Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 7750 (1949)

St. James Methodist Episcopal Church / Metropolitan Community Methodist Church
1975 Madison Avenue & 126Th Sts
New York City: Manhattan, NY

Images

2002-09-09 - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Steven E. Lawson/Database Manager)

2002-09-09 - Console (Photograph by Steven E. Lawson/Database Manager)

2002-09-09 - Church exterior (Photograph by Steven E. Lawson/Database Manager)

2002-09-09 - Jardine organ case (Photograph by Steven E. Lawson/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
26 stops
35 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)
Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2008-04-11 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2009-05-26 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- The organ is installed behind the case of the 1871 Jardine in the rear gallery; the console is located on the main floor in the front with the choir; rebuilt in 1991 by Möller as Op. R-1209. -Database Manager

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

Stoplist

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

       New York, New York
       Metropolitan Community Methodist Church

       Möller   Op. 7750/R-1209   1949/1991    3/32
       ____________________________________________

       The c.1991 rebuild involved no tonal changes

       GREAT (enclosed)         SWELL
   16' Gemshorn       61    16' Rohrbourdon      73
    8' Diapason       61     8' Geigen Principal 73
    8' Hohlflöte      61     8' Rohrbourdon      12
    8' Gemshorn       12     8' Viole de Gambe   73
    4' Octave         61     8' Viole Celeste    61
    2' Super Octave   61     4' Spitz Principal  73
  III  Fourniture    183     4' Flute ⌂          73
    8' Trumpet        pf     2' Flageolet        pf
       Tremulant           III  Plein Jeu       183
       Sub                   8' French Trumpet   73
       Unison Off            8' Oboe             pf
       Super                 8' Vox Humana       61
       Chimes         CH     4' Clarion          73
                                Tremulant
       CHOIR                    Sub
    8' Viola          73        Unison Off
    8' Concert Flute  pf        Super
    8' Dulciana       73
    8' Unda Maris     pf        PEDAL
    4' Koppelflöte    73    32' Resultant        --
2 2/3' Rohrnazard     61    16' Contra Bass      32
    2' Blockflöte     61    16' Gemshorn         GT
    8' Clarinet       73    16' Rohrbourdon      SW
    8' English Horn   pf     8' Principal        32
       Tremulant             8' Rohrflöte        SW
       Sub                   4' Choral Bass      12
       Unison Off          III  Mixture          96
       Super                16' Trombone         32
       Chimes         21    16' Trumpet          SW
       Harp           pf     8' Tromba           12
       Celeste        pf

[Received online from Jeff Scofield January 13, 2012]

Websites

Metropolitan Community United Methodist Church - New York City [NYC AGO Organ Project web site] - Photographs, stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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