2005-09-26 - Originally installed in Union Theological Seminary, New York City. Moved at unknown time to St. John Lutheran Church, Sharon Springs, New York. -Database Manager
2023-11-04 - St John's held its last service in 2015 and the building was put up for sale. A real estate website includes photos of the interior showing the very standard Moller Artiste, with its detached console, at the front and left of the chancel. Those same photos suggest the building to be largely unchanged from the 19th century with a trompe l'oeil apse and polychrome wall panels remaining. As of 2023 the building appears to be maintained at a minimal level. Fate of the organ is unknown. -William Dunklin
2024-03-04 - The church was built in the 1840s. In 2008 the small congregation decided to do restoration work on their deteriorating building, and began by removing all the wall paper and the unsound belfry. The stunning and long-forgotten trompe l'oeil was exposed in the process. Exhausted by their efforts, in 2012 the divided congregation voted to merge with the Lutheran congregation in nearby Seward and to sell the building for $30K, including the contents. The building was sold in 2015 and converted to a private residence, the new owners preserving all the building's historic features and the still-playable but failing Moller Artiste. -Scot Huntington
2024-03-07 - This is a stock model Moller 'Portable' with a detached console. -Jim Stettner
Typed stoplist Source: Factory Specification via Larry Trupiano Date not recorded
Sharon Springs, New York
St. John Lutheran Church
M. P. Möller, Inc. Opus 8460 1953
2 manuals, 19 registers, 3 ranks
Originally installed in Union Theological Seminary, New York City
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN PEDAL ORGAN
8' Diapason Conique 8' Salicional 16' Bourdon
8' Lieblich Gedeckt 8' Lieblich Gedeckt 8' Rohr Flute
8' Salicional 8' Quintadena (Syn) 4' Octave Conique
4' Octave Conique 4' Salicet 4' Flute
2 2/3' Quint 4' Lieblich Flute 2' Super Octave
2' Super Octave 2 2/3' Nazard
Swell to Great 2' Piccolo
8' Oboe (Syn)
MECHANICALS
Tremolo
Balanced Expression Pedal
Balanced Crescendo Pedal with indicator light
STOP ANALYSIS
Pipes
8' Diapason Conique 61
16' Lieblich Gedeckt 73
8' Salicional 61
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[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2017-08-18]
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