Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 1668 (1914)

Washington Irving High School: Auditorium
40 Irving Place at 16th
New York City: Manhattan, NY

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

Images

Unknown - Console and facade pipes (Photograph from The American Organist January 1919/Database Manager)

1991-09-10 - Facade pipes (Photograph from the NYC AGO Organ Project/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
4 manuals
61 stops
43 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons

Notes

2009-08-27 - Identified through information in List of More than 5200 Moller Pipe Organs (Hagerstown, Maryland. M. P. Möller, 1928). -Database Manager

2011-04-21 - Updated through online information from Connor Annable. -Database Manager

2012-05-15 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from The Diapason January 1915 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

     New York, New York
     Washington Irving High School
 
     Möller   Op. 1668   1914   4/49
     __________________________________________________
       
     GREAT (encl w/Solo)            CHOIR
 16' Open Diapason        61    16' Quintadena       73
 16' Bourdon              61     8' Geigen Principal 73
  8' Diapason (ff)        61     8' Melodia          73  
  8' Open Diapason 1 (f)  61     8' Concert Flute    73
  8' Open Diapason 2 (mf) 61 *   8' Dulciana         73
  8' Doppel Flute         61     8' Unda Maris       61
  8' Clarabella           61     4' Flute d'Amour    73
  8' Gemshorn             61     2' Piccolo          61
  8' Gamba                61     8' French Horn      73
  4' Octave               61     8' Clarinet         73
  4' Hohl Flute           61     8' Cor Anglais      73
  2' Super Octave         61        Tremulant
 16' Tuba Profunda        SO        Sub
  8' Harmonic Tuba        SO        Unison Off
  4' Tuba Clarion         SO        Super
     Super
     Chimes               20        SOLO
                                 8' Philomela (Diap) GT
     SWELL                       8' Gross Flute      73
 16' Viol Dolce           73     8' Gross Gamba      73
  8' Open Diapason        73     4' Flute (Diapason) GT
  8' Stopped Diapason     73    16' Tuba             61
  8' Flauto Traverso      73     8' Harmonic Tuba    12
  8' Viol d'Orchestre     73     4' Tuba Clarion     12
  8' Viol Celeste         61        Tremulant
  8' Viol d'Gamba         73        Sub
  8' Spitz Flute          73        Super
  8' Echo Salicional      73     4' Harp Celesta     49
  4' Violina              73
  4' Harmonic Flute       73        PEDAL (enclosed)
  2' Flageolet            61    32' Harmonic Bass    --
III  Dolce Cornet        183    16' Open Diapason    GT
 16' Double Oboe Horn     73    16' Bourdon          32
  8' Cornopean            73    16' Quintadena	     CH
  8' Orchestral Oboe      73    16' Lieblich         GT
  8' Vox Humana           73    16' Viol Dolce       SW
     Tremulant                   8' Flute            GT
     Sub                         8' Melodia          CH
     Unison Off                  8' Cello            SW
     Super                      16' Tuba Profunda    SO
                                16' Double Oboe Horn SW
  *  unenclosed                  8' Harmonic Tuba    SO
                                    Super

    [Received online from Jeff Scofield May 11, 2012]

Websites

Washington Irving High School - New York City [NYC AGO Organ Project web site] - History and description, photographs, stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)