From the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project: For their second building, the German Evangelical Church selected Frank Roosevelt of New York City to build the new organ. The three-manual organ, which was powered by a hydraulic engine, had 34 stops and cost $10,000. Hugo Troetschel, a native of Weimar, Germany, and a student of Franz Liszt, played the dedicatory recital in 1890. Mr. Troetschel served as organist for 52 years, presenting a total of 250 free bi-weekly recitals at the church by the time he died in 1939 at the age of 81. After the church was closed in 1969, the Roosevelt organ remained in the vacant building only to suffer from vandalism. Prior to demolition of the church, the organ was purchased by Sebastian Glück and removed to storage. By the 1960s, downtown Brooklyn had been in a long decline and the church closed in 1969. After being vacant for several years, the church was acquired for possible expansion by St. Constantine and Helen Cathedral, a Greek Orthodox congregation located across Schermerhorn Street. In 2006, the once-proud Lutheran church was demolished and has been replaced by a luxury apartment building.

Updated through on-line information from Connor Annable.

Updated through on-line information from Sebastian M. Gluck. -- Building razed, organ in storage. Three stops prepared for and never installed (two in the Pedal, one in the Great). Choir Dulciana was originally supposed to go to the Chicago Auditorium Theatre Choir division at 4'. 3-1/2" wind throughout.

Updated through information posted to PipeChat October 3, 2008 by Sebastian Gluck: "I own Opus 408, a three-manual of about 35 ranks that includes one stop originally intended for the Chicago Auditorium Theatre."

Status Note: There 1969.

Building sold to St. Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox (after 1969?). Tracker-Pneumatic action (Barker lever?) Great stops above 8' enclosed. Compass 58/30.