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M. P. Möller Opus 10175 (1966)

First Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
150 East Palisade Avenue
Englewood, NJ

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

Images

Unknown - Chancel showing Hook Cases with Moller Dummy Pipes (2001) (Photograph from the Church Archives; image courtesy of David Macfarlane/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
4 manuals
50 stops
70 registers
5 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons
Has hitchdown couplers

Notes

2008-09-02 - Identified through online information from Stephen Hall. -- Organ in regular use for services and concerts (church web site, accessed September, 2008) -Database Manager

2010-12-13 - Updated through online information from Connor Annable. -Database Manager

2013-04-28 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Renovated by Orgues Letourneau in 2011, with tonal changes and a new 3-manual console. -Database Manager

2014-06-08 - Updated through online information from David Macfarlane. -- The 4 manual Moller console was rebuilt and reused by Letourneau. The Moller incorporated 2 stops from the previous organ: the 16' Open diapason (wood) which was stoppered and used at 32' pitch, and the 32' Contra Fagotto. -Database Manager

2019-07-03 - On March 22, 2016, a electrical fire that began in the balcony destroyed the organ and sanctuary. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Englewood, New Jersey
       First Presbyterian Church

       Möller   Op. 10175   1967   4/66

       GREAT (3½" wind)                    SWELL (4")
   16' Quintaton 61                    16' Rohrflöte 68
    8' Principal 61                     8' Rohrflöte 12
    8' Bourdon 61                       8' Viole d'Gambe 68
    8' Gemshorn 61                      8' Viole Celeste 68
    4' Octave 61                        8' Flute Celeste II 124
    4' Nachthorn 61                     4' Principal 68
    2' Waldflöte 61                     4' Flachflöte 68
III-V  Fourniture 269               2 2/3' Nazard 61
  III  Cymbel 183                       2' Weitprinzipal 61
    8' Trompete 61                  1 3/5' Tierce 61
       Tremolo                         IV  Plein Jeu 244
       Unison Off                      16' Contra Fagotto 68 (1-12 L/2)
       Super                            8' Trompette 68
       Chimes 25 (present)              8' Fagotto 12
                                        8' Vox Humana 61
       CHOIR (4")                       4' Clairon 68
    8' Gedeckt 68                          Tremolo
    8' Spitzviol 68                        Sub
    8' Spitzviol Celeste 68                Unison Off
    8' Kleinerzähler 68                    Super
    8' Kleinerzähler Celeste 56 tc
    4' Spitzprincipal 68                   PEDAL (3½")
    4' Koppelflöte 68                  32' Bourdon 8 *
    2' Oktav 61                        16' Principal 32
1 1/3' Larigot 61                      16' Bourdon 32
    1' Sifflöte 61                     16' Quintaton GT
  III  Scharf 183                      16' Rohrflöte SW
   16' English Horn 68  L/2            16' Kleinerzähler 12 CH (4")
    8' Krummhorn 68                     8' Octave 32
       Tremolo                          8' Bourdon 12
       Sub                              8' Spitzflöte 32
       Unison Off                       8' Rohrflöte SW
       Super                            4' Super Octave 12
       Zymbelstern                      4' Spitzflöte 12
                                        2' Spitzflöte 12
       ANTIPHONAL (3½")                II  Grave Mixture 64
    8' Principal 61                    II  Rauschpfeife 24
    8' Holzgedeckt 61                  32' Posaune 12 (5") **
    8' Erzähler 61                     16' Posaune 32 (5")
    4' Principal Octave 61             16' Contra Fagotto SW
    2' Fifteenth 61                     8' Posaune 12
   IV  Mixture 244                      4' Krummhorn CH
       Sub                                 Chimes GT
       Unison Off
       Super                            *  Present 16' Open Diapason   
       Blank                               pipes capped
   16' Fanfare Trumpet tc
    8' Fanfare Trumpet 61              **  Present pipes reworked
       (hooded on 8" wind)
    8' Trompete GT
    4' Fanfare Trumpet 12

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield August 11, 2009.]

Documents

(1967-04-02) Dedication program, via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield
(1966-02-11) Factory specifications via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield

Websites

The M. P. Moller Organ [Church web site] - Photograph, stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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