Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 6837 (1940)

Christ Church, Cobble Hill (Episcopal): Church
326 Clinton Street
New York City: Brooklyn, NY

Images

1944 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Brooklyn Public Library Collection, via NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Façade pipes (Photograph by Robert Vogel, via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, Steven E. Lawson, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Chancel (Photograph by Robert Vogel, via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, Steven E. Lawson, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Console (Photograph by Robert Vogel, via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, Steven E. Lawson, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
46 stops
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2005-07-20 - Designed by Richard Oliver Whitelegg. The organ has sustained water damage but mostly plays at this point (2005). (Information from the organist, Robert G. Vogel, July 2005) -Database Manager

2005-07-24 - Online update from Robert G. Vogel -- The instrument has had minimal tonal changes. The entire organ is under expression. The Swell shade mechanism has been removed, while the shades remain in place. The Great/Choir shade mechanism is in place but the shades have been removed. Therefore there is no expression currently possible. It is believed those items removed are still on church property. While all but three stops function, there are dead notes and mechanical problems. It is currently believed that the Great 2' and Swell Vox Humana may not have been original. It is hoped to rebuild the instrument for a 2010 175th Church Anniversary rededication. -Database Manager

2010-11-27 - Updated through online information from Connor Annable. -Database Manager

2012-01-30 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from <i>The Diapason</i> June 1942 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

    Brooklyn, New York
    Christ Episcopal Church, Cobble Hill

    Möller   Op. 6837   1942   3/31
    _______________________________________________

    GREAT                      SWELL
16' Bourdon       73       16' Lieblich Bourdon  61
 8' 1st Diapason  73        8' Diapason          73
 8' 2nd Diapason  73        8' Gedeckt           12
 8' Clarabella    73        8' Salicional        73
 8' Erzähler      73        8' Voix Celeste      61
 4' Octave        73        8' Spitzflöte        73
 4' Flute         CH        8' Flute Celeste     61
 8' Tromba        73        4' Flute d'Amour     12
 8' French Horn   CH    2 2/3' Nazard             7
    Sub                     2' Piccolo            5
    Unison Off            III  Dolce Cornet     183
    Super                  IV  Mixture          244
    Chimes        21       16' Double Cornopean  73
    Harp          49        8' Cornopean         12
    Celesta                 8' Oboe              73
                            8' Vox Humana        73
    CHOIR                   4' Clarion           12
 8' Diapason      73           Tremulant
 8' Melodia       73           Sub
 8' Dulciana      73           Unison Off
 8' Unda Maris    61           Super
 4' Flute         12
 8' Clarinet      73           PEDAL
 8' French Horn   73       32' Resultant Bass    --
    Tremulant              16' Diapason          32
    Sub                    16' Bourdon           GT
    Unison Off             16' Lieblich Bourdon  SW
    Super                   8' Octave            12
    Harp          61        8' Flute             GT
    Celesta       61        8' Gedeckt           SW
                           16' Trombone          32
                           16' Double Cornopean  SW
                            8' Tromba            12
                               Chimes            GT

[Received online from Jeff Scofield December 3, 2011]

Documents

Write-up from THE DIAPASON June 1942 Stoplist and commentary -Jeff Scofield

Websites

Christ Church Cobble Hill, Brooklyn [NYC Organ Project] - Photograph, stoplist, brief church history (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)