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M. P. Möller Opus 5715 (1930)

First Baptist Church / Midtown Bible Chapel / New Life Assembly Church: Sanctuary; front
14 North Street @ Pearl St.
Buffalo, NY

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


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07-29-1911 Postmark - Church exterior (Vintage postcard/Jim Stettner)

2003-11-19 - Front of church showing retained Kimball organ case/facade (Karl R. Josker/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main


Notes

2007-12-06 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. Rebuild and enlargement of 1900 W. W. Kimball organ, of 2-manuals, 20-stops. All ranks of the Kimball were incorporated into the Möller. The 9-rank, 9-stop Great division featured 1 new rank; the 11-rank, 11-stop Swell division included 3 new ranks; the 5-rank, 5-stop Choir division was comprised of 3 new ranks and 2 retained from the Kimball Swell division. Both Kimball Pedal ranks were retained and augmented. The Möller organ was removed by the Delaware Organ Co., Inc., in 1989. The building has since been purchased by the Midtown Bible Chapel and still later by New Life Assembly Church. -Database Manager

2009-04-04 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the factory specifications via the OHS Archives Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Buffalo, New York
       First Baptist Church

       Möller   Op. 5715   1930   3/27
       _______________________________________________

       All manual pistons were double-touch; 1st touch
       operated stops and couplers on that manual; 2nd 
       touch operated Pedal stops and couplers.

       3-manual console with stop keys arranged in a
       segment of a circle.

       All parts of the organ were to be new except 
       for the existing pipework that was utilized.

       The façade pipes were to be refinished in gold
       bronze.
       _______________________________________________

       GREAT                       SWELL

    8' Open Diapason 73        16' Lieblich Gedeckt 73
    8' Gross Flute   55 a       8' Violin Diapason  73 *
    8' Gamba         73         8' Stop Diapason    73
    8' Melodia       73         8' Salicional       73
    8' Dulciana      73         8' Viole Celeste    61 *     
    4' Octave        73         4' Harmonic Flute   73
2 2/3' Twelfth       61         4' Violin           73
    2' Fifteenth     61         2' Flautino         61
    8' Trumpet       73         8' Cornopean        73
       Super                    8' Oboe             73
       Chimes        CH         8' Vox Humana       61 *
                                   Tremulant
       CHOIR                       Sub
                                   Unison Off
    8' Open Diapason 73            Super
    8' Tibia Clausa  73 *
    8' Aeoline       73            PEDAL
    8' Unda Maris    61
    8' Clarinet      73 *      16' Open Diapason    32 b
       Tremulant               16' Bourdon          32 c
       Sub                     16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
       Unison Off               8' Open Diapason    GT
       Super                    8' Flute            12
       Chimes        25

    *  new pipes; all 73-note stops utilized 61 old
       pipes and 12 new pipes
    a  1-18 from PED 16 Open Diapason, 19-73 new pipes
    b  30 old pipes, 2 from GT Stop Diapason
    c  30 old pipes, top 14 new pipes

      [Received from Jeff Scofield September 12, 2015]

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