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M. P. Möller Opus 4805 (1927)

Mayfair Theatre
301 Lake Avenue
Asbury Park, NJ

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


Consoles

Main


Notes

2007-11-16 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2011-12-12 - Updated through online information from Alan Binger. -- The Möller in the Mayfair was, according to several reports, destroyed when the theater was torn down in the late '70s. -Database Manager

2014-01-21 - The contract price for this organ was $15,000. -Database Manager

2014-01-23 - Part of this organ (2 Great windchests and several ranks) were moved to the Solo division of the Midmer-Losh organ in St. Stanislaus Kostka (Polish) RC Church in Brooklyn, N.Y. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

        Asbury Park, New Jersey
        Mayfair Theatre

        M.P. Möller, Inc.   Opus 4805   3 manuals, 60 stops, 23 ranks
        Factory Specification: August 27, 1926
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        GREAT ORGAN                                  SWELL ORGAN
    16' Tibia Clausa (Unit)        97            16' Violin (Unit)              97
     8' Open Diapason              61             8' Horn Diapason              -- (a)
     8' Tibia Clausa               --             8' Doppel Flute               73
     8' Claribel Flute             73             8' Violin                     --
     8' Violoncello                73             8' Viol Celeste               61 tc
     8' Cello Celeste              61 tc          4' Violina                    --
     4' Orchestral Flute (Tibia)   --             4' Flute Harmonic (Unit)      73
     4' Concert Flute (Claribel)   --         2 2/3' Nazard (Violin)            --
     4' Violins 2 rks              --         2 2/3' Flute Twelfth (Fl.Harm.)   --
 2 2/3' Tibia Quint                --             2' String Fifteenth (Violin)  --
     2' Piccolo (Claribel)         --             2' Flageolet (Fl.Harm.)       --
     8' Tuba                       73             8' Orchestral Oboe            73
     8' Kinura                     73             8' Vox Humana                 73
     4' Octave Tuba                --             4' Octave Oboe                --
     4' Octave Kinura              --            16' Vox Humana                 -- tc
     8' Gross Flute                73             8' Tibia Plena                73
     8' Major Violins 2 rks       134             8' Viole d'Gamba              73
     4' Violins 2 rks (Maj.Vlns)   --             8' Viole d'Gamba Celeste      61 tc
        Chimes                     20 notes       8' French Horn                73
        Marimba (Single)           49 bars        4' Octave Horn                --
        Marimba (Repeating)        --             8' French Trumpet             61
        Tremulant                                    Xylophone (Sing)           49 bars
                                                     Xylophone (Repeating)      --
        CHOIR ORGAN                                  Orchestral Bells (Single)  37 bars
     8' Tibia Clausa               GT                Orch. Bells (Repeating)    --
     8' Violoncello                GT                Tremulant
     8' Cello Celeste              GT
     8' Claribel Flute             GT                PEDAL ORGAN
     4' Violina                    GT            16' Tibia Clausa               GT
     4' Concert Flute              GT            16' Bass Viol                  SW
 2 2/3' Tibia Quint                GT            16' Tuba                       12 GT
     2' Piccolo                    GT             8' Flute                      GT
     8' Clarinet                   73             8' Violoncello                GT
    16' Clarinet                   -- tc          8' Tuba                       GT
     8' Gross Flute                GT            16' Open Diapason (ext Tibia)  12 SW
     8' Major Violin               GT
     8' English Horn               73            (a) 8' Doppel Flute + 4' Flute Harmonic
     4' Octave Horn                --                
        Tremulant                                    BY PEDAL STUDS
                                                     Song Birds (2)
        COUPLERS                                     Thunder Sheet
        Great to Pedal                               Grand Crash
        Swell to Pedal                               Crash Cymbal
        Choir to Pedal                               
        Swell to Great 16, 8, 4                      ADJUSTABLE COMBINATIONS
        Choir to Great 16, 8, 4                      Great Organ   1-2-3-4
        Swell to Choir 16, 8, 4                      Swell Organ   1-2-3-4
        Great 4, 16                                  Choir Organ   1-2-3-4
        Swell 4, 16                                  Pedal Organ   1-2-3-4
        Choir 4, 16                                  Full Organ    1-2-3-4
        Swell Unison Separation )                   
        Great Unison Separation ) Jambs right        PEDAL MOVEMENTS 
        Choir Unison Separation )                    Great to Pedal Reversible
                                                     Balanced Expression Pedal - Great & Choir
                                                     Balanced Expression Pedal - Swell Organ
                                                     Grand Crescendo Pedal

       [Received online from Steven E. Lawson January 21, 2014]

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