Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 5315 (1928)

Metropolitan Opera House
858 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA

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

Images

Unknown - Building exterior (Photograph by themetphilly.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1942 - Theater interior from stage to house (Photograph from an archival source: themetphilly.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1928 - Console (Photograph from an archival source: Moller promotional photo, collection of Jeff Scofield, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Horseshoe
Console position: Console on Lift
4 manuals
294 stops
39 registers
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys in Horseshoe Curves
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

2007-11-28 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. Opened September 22, 1928. -Database Manager

2012-05-14 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- The organ was removed from the 3,482-seat theater in the 1940's, but was destroyed by fire before reaching its intended destination in the western United States; only a Post Horn, liberated before shipment, survived. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Information from <i>The Diapason</i> November 1928 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Metropolitan Opera House (Met Theater)

    Möller   Op. 5315   4/39   1928
    ________________________________________________________

    A copy of the full specifications and chamber layouts
    can be found in the ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE AMERICAN THEATRE
    ORGAN, VOL. I, by David Junchen, published by Showcase
    Publications, Pasadena, California.  ISBN: 0-917800-02-8

    PIPE RESOURCES                   PERCUSSION

16' Diapason               85     4' Harp          61 bars
16' Bass Viole             97     Chimes           25 bells
16' Tibia Clausa           97     Orchestral Bells 37 bars
16' Gross Flute            85     Marimba          49 bars
16' Tuba Harmonic          85     Xylophone        49 bars
16' Solo Post Horn         85     Chrysoglott      37 bars
16' Clarinet               85
16' Bourdon                97     Bass Drum I
16' String Bass            97     Bass Drum II
16' Bombarde               85     Small Cymbal I
16' Double Trumpet         85     Small Cymbel II
16' Tibia Plena            85     Castanets I and II   (4)
 8' Flute Harmonic         85     Triangles I and II
 8' Solo Violins III      255     Slap Sticks I and II
 8' Post Horn              73     Snare Drum I and II
 8' Gamba                  85     Chinese Blocks I and II
 8' Gamba Celeste          85     Persian Cymbals I and II
 8' Kinura                 73     Chinese Gongs I and II
 8' Orchestral Oboe        73     Sirens I and II
 8' Saxophone              73     Bird Songs I and II
 8' Minor Vox Humana       73     Sleigh Bells
 8' Mezzo Vox Humana       73     TomTom
 8' Major Vox Humana       73     Ford Horn
 8' French Trumpet         73     Auto Horn
 8' Violoncello Celeste    85     Door Bell
 8' Stentorphone           73     Crash Cymbals
 8' Solo Tibia Clausa      85     Wind Effect I
 8' English Horn           73     Wind Effect II
 8' Orchestral Violins III 73     Aeroplane Effect
 8' Muted Violins II      146     Thunder Storm
 8' Solo Trumpet           73
 8' Jazz Cornet            73
 8' French Horn            73

   [Received online from Jeff Scofield  May 17, 2012]

Documents

(1928-06-01) Factory Documentation Factory documentation courtesy of Andrew J. Moore -Roman Lizak

Websites

Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphi) - History of the building (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)