Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 8710 (1954)

Community Church of New York (UU)
40 East 35th Street
New York City: Manhattan, NY

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

2015-03-05 - Church exterior (Photograph by Steven E. Lawson via the NYC AGO Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2015-03-05 - Right stopjamb (Photograph by Steven E. Lawson via the NYC AGO Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2015-03-05 - Left stopjamb (Photograph by Steven E. Lawson via the NYC AGO Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2015-03-05 - Console close-up (Photograph by Steven E. Lawson via the NYC AGO Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2015-03-05 - Console (Photograph by Steven E. Lawson via the NYC AGO Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2015-03-05 - Church interior and console (Photograph by Steven E. Lawson via the NYC AGO Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
27 stops
37 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

2008-07-13 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2009-03-24 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2010-12-31 - Updated through online information from Connor Annable. -Database Manager

2020-11-05 - Construction on the present church building began in 1940, although it was not completed until 1948. The red-bricked International Style building, as designed by Magoon & Salo, features theater-style seating with unobstructed views of the podium, and has a large gallery in the rear and on one side. The chapel, auditorium and meeting rooms are located on the basement level, and the church owns several adjacent brownstones, some of which are used as Bed & Breakfast facilities. Einar Olsen of the Möller company and Jesse B. Walker, organist of the church, designed the organ, which is fully-enclosed in tall narrow chambers on either side of the platform. The Möller Factory Specification (April 22, 1954) states that Möller would provide a detached three-manual drawknob console on a movable platorm, and indicates the organ was to be completed by October 1, 1954. -Jeff Scofield

2022-08-18 - The building has been demolished. Information from Randall Newman via Facebook. 2022-08-17 -Paul R. Marchesano

Stoplist

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

       New York, New York
       The Community Church, Unitarian-Universalist

       Möller   Op. 8710   1954   3/31
       ____________________________________________
   
       GREAT (encl w/CH)        SWELL
   16' Gemshorn      61     16' Gedeckt Bass     12
    8' Diapason      61      8' Geigen Principal 73
    8' Hohlflöte     61      8' Rohrflöte        73
    8' Gemshorn      12      8' Viole de Gambe   73
    4' Octave        61      8' Gambe Celeste    73
    2' Super Octave  61      4' Spitz Principal  73
  III  Fourniture   183      4' Flute ⌂          73
       Tremolo             III  Plein Jeu       183
       Sub                   8' Trompette        73
       Unison Off            8' Oboe             73
       Super                 4' Clarion          73
       Chimes        pf         Tremolo
                                Sub
       CHOIR                    Unison Off
    8' Viola         73         Super
    8' Cor de Nuit   73
    8' Dulciana      73         PEDAL
    8' Unda Maris    61     16' Contrebasse      32
    4' Koppelflöte   73     16' Bourdon          32
2 2/3' Rohrnazard    61     16' Gemshorn         GT
    2' Blockflöte    61     16' Gedeckt Bass     SW
    8' Clarinet      73      8' Principal        12
       Tremolo               8' Bourdon          12
       Sub                   8' Rohrflöte        SW
       Unison Off            4' Choralbass       12
       Super                 4' Flute            12
                            16' Posaune          32
                             8' Trumpet          12
                             4' Clarion          12

   [Received online from Jeff Scofield  May 6, 2012]

Websites

The Community Church (UUC) - New York City - [NYC AGO Organ Project Web Site] Photographs, stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)