Roosevelt Organ Works was an American manufacturer of

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s. It was founded by Hilborne Roosevelt (1849–1886) and his younger brother, Frank Roosevelt (1862–1895), in 1872. It operated in

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, with branches in

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and

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. The brothers built some of the largest organs in the United States during their career, and many today are still prized for their quality and tone. The company was in operation until 1893. The Roosevelt brothers were among the first to introduce electricity into organ building.

Partial list of works

Roosevelt organ installations include the following: *Chapel of Immaculate Conception, College of Mount Saint Vincent, Riverdale, Bronx, New York (Opus 4 II/16 - 1873/1880) *Episcopal

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* Trinity Church,

, New York * Church of the Holy Communion, New York, New York *All Saints Roman Catholic Church,

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* Old First Reformed Church,

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, New York * Christ Church, Glendale, Ohio *Grace Protestant Episcopal Church, New York, New York * First Presbyterian Church (Buffalo, New York) *First Presbyterian Church, New York, New York * Grace & St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Baltimore, Maryland *First Baptist Church in America,

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(Opus 150) *First Baptist Church,

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, (Opus 291 - 1885) *Elberon Memorial Church, erected 1886 as a memorial to Moses Taylor Elberon,

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.http://elberonmemorialchurch.com * Trinity United Methodist Church, 1820 Broadway, Denver Colorado (1888) (Op. 380) *La Compañía de Jesús Church,

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, Ecuador (1888) 1104 pipes. *Trinity Church, Kansas City, Missouri (1888) (Both the church building and the organ were destroyed.) * First Methodist Church, Boulder, Colorado (Opus 382) *Memorial Presbyterian Church,

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(1890)
First Presbyterian Church of Wilkes-Barre

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(1890), No. 409 *St, James Roman Catholic Church,

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(1891) *St. Peter's Episcopal Church, New York (Opus 515 - 1892) *Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception,

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(1892) * Cathedral of the Assumption, (later "Basilica")

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(1884) Op. 143, tracker action to ventil windchests. *Saugerties Reformed Church in

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(1892), Opus 530. * St. Dominic Church in

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(1885) * Crouse College, Syracuse University in Syracuse New York * Christ Church Cathedral, St. Louis, Missouri

References

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