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M. P. Möller Opus 6033 (1931)

St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church: Church
183 Rector St.
Perth Amboy, NJ

Images

2015-08-15 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Tom Fierro/Database Manager)

2015-08-15 - Console (Photograph by Tom Fierro/Database Manager)

2015-08-15 - Pipe Facade ((above Choir area) Photograph by Tom Fierro/Database Manager)

2015-08-15 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by Tom Fierro/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
49 stops
13 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons

Notes

2007-12-14 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2012-01-02 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Organized in 1698, St. Peter's is the old parish in New Jersey; the present building was built in 1852. -Database Manager

2015-07-15 - According to the photographs, the organ was rebuilt in 1993 by Shenandoah Organ Studio. The stops on the console photo are very different from the original Moller stoplist. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The American Organist</i> April 1932 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

   Perth Amboy, New Jersey
   St. Peter's Episcopal Church

   Möller   Op. 6033   1930   3/24
   __________________________________________________

   As per th editorial policy of THE AMERICAN ORGANIST
   at the time, borrows and extensions have the same
   name as the parent rank.

   GREAT                            SWELL
8' 1st Diapason     61          16' Gedeckt        61
8' 2nd Diapason     61           8' Diapason       73
8' Doppelflöte      61           8' Gedeckt        12
8' Melodia          73           8' Stopped Flute  73
8' Keraulophone     73           8' Flute Celeste  61
8' Gamba            73           8' Salicional     73
8' Dulciana         73           8' Viole Celeste  61
4' Octave           73           8' Aeoline        73
4' Harmonic Flute   12 CH        4' Gedeckt        12
8' Tuba Mirabilis   73           4' Salicional     12
   Sub                       2 2/3' Gedeckt         7
   Unison Off                    2' Gedeckt         5
   Super                         8' Cornopean      73
   Chimes           25           8' Oboe           73
   Chimes Soft                      Tremulant
   Harp                             Sub
   Celesta                          Unison Off
                                    Super
   CHOIR
8' English Diapason 73              PEDAL
8' Harmonic Flute   73          32' Resultant Bass --
8' Quintadena       73          16' Diapason       32
8' Melodia          GT          16' Bourdon        32
8' Keraulophone     GT          16' Gedeckt        SW
8' Dulciana         GT           8' Diapason       12
8' Unda Maris       61           8' Bourdon        12
4' Melodia          12 GT        8' Gamba          GT
   Tremulant                    16' Tuba           12 GT
   Sub                           8' Tuba           GT
   Unison Off
   Super
   Chimes           GT
   Chimes Soft      GT
   Harp
   Celesta

  [Received online from Jeff Scofield January 1, 2012]

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