2008-04-28 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager
2019-09-23 - Updated by Matthew Dion, who has heard or played the organ. I visited this instrument on August 21st, 2019. The organ is in good condition and used regularly. I have a hunch that the pipes and case are from an older instrument in which Moller rebuilt in the 1940s. It is pitched higher than 440hz. The overall specification is quite strange. The only two stops on the Gt that are unenclosed are the Open Diapason 8\' and the Octave 4\'. The rest are borrowed from the Swell division. -Database Manager
2021-01-03 - This extremely pedestrian organ replaced a noble instrument four times its size. Such is the wisdom of clergy. The Moller replaced a second-hand instrument attributed to E. & G.G. Hook (No. 14, 1834) moved here (it's third home) in altered condition by Steere & Turner (No. 224, 1886). The gilded zinc facade pipes, originally speaking and presently mute, are quite old - are at least as old as the Steere installation here and very possibly older. The antique case was reduced in depth and pushed back to allow more room in the gallery for a choir. The diminutive and quite mediocre Moller is a far cry from the substantial historic organ originally contained within this case, and the Moller instrument is largely located in the tower chamber, further diminishing its effectiveness. No antique Hook or Steere pipework was recycled in this instrument. Post-war shortages being what they were at the time, the 20th-century pipework in this instrument may have been new to this organ or recycled from other sources. The oak faux-grain treatment of the woodwork is original. The antique case is a valuable historic artifact. In the 1970s, the organ was slightly enlarged and respecified by the Chase Organ Co. of nearby Worcester, New York. The Moller Diapason 8' was moved to a one-rank unenclosed unit chest, and a new brightly-voiced unit Principal 4' was put in its place on the enclosed chest, with the respecifying of that stop as upperwork. -Scot Huntington
Source: American Organ Archives Moller collection; courtesy of Scot Huntington Originally published October 16, 1948
Cooperstown, New York
St. Mary's Catholic Church
M. P. Möller (Opus 7836, 1948)
Compasses: 61/32
5-rank unit organ, all enclosed, chamber in the tower:
Diapason, Gedeckt, Viole Dolce, Celeste, Trumpet
GREAT
8' Diapason 73 pipes; common metal, scale 45
8' Gedeckt 85 pipes; regular manual Bourdon
8' Viole Dolce 85 pipes; spotted metal, scale 58
4' Octave
4' Flute
4' Fugara
2⅔' Viole Twelfth
2' Viole Fifteenth
8' Trumpet 73 pipes; scale 3½"
Chimes prepared for; 25 contacts
SWELL
16' Bourdon t.c.
8' Gedeckt
8' Viole Dolce
8' Viole Celeste 49 pipes; t.c., sc. 58
4' Flute
4' Fugara
2⅔' Flute Twelfth
2' Flautino
8' Trumpet
4' Clarion
PEDAL
16' Bourdon
8' Diapason
8' Flute
4' Octave
4' Flute
Swell to Great
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Great to Pedal Reversible
Balanced expression pedal
Balanced crescendo pedal
Adjustable General pistons: 1-4
Pitch: A440
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