Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 7626 (1948)

St. Peter's Lutheran Church
619 Lexington Avenue
New York City: Manhattan, NY

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
15 stops
28 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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2008-03-22 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2011-01-24 - Updated through on-line information from Connor Annable. -Database Manager

2023-02-01 - From the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, Steven E. Lawson: A new instrument was built by M. P. Möller of Hagerstown, Maryland, at a cost of $17,000. The new organ was dedicated on Sunday, October 31, 1948, with Dr. Helen A. Dickinson giving the address, and with Mr. August Hartung (organist and choir director for 37 years) and Mr. John Davis at the console. A set of Deagan Chimes was added in 1950, a gift of Miss Ernestine Durr in honor of her mother, and in 1962, 1963, 1964, and 1965, she had additional ranks of pipes installed as memorials to her father. In 1970, the First National City Bank (later known as Citibank) purchased the property for $9 million and agreed to build a new church next to its 59-story office tower. A 2/43 Klais was installed in the new sanctuary in 1977. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: Courtesy of the OHS Archives

       New York, New York
       St. Peter's Lutheran Church

       Möller   Op. 7626   1948   3/15
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        Stops without pipecounts are prepared-for

       GREAT (encl w/CH)       CHOIR
    8' Diapason       61    8' Geigen Principal
    8' Melodia        CH    8' Melodia          73
    8' Gemshorn       CH    8' Gemshorn         73
    4' Octave         61    8' Gemshorn Celeste 61
    4' Harmonic Flute       4' Rohrflöte        73
    2' Fifteenth      61    8' Clarinet         73
       Tremolo                 Tremolo
       Sub                     Sub
       Unison Off              Unison Off
       Super                   Super
       Chimes                  Blank
       Blank
       Blank                   PEDAL
                           16' Diapason      GT 12
       SWELL               16' Bourdon          32
   16' Bourdon        61   16' Gemshorn      GT 12
    8' Diapason       73   16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
    8' Gedeckt        12    8' Principal        GT
    8' Salicional     73    8' Flute            12
    8' Voix Celeste   61    8' Flauto Dolce     SW
    4' Principal      73    4' Lieblich Flute   SW
    4' Flute d'Amour  12   16' Posaune
2 2/3' Nazard          7       Blank
    2' Flautino        5       Blank
  III  Mixture
    8' Trumpet        73
    8' Oboe
       Tremolo
       Sub
       Unison Off
       Super
       Blank
       Blank

     [Received from Jeff Scofield February 1, 2023]

Documents

(1948-01-30) Factory specifications, courtesy of the OHS Archives Stoplist and accessories -Jeff Scofield