Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 9372 (1960)

Church-in-the-Gardens, UCC
50 Ascan Avenue
New York City: Queens (Forest Hills), NY

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
2 manuals
39 stops
8 registers
6 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
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

2008-12-12 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2009-05-01 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Four ranks in chancel, and five ranks in gallery; gallery organ removed in 1970s and chancel organ removed in 2001 when replaced by a 2-manual Allen. -Database Manager

2011-12-19 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Gallery organ removed in the mid-1970's; Chancel organ removed and rebuilt for the George W. Swope residence in Elmwood Park, NJ; replaced by 2-manual Allen. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist courtesy of Larry Trupiano Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Forest Hills, New York
       The Church in the Gardens

       Möller   Op. 9372   1960   2/9
       _____________________________________

       CHANCEL GREAT           GALLERY GREAT
    8' Principal    85      8' Rohrflöte  73
    8' Gedeckt      85      4' Principal  73
    8' Viola        73     II  Mixture   122
    4' Octave               8' Fagot      73  1-30 L/2
    4' Gedeckt              4' Fagot
    4' Viola
2 2/3' Twelfth
    2' Fifteenth
    8' Trompette
    4' Clairon
       Chimes
       Tower Chimes pf

       CHANCEL SWELL           GALLERY POSITIV
   16' Gedeckt              8' Rohrflöte
    8' Viola                4' Rohrflöte
    8' Gedeckt              2' Principal
    4' Viola                8' Fagot
    4' Gedeckt
2 2/3' Gedeckt 12th
    2' Gedeckt
    8' Trompette    73
    4' Clairon
       Tremulant

       PEDAL                   GALLERY PEDAL
   16' Gedecktbass  12     16' Rohrflöte  12
    8' Principal            8' Rohrflöte
    8' Gedeckt              4' Principal
5 1/3' Quint               16' Fagot      12 
    4' Octave
    4' Gedeckt
    8' Trompette

[Received online from Jeff Scofield December 15, 2011]

Websites

The Church-in-the-Gardens - Forest Hill (Queens), NY [NYC AGO Organ Project stoplist] - Stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)