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M. P. Möller Opus 6423 (1936)

The Riverdale Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
4765 Henry Hudson Pkwy.
New York City: The Bronx (Riverdale), NY

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
41 stops
23 registers
4 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 combination toe pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2008-02-21 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2009-12-19 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Repaired with tonal changes in 1959 as Möller 3/33 Op. R-625 -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

   Bronx, New York
   Riverdale Presbyterian Church

   Moller   Op. 6423   1936   3/26
   ________________________________________________________

   GREAT (encl w/CH)               SWELL
8' Open Diapason    61         16' Lieblich Gedeckt Bass 12
8' 2nd Diapason     pf *       16' Lieblich Gedeckt      tc
8' Doppel Flute     61          8' Geigen Diapason       73
8' Melodia          CH          8' Stopped Flute         61 *
8' Gamba            CH          8' Flute Celeste         61
8' Dolce            CH          8' Salicional            73
4' Octave           61          8' Voix Celeste          61
4' Flute Harmonic   CH          8' Muted Viole           73
   Super                        8' Aeoline               73
   Chimes           CH          4' Gemshorn              73 *
   Harp             CH          4' Flute d'Amour         12 *
   Celesta          CH          4' Salicet               --
                            2 2/3' Octave Quinte          7 *
   CHOIR                        2' Flautina               5 *
8' English Diapason 73         IV  Mixture              244
8' 2nd Diapason     pf          8' Cornopean             73
8' Melodia          73 *        8' Oboe                  73
8' Gamba            73 *        8' Vox Humana            pf
8' Dolce            73 *           Tremolo
8' Unda Maris       61             Sub
4' Flute Harmonic   73 *           Unison Off
8' Clarinet         73             Super
   Tremolo        
   Sub                             PEDAL
   Unison Off                  32' Resultant             --
   Super                       16' Open Diapason         32
   Chimes           pf         16' Bourdon               32 a
   Harp             pf         16' Violone               12 CH
   Celesta          pf         16' Lieblich Gedeckt      SW
                                8' Octave                12
                                8' Flute                 12
                                8' Cello                 CH
                                8' Gedeckt               SW
                                8' Salicional            SW

*  Retained from 1902 Muller & Abel organ
a  1-27 retained from 1902 Muller & Abel organ

  [Received online from Jeff Scofield January 11, 2013]

Documents

Write-up from THE DIAPASON December 1936 Stoplist and description -Jeff Scofield

Websites

Riverdale Presbyterian Church - Bronx, N.Y. [NYC AGO Organ Project web site] - Stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#50820 - M. P. Möller Opus R-625 (1959)