Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 4587 (1926)

Christ Church, Episcopal: Church
Broadway at 71st Street
New York City: Manhattan, NY

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

1926-09-09 - Church interior (Photograph from the NYC AGO Organ Project/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
27 stops
41 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
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 combination toe pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2005-11-12 - Identified through information adapted from E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: Replaced Skinner Op. 114 (1904); church is now gone; congregation merged in 1975 with St. Stephen's Episcopal. -Database Manager

2009-02-07 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2011-01-18 - Updated through online information from Connor Annable. -Database Manager

2012-05-04 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Congregation merged into St. Stephen's Church in 1975; Church Church building used briefly by the Bible Deliverance Evangelical Church but was ultimately razed to make way for an apartment building. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from factory specifications via Larry Trupiano and NYC AGO Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

    New York, New York
    Christ Church, Episcopal

    Möller   Op. 4587   1926   3/29
    __________________________________________________

    GREAT  5"                     CHOIR  5"
16' Bourdon           61       8' Viola d'Gamba     73
 8' 1st Open Diapason 61       8' Quintadena        73
 8' 2nd Open Diapason 61       8' Concert Flute     73
 8' Doppel Flute      61 a     8' Dulciana          73
 8' Gemshorn          61 a     4' Flute d'Amour     73
 4' Octave            73 a   III  Dulciana Mixture 183
 4' Harmonic Flute    73 a     8' Clarinet          73
16' Tuba Profunda     61 a        Tremulant
 8' Tuba Mirabilis    12 a        Sub
 4' Tuba Clarion      12 a        Unison Off
    Tremulant                     Super
    Sub                        8' Tuba              GT
    Unison Off
    Super                         PEDAL
                              16' Open Diapason     32
    SWELL  5"                 16' Bourdon           GT
16' Lieblich Gedeckt  73      16' Lieblich Gedeckt  SW
 8' Geigen Principal  73       8' Octave            12
 8' Stopped Diapason  73       8' Bass Flute        GT
 8' Viole d'Orchestre 73       8' Flute Dolce       SW
 8' Viole Celeste     73       4' Flute             GT
 8' Echo Salicional   73      16' Tuba Profunda     GT
 4' Flute Traverso    73      16' Fagotto           SW
 2' Lieblich Piccolo  61       8' Tuba Mirabilis    GT
16' Contra Fagotto    73       4' Clarion           GT
 8' Cornopean         73          A Chime 
 8' Oboe              12
 8' Vox Humana        73
 4' Clarion           12
    Tremulant
    Sub
    Unison Off
    Super                      a  enclosed with Choir

   [Received online from Jeff Scofield May 6, 2012]

Websites

Christ Church (Episcopal) - New York City [NYCAGO Organ Project web site] - Stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)