeolian-Votey in 1929, using new chests (3-41rk); specification similar to German Zion.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
from Larry Trupiano: Open In New Tab Typed Specification
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on October 22, 2019.

Instrument Images:

Bedford Ave. exterior 1896-1916: Photograph from an archival source: Larry Trupiano via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken approx. 1914

Lenox Rd. exterior 1916-1929: Photograph from an archival source: Brooklyn Public Library via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken approx. 1929

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