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George Jardine & Son (1893)

Location:

Gravesend Reformed Dutch Church
145 Gravesend Neck Road
New York City: Brooklyn, NY 11223 US
Organ ID: 8308

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Dutch Reformed Churches
  • The organ has been relocated.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Paul R. Marchesano on August 09, 2021.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 11 ranks. 2 manuals. 14 stops.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Stops: 14
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
  • Stop Action: Mechanical connection between stop control and chest.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

The original builder was George Jardine & Son (1874).

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Rebuild of 1874 Jardine in new building. Congregation disbanded in 1979 and sold the organ through OCH to St. Mary's R. C., Charleston, SC. Pipes marked Fords 23rd Street. Entire organ enclosed in Swell. The conversion of this organ to two manuals was accomplished by Jardine's rather unorthodox method of sawing the windchest in half and providing a second set of pallets for the half-chest, along with a second manual. Whatever stops were originally on the front of the chest became the Great and whatever stops were on the back half were enclosed and became the Swell. Thus, the rearrangement of pipes made each division of this small organ a bit more versatile.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Image on the congregation's 1964 Christmas card.: Photograph from an archival source: Gravesend Reformed Dutch Church, submitted by Joseph Ditta. Taken approx. 1964

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