Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 9879 (1964)

St. Benedict's Roman Catholic Church
2969 Otis Avenue
New York City: The Bronx (Throggs Neck), NY

Images

2013-05-05 - Organ in rear gallery (Church Facebook via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2013-07-29 - Church interior (Church Facebook via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-02-02 - Gallery and organ (Church Facebook via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2012-05-25 - Church exterior (Eddie Fiammetta, via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
4 manuals
32 stops
44 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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2009-01-05 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2009-07-14 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2011-02-04 - Updated through online information from Connor Annable. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

      Bronx, New York
      St. Benedict's R. C. Church
      
      Möller   Op. 9879   1964   4/41

      Great and Positiv exposed in functional display

      GREAT (3" wind)                    SWELL (4")
   8' Principal 61                   16' Gemshorn 61
   8' Rohrflöte 61                    8' Bourdon 61
   4' Octave 61                       8' Gemshorn 12
   2' Waldflöte 61                    8' Gemshorn Celeste 49 tc
  II  Grave Mixture 122               4' Cor de Nuit 61
  IV  Fourniture 244                  2' Octavin 61
   8' Trompete 61                 1 1/3' Larigot 61
                                     II  Cymbale 122
      POSITIV (2 3/4")               16' Contre Hautbois 61 (1-18 L/2)
   8' Holzgedeckt 61                  8' Trompette 61
   4' Prinzipal 61                    8' Hautbois 12
   4' Koppelflöte 61                  4' Clairon 12
   2' Oktav 61                           Tremulant
  II  Sesquialtera 98 tc                 Sub
 III  Scharff 183                        Super
   8' Krummhorn 61
      Tremulant                          PEDAL (3")
                                     16' Contrebasse 32
      SOLO (5")                      16' Sub Bass 32
   8' Concert Flute 61               16' Gemshorn SW
   8' Viola Pomposa 61                8' Principal 12
   8' Viola Celeste 54 GG             8' Bass Flute 12
   8' Pontifical Trumpet 61 (8")      8' Gemshorn SW
      Tremulant                       4' Choralbass 32
      Sub                             4' Flute 12
      Super                          II  Rauschquint 64
                                     II  Mixture 24
                                     16' Double Trumpet 32 (4")
                                     16' Contre Hautbois SW
                                      8' Trumpet 12
                                      4' Hautbois SW

[Received online from Jeff Scofield July 14, 2009.]

Documents

(1963-08-28) Factory specifications, via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield