Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 10313 (1968)

Park Central Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
504 East Fayette Street
Syracuse, NY

Images

2010 - Organ in rear gallery (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

1968-04-23 - Nave, Balcony, and Pipe Display (Möller Promotional Photo; collection of Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1968-04-23 - Chancel and Pipe Display (Möller Promotional Photo; collection of Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2015-04-16 - Church interior to rear and organ (Church Facebook via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2012-12-23 - Church interior to front and Chancel Division (Church Facebook via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2011-09-15 - Church exterior (Church Facebook via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
42 stops
47 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)
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

2009-01-24 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2009-08-24 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Ernest White was the tonal consultant; the chancel organ was to have its own 56-note spinet-type console. -Database Manager

2025-04-02 - From Will Headlee on the church website: In the 1960’s Park Central was in a growth mode. The West Porch Entrance was added in 1962 and the windows devoted to the “Narthex 11” must date from that time. In 1967 a contract for the fourth organ was signed with M. P. Möller for Opus 10313. The rear balcony was extended to accommodate the organ and choir, a wood floor improved acoustics for music and congregational singing and the reredos moved forward to its present position allowing the chancel organ to be placed behind it. The handsome glass screen for the narthex and side stairs to the balcony date from then. Pulpit and Lectern were in place already. The extensive redecoration included the present chandeliers and dimmer system. The church suffered a fire on August 23, 1988. Heroic firemen managed to confine the damage to two bays on the street side near the balcony and the organ escaped with almost no damage. Since then a 32’ electronic extension in the Pedal was added in 1995, and a solid state switching system from Peterson Electro-Musical Products was installed for the console and action in 1996. The Zymbelstern was first used on May 18, 2003. Those additions were made by Kerner & Merchant Pipe Organ Builders, who continue to service the organ now. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

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

     Syracuse, New York
     Park Central Presbyterian Church

     Möller   Op. 10313   1968   3/55

     GREAT (3" wind)             SWELL (3")
 16' Quintaden 61            16' Rohrbordun 61
  8' Prinzipal 61             8' Rohrflöte 12
  8' Spitzflöte 61            8' Viole de Gambe 61
  4' Oktave 61                8' Voix Celeste 54
  4' Rohrflöte 61             4' Nachthorn 61
  2' Oktave 61            2 2/3' Nasard 61
 IV  Mixtur 244 (1 1/3')      2' Prinzipal 61
III  Zimbel 183 (½')          2' Blockflöte 61
  8' Trompeta Real 73     1 3/5' Terz 61
     (double trebles,       III  Scharf 183 (1')
      no harmonics)          16' Fagot 61 (L/2)
                              8' Trompete 61
     CHANCEL (3")             4' Trichterregal 61
  8' Metallgedackt 56            Tremulant
  4' Prinzipal 56                Sub
  2' Waldflöte 56                Unison Off
 II  Mixtur 112                  Super
     Chancel to Great
     Chancel to Swell            POSITIV (2½")
                              8' Gedackt 61
     PEDAL (3")               4' Prinzipal 61
 16' Prinzipal 32             4' Koppelflöte 61
 16' Untersatz 32             2' Oktave 61
 16' Quintaden GT         1 1/3' Sifflett 61
 16' Rohrbordun SW            1' Oktave 61
  8' Oktave 32              III  Mixtur 183 (¼')
  8' Gedackt 32               8' Krummhorn 61
  4' Oktave 32                   Tremulant
  2' Hohlpfeife 32               Sub
 IV  Mixtur 128                  Unison Off
 16' Posaune 32               8' Trompeta Real GT
 16' Fagott SW
  8' Trompete 12
  4' Schalmei 32

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield August 24, 2009.]

Documents

(1967-05-29) Factory specifications, via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield