Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 7090 (1942)

Morrow Memorial Methodist Church: Sanctuary
600 Ridgewood Road
Maplewood, NJ

Images

2021 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2020-04-04 - Church interior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
79 stops
66 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2008-03-05 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2010-11-03 - Updated through on-line information from Holland Jancaitis. -- Additions in 1948, 1968 (positiv division); Revoicings in 1968, 1991; Manuals, Pedalboard, stop tabs all installed 1968; Layout of divisions altered in 1991; Kimber-Allen electric action installed in Positiv unit chest in 1991. -Database Manager

2011-01-25 - Updated through on-line information from Holland Jancaitis. -- The organ contains pipes from the previous Hope-Jones organ of 1921. -Database Manager

2013-12-02 - Hope-Jones stops: Doppelflote, Vox Humana, Solo Flute and Pedal Open Wood; combined with 4-manual Allen in late 2011. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from <i>The Diapason</i> and organ dedication program Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Maplewood, New Jersey
       Morrow Memorial Methodist Church

       Möller   Op. 7090   1942   3/28
       ____________________________________________________

       * retained from 1921 Hope-Jones

       GREAT                          SWELL
   16' Gemshorn     CH/PD          8' Rohrflöte          61
    8' Diapason        73          8' Gamba              73
    8' Doppelflöte     73 *        8' Gamba Celeste      61
    8' Gemshorn        CH          4' Principal          73
    4' Octave          73          4' Flute Triangulaire 73
    4' Harmonic Flute  73      2 2/3' Flute Nasard       19
    2' Fifteenth       61          2' Piccolo             5
   IV  Fourniture     244        III  Plein Jeu         183
       Sub                        16' Double Trumpet     61
       Unison Off                  8' Harmonic Trumpet   73
       Super                       8' Trumpet            12
       Chimes          21          8' Vox Humana         61
    8' Tuba            CH          4' Clarion            12
                                      Tremulant
       CHOIR                          Sub
    8' Viola           73             Unison Off
    8' Concert Flute   73             Super
    8' Gemshorn        61             Blank
    4' Flute           12             Blank
    4' Gemshorn Octave 12
2 2/3' Gemshorn 12th    7             PEDAL
    2' Gemshorn 15th    5         32' Resultant          --
    8' Clarinet        73         16' Open Diapason      32
       Tremulant                  16' Open Wood          32 *
       Sub                        16' Bourdon            32
       Unison Off                 16' Rohr Bourdon       12 SW
       Super                      16' Gemshorn           12 GT
       Chimes          GT     10 2/3' Quint              --
                                   8' Principal          32
       SOLO SUBDIVISION            8' Octave Bourdon     12
           on CHOIR                8' Rohrflöte          SW
    8' Solo Flute      73 *        4' Super Octave       12
    8' Tuba            pf          4' Harmonic Flute     GT
       Blank                      16' Tuba               12 GT
       Blank                      16' Double Trumpet     SW
       Blank                       8' Trumpet            SW
       Blank                       4' Clarion            SW
       Blank

      [Received online from Jeff Scofield December 26, 2011]

Documents

(1942-02-23) Factory specifications, via the OHS Archives Stoplist and accessories -Jeff Scofield
Write-up from THE DIAPASON October 1942 Stoplist and description -Jeff Scofield
(1942-11-29) Dedication program via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield

Websites

The Organ | Welcome to Morrow Memorial United Methodist Church - Photograph, history and description (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)