Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller (1953)

St. James' Church, Episcopal
76 Federal Street
New London, CT

Images

2006-11-01 - Church exterior (Photograph by Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2013-05-03 - Console (Photograph by New London AGO, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2020-04-15 - Church interior from gallery (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2020-04-15 - Church interior from floor (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
4 manuals
42 stops
56 registers
5 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

Notes

2005-12-21 - 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: Rebuild of Skinner Opus 220 (1914); pedal chests rebuilt in 1967 by M. P. Möller, #M-2317. -Database Manager

2011-12-31 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2013-12-05 - Reconditioned by Foley-Baker in 2002. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from The Diapason July 1952 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

     New London, Connecticut
     St. James Episcopal Church

     Möller   1953   4/48
     ____________________________________________________

     GREAT                           SWELL
 16' Quintaten            61     16' Bourdon           61
  8' Diapason             61     16' Dulciana          61
  8' Harmonic Flute       61      8' Geigen Principal  61
  8' Erzähler             61      8' Clarabella        61
  4' Octave               61      8' Gedeckt           61
  2' Super Octave         61      8' Salicional        61
 II  Grave Mixture       122      8' Voix Celeste      61
III  Cymbal              183      8' Aeoline           61
  8' Trompette Harmonique SO      8' Unda Maris        49
  4' Clarion              SO      4' Spitzprincipal    61
     Sub                          4' Flute             61
     Unison Off                   2' Flageolet         61
     Super                      III  Plein Jeu        183
     Chimes               CH     16' Trumpet           61
                                  8' Trompette         61
     SOLO (enclosed in Choir)     8' Flügel Horn       61
  8' Trompette Harmonique 61      8' Vox Humana        61
  8' French Horn          61      4' Clarion           61
  8' English Horn         61         Tremolo
  8' Orchestral Oboe      61         Sub
  4' Clarion              12         Unison Off
     Tremolo                         Super
     Sub
     Unison Off                      CHOIR
     Super                        8' Diapason          61
                                  8' Concert Flute     61
     PEDAL                        8' Kleine Erzähler   61
 32' Bourdon              32      8' Erzähler Celeste  61
 16' Diapason             32      8' Dulcet II        122
 16' Bourdon              12      8' Dulciana          61
 16' Echo Lielich         SW      4' Flute             61
 16' Dulciana             SW      2' Piccolo           61
  8' Octave               12      8' Clarinet          61
  8' Bourdon              12         Tremolo
  8' Gedeckt              SW         Sub
  8' Cello                SW         Unison Off
  4' Choralbass           12         Super
  4' Flute                12         Chimes            25
 16' Posaune              32         Celesta           61
 16' Trumpet              SW
  8' Tromba               12
  4' Clarion              12

    [Received online from Jeff Scofield December 30, 2011]

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#11668 - Ernest M. Skinner Company Opus 220 (1914)