Featherbed Lane Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
141 Featherbed Lane
New York City: The Bronx, NY
Images
2011-08-21 - Church exterior (Photograph by David Schmauch via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2011-08-21 - Pipes (Photograph by David Schmauch via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2011-08-21 - Church interior (Photograph by David Schmauch via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2011-08-21 - Console (Photograph by David Schmauch via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
- 3 manuals
- 33 stops
- 16 registers
- 4 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
- 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
2007-11-26 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager
2011-08-24 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager
2020-11-09 - From the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project: Featherbed Lane Presbyterian Church was founded in 1921 by Rev. Dr. Robert Bruce Clark. Ground was broken for the present church on March 26, 1927, and the cornerstone was laid on October 15 that same year. Designed by Gamble Rogers, the Georgian-style structure is built of brick with limestone trim. The sanctuary originally seated 500, plus another 400 when the adjacent Sunday school was opened into the church. The facility cost $250,000 and was built with the financial assistance of the Church Extension Committee of the Presbytery of New York. The organ in Featherbed Lane Presbyterian Church was built in 1927 by M.P. Möller of Hagerstown, Md. Möller installed the pipes and mechanism in a chamber behind and above the elevated choir loft at the front of the church. The following stoplist is taken from the three-manual stopkey console, while the pipecounts are suggested, based on similar Möller organs of the era. As of 2011, the organ needs repair but is playable and used for services. -Jeff Scofield
Stoplist
Stoplist from of the NYC AGO Organ Project website Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Bronx, New York
Featherbed Lane Presbyterian Church
Möller Op. 5015 1927 3/16
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GREAT (encl w/CH) SWELL
8' Open Diapason 73 16' Bourdon 61
8' Doppel Floete 73 8' Open Diapason 73
8' Melodia 73 8' Gedeckt 12
8' Viole d'Gamba 73 8' Viole d'Orchestre 73
8' Dulciana CH 8' Vox Celeste 61
4' Octave 12 4' Orchestral Flute 12
4' Flute Harmonic 73 4' Violina 12
8' Tuba 73 2 2/3' Flute 12th 7
Tremulant 2' Flautina 5
Sub 8' Orchestral Oboe 73
Unison Off 8' Vox Humana 73
Super Tremulant
Chimes Sub
Unison Off
CHOIR Super
8' English Open Diapason 73
8' Concert Flute 73 PEDAL
8' Doppel Floete GT 32' Resultant --
8' Viole d'Gamba GT 16' Open Diapason 32
8' Dulciana GT 16' Bourdon 32
4' Flute Traverso GT 16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
(from Melodia) 8' Octave 12
Tremulant 8' Flute 12
Sub 8' Violoncello GT
Unison Off
Super
[Received online from Jeff Scofield August 22, 2011]
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