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M. P. Möller Opus 3963 (1924)

Mecca Temple
New York City: Manhattan, NY

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

Images

Unknown - Auditorium exterior (incorrectly showing the dome colored green) (Photograph from the NYC AGO Organ Project/Database Manager)

Unknown - Auditorium interior (Photograph from the NYC AGO Organ Project/Database Manager)

1920's - Auditorium exterior showing correct terra cotta colored dome (Courtesy of Roberty Foreman/Brad Engelland)

Consoles

Main

4 manuals

Notes

2009-02-05 - Identified through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- Sold to St. Paul's Community Church and rebuilt 1955 as a 3/33 by Möller as Op. R-549 with a new console. -Database Manager

2013-01-01 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2019-12-02 - The auditorium seats 2,750 and is now used by a number of dance and theater groups. -Database Manager

2025-01-04 - See DOCUMENTS tab for contract and factory specifications. -Paul R. Marchesano

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist from the NYC AGO New York City Organ Project Date not recorded

       New York New York
       Mecca Temple

       Möller   Op. 3963   1926   4/37
       _______________________________________________________

       GREAT (II) (encl w/ACC)           ACCOMPANIMENT (II)

   16' Dbl Open Diapason    97       16' Bourdon            73
    8' 1st Diapason         73        8' Diapason           GT
    8' 2nd Diapason         --        8' Tibia Clausa       GT
    8' Tibia Clausa         73        8' Flute              GT
    8' Flute                73        8' Gedeckt            73 
    8' Salicional           97        8' Gamba              GT
    8' Gamba                73        8' Salicional         GT
    4' Octave               73        8' Unda Maris II     146
    4' Flute Harmonic       --        4' Octave             GT
2 2/3' Twelfth              --        4' Flute d'Amour      61
    2' Fifteenth            --        4' Salicet            GT
   16' Tuba Profunda        85    2 2/3' Twelfth   (Salic)  GT
    8' Tuba                 --        2' Fifteenth (Salic)  GT
       Sub                        1 3/5' Tierce    (Salic)  GT
       Unison Off                    IV  Mixture           292
       Super                         16' Contra Fagotto     73
                                      8' Cornopean          73
       SOLO (III) (encl w/ORC)        8' Oboe               12
                                         Tremulant
    8' Stentorphone         73           Sub
    8' Tibia Plena          73           Unison Off
    8' Concert Flute        OR           Super
    8' Violin               73           Harp               SO
    8' Vox Celeste          61           Tambourine         SO
    4' Flute Traverso       OR           Castanets          SO
    2' Piccolo              OR           Chinese Block      SO
    8' Tuba Miravilis       73           Triangle           SO
    8' Kinura               73           Snare Drum Roll    SO
    8' Orchestral Oboe      OR           Tom Tom            SO
    8' Clarinet             OR
    8' Vox Humana           61           ORCHESTRA (IV)
       Sub
       Unison Off                     8' Diapason Phonon    73
       Super                          8' Concert Flute      61
       Xylophone            37        8' Viole d'Orchestre  73
       Harp                           4' Flute Traverso     12
       Tambourine                 2 2/3' Nazard              7
       Castanets                      2' Piccolo             5
       Chinese Block              1 3/5' Tierce             --
       Triangle                      IV  Cornet            292
       Snare Drum Roll               16' Bass Clarinet      73
       Tom Tom                        8' Trumpet            73
                                      8' Clarinet           12
       PEDAL                          8' English Horn       73
                                      8' Orchestral Oboe    73
   32' Double Diapason     res           Tremulant
   16' 1st Diapason         12 GT        Sub
   16' 2nd Diapason         GT           Unison Off
   16' Tibia Clausa         12 GT        Super
   16' Bourdon              AC           Harp               49
   16' Contra Gamba         12 GT        Chimes             25
    8' Octave               GT           Glockenspiel       37
    8' Gedeckt              AC
    8' Gamba                GT           TRAPS
    4' Fifteenth            GT           (by push buttons
   16' Trombone             12 SO         under manuals)
   16' Tuba Profunda        GT
    8' Tuba                 GT           Snare Drum Tap
       Bass Drum Strike                  Snare Drum Roll
       Bass Drum Roll                    Fire Gong
       Kettle Drum Strike                Steamboat Whistle
       Kettle Drum Roll                  Horses Hoofs
       Cymbal                            Engine Bell
       Cymbal

            [Received from Jeff Scofield December 2, 2019]

Documents

(1924-01-01) Factory documents and contract -Paul R. Marchesano

Websites

Mecca Temple - New York City [NYCAGO Organ Project web site] - Stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#50762 - M. P. Möller Opus R-549 (1956)