Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 6211 (1936)

College of the City of New York: Pauline Edwards Theatre
17 Lexington Avenue at 23rd Street
New York City: Manhattan, NY

Images

Unknown - Unknown (Photograph by Baruch College, CUNY via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
4 manuals
23 stops
33 registers
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
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
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2008-01-04 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2013-08-02 - Updated through online information from Steven E. Lawson. -- This organ was originally built as Moller Op. 1054 (1910) for the Dave Hennen Morris residence in New York City. In 1936, Morris donated the organ to CCNY. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

    New York, New York
    College of the City of New York
    Pauline Edwards Theatre (Mason Hall)

    Möller   Op. 1054   1908   3/20   Morris Residence
    Möller   Op. 6211   1936   4/22   CCNY
    __________________________________________________

    GREAT                          SWELL

 8' Open Diapason    73       16' Lieblich Gedeckt  61
 8' Doppel Flute     73        8' Geigen Diapason   73
 8' Gemshorn         73        8' Gedeckt           12
 4' Octave           73        8' Viole d'Orchestre 73
    Sub                        8' Viole Celeste     61
    Unison Off                 8' Aeoline           73
    Super                      4' Flute d'Amour     12
    Chimes           21    2 2/3' Nazard             7
    Blank                      2' Flautina           5
    Blank                      8' Harmonic Tuba     73
                               8' Orchestral Oboe   73
    ECHO                       8' Vox Humana        61
                                  Tremolo
 8' Quintadena       73           Sub
 8' Viole Aetheria   73           Unison Off
 4' Flute            73           Super
 8' Vox Humana       73           Blank
    Tremolo                       Blank
    Sub
    Unison Off                    CHOIR
    Super
    Blank                      8' Concert Flute     73
    Blank                      8' Dulciana          73
                               8' Unda Maris        61
    PEDAL                      4' Harmonic Flute    73
                               8' Clarinet          73
16' Open Diapason    32           Tremolo
16' Bourdon          32           Sub
16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW           Unison Off
 8' Octave           12           Super
 8' Flute            12           Harp              37
 8' Gedeckt          SW           Blank
16' Trombone         12 SW        Blank
 8' Tuba             SW

      [Received from Jeff Scofield August 4, 2015]

Documents

(1936-12-12) Factory specifications, via the OHS Archives and Roman Lizak Contract, specifications and correspondence -Jeff Scofield

Websites

College of the City of New York - New York City [NYC AGO Organ Project web site] - Stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)