Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 10252 (1967)

First Presbyterian Church
1 East Passaic Avenue
Rutherford, NJ

Images

2020-03-21 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2014-01-13 - Organ and exposed pipes (Photograph by Emery Brothers, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
35 stops
61 registers
6 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2009-01-22 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2009-08-14 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2019-01-22 - In 1998, Petty-Madden converted the combination action and relay system to solid state and replaced the console; the organ was completely restored by Emery Brothers in 2013, with Bynum Petty as consultant; some tonal changes were made at that time, including the addition of eight Walker digital stops. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

        Rutherford, New Jersey
        First Presbyterian Church oF Rutherford

        Möller   Op. 10252   1967   3/43

        GREAT                          ANTIPHONAL 
     8' Principal 61                   (unenclosed)
     8' Holzgedeckt 61              8' Principal 61
     4' Octave 61                   4' Octave 61
     4' Spitzflöte 61             III  Mixture 183
     2' Waldflöte 61                   (enclosed)
III-IV  Fourniture 232              8' Gemshorn 61
        Tremolo                     8' Gedeckt 61
        Unison Off                  4' Gemshorn 12
     8' Trumpet 61                  4' Gedeckt 12
                                2 2/3' Quint 61
        SWELL                       2' Gemshorn 12
    16' Rohrflöte 68                2' Gedeckt 12
     8' Rohrflöte 12            1 1/3' Octave Quint 12
     8' Gamba 68                       Tremolo
     8' Gamba Celeste 68               Unison Off
     4' Principal 68               16' Trumpet GT/PED
     4' Flachflöte 68               8' Trumpet GT
 2 2/3' Nazard 61                   4' Trumpet GT
     2' Weitprincipal 61
 1 3/5' Tierce 61                      PEDAL
   III  Plein Jeu 183              16' Principal 32
    16' Fagotto 68                 16' Bourdon 12 GT
     8' Trompette 68               16' Rohrflöte SW
     4' Fagotto 24                  8' Principal 12
        Tremolo                     8' Spitzflöte 32
        Sub                         8' Rohrflöte SW
        Unison Off                  4' Octave 12
        Super                       4' Spitzflöte 12
                                    2' Spitzflöte 12
        CHOIR                      II  Mixture 64
     8' Gedeckt 68                 16' Posaune 12 GT
     8' Flauto Dolce 68            16' Fagotto SW
     8' Flauto Celeste 56 tc        8' Trumpet GT
     4' Gemshorn 68                 4' Fagotto SW
     2' Prinzipal 61
 1 1/3' Larigot 61                     ANTIPHONAL PEDAL
     8' Krummhorn 61               16' Gedeckt 12 AN
        Tremolo                     8' Spitzprincipal 32
        Sub                         8' Gedeckt AN
        Unison Off              5 1/3' Quint 12 AN
        Super                       4' Octav 12
                                    4' Gedeckt AN

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield August 14, 2009.]

Documents

(1967-02-03) Factory specifications, via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield