Pipe Organ Database

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Hall Organ Co. (1926)

Location:

Second Reformed Church
100 College Ave.
New Brunswick, NJ 08901 US
Organ ID: 18835

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Reformed Churches (RCA, CRC, URC, PRC)
  • 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 Jeff Scofield on January 18, 2023.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Information unknown or not applicable
  • 30 ranks. 2,060 pipes. 4 divisions. 3 manuals. 28 stops. 39 registers.
All:
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 3
  • Divisions: 4
  • Stops: 28
  • Registers: 39
  • Position: Console in fixed position, center.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Combination Action: Adjustable combination pistons.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
  • Has Crescendo Pedal
We received the most recent update for this console from Jeff Scofield on January 18, 2023.
Jeff Scofield on January 18, 2023:

The church is now known as the College Ave. Community Church, with contemporary services.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jeff Scofield on January 18, 2023.
Database Manager on June 28, 2005:

Identified through information in Classified List of Hall Organs, published in 1929 by Hall Organ Co., West Haven, Connecticut.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
From THE DIAPASON September 1926: Open In New Tab
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Jeff Scofield on January 18, 2023.

Instrument Images:

Balcony and organ chambers grillework: Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2009-09-29

Church interior to front: Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2009-09-29

Church exterior: Photograph by Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2010-12-17

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