Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 1029 (1909)

Bedford/Bedford-Central Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
1200 Dean St.
New York City: Brooklyn, NY

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

Images

2002 - Current church interior (Photograph by Courtesy of the NYC AGO Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1910 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Brooklyn Public Library via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1910 - Organ case and console (Photograph from an archival source: Courtesy of the Organ Historical Society, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

3 manuals
37 stops
27 registers
4 divisions
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Has crescendo
Has combination thumb pistons

Notes

2009-05-19 - Identified through information in <i>List of More than 5200 Moller Pipe Organs</i> (Hagerstown, Maryland. M. P. Möller, 1928). -Database Manager

2009-10-19 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- Cost of organ $8,000 -Database Manager

2009-10-20 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- Replaced by electronic in 2000 -Database Manager

2020-12-03 - From the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project: The original organ in the present church was built in 1909 by M.P. Möller of Hagerstown, Md. From the handwritten copy of the contract (dated July 21, 1909), we read that Möller agreed to "build an organ complete and ready for use on or before the 1st day of December A.D. 1909 or as soon thereafter is possible." Additional notes indicate that the organ was actually shipped on two dates: December 24th and January 19, 1910. The total cost of the organ was $8,000 with Möller receiving "the old organ now in the church together with the electrical motor and other appurtenances at the completion of the organ." This organ was tonally changed in 1980 and then removed in 2002 when an Allen electronic organ was installed. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

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

     Brooklyn, New York
     Bedford Presbyterian Church

     Möller   Op. 1029   1909   3/29

     Comments about the Tuba:  Pipes of lower 18 notes to be of wood;
     the remainder of metal harmonic length; the tone to be smooth,
     free from harshness and all nasal or thin quality.

     GREAT                           SWELL (4" wind)
 16' Dbl Open Diapason 61 (6")   16' Lieblich Gedackt 73
  8' 1st Open Diapason 61 (6")    8' Open Diapason 73
  8' 2nd Open Diapason 61 (4")    8' Gedackt 73
  8' Doppel Floete 61 * (4")      8' Viol d'Orchestre (6" or 4")
  8' Gross Floete 61    (6")      8' Viol Celeste 73  (6" or 4")
  8' Gemshorn 61 *      (4")      8' Quintadena 73
  4' Principal 61       (4")      4' Flute Harmonique 73
 16' Tuba Major 61 *    (15")   III  Dolce Cornet 219 (upper part to be
  8' Tuba Mirabilis 12 *               free from screechy quality)
  4' Tuba Clarion 12 *            8' Cornopean 73   (6")
                                  8' Oboe 73
  *  Enclosed in Choir            8' Vox Humana 73
                                     Tremulant
     PEDAL                           Sub
 32' Resultant --                    Unison Separation
 16' Open Diapason 30   (6")         Super
 16' Bourdon 30         (4")
 16' Violone GT                      CHOIR (no wind pressure given)
 16' Lieblich Gedackt SW          8' Geigen Principal 73
  8' Octave 12                    8' Concert Flute 73
  8' Flute 12                     8' Dulciana 73
 16' Ophecleide GT                8' Unda Maris 61 tc
  8' Tuba GT                      4' Flute d'Amour 73
  4' Clarion GT                   8' Clarinet 73
                                     Tremulant
                                     Sub
                                     Unison Separation
                                     Super

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield October 19, 2009.]

Websites

NYC AGO NYC Organ Project - Photos, histories and stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)