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M. P. Möller Opus 1945 (1915)

St. Luke Protestant Episcopal Church
520 Clinton Avenue
New York City: Brooklyn, NY

Images

1914 - Church exterior after 1914 fire (Photograph by Brooklyn Public Library via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1915 - Church interior (Photograph from an archival source: Brooklyn Public Library via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
4 manuals
63 stops
47 registers
9 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

2009-08-31 - Identified through information in <i>List of More than 5200 Moller Pipe Organs</i> (Hagerstown, Maryland. M. P. Möller, 1928). -Database Manager

2012-02-05 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- The 7-stop two-manual and pedal chapel organ, with its own console, was also playable from the sanctuary console, sounding through 'metal-covered louvers' into the main church. -Database Manager

2020-11-20 - From the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project: In March 1943, St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, located on Tompkins Avenue and McDonough Street, merged with and moved to St. Luke's Church. Both congregations had experienced reduced attendance due to changes in demographics as many residents moved to the suburbs or other areas of the city. The combined parish was named St. Luke and St. Matthew Episcopal Church. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i>September 1915 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

        Brooklyn, New York
        St. Luke's Episcopal Church

        Möller   Op. 1945   1915   4/50
        _____________________________________________

        GREAT                         SWELL
    16' Violone                   16' Lieblih Gedeckt
     8' Open Diapason              8' Open Diapason
     8' Geigen Principal           8' Stopped Diapason
     8' Doppel Flute               8' Salicional
  *  8' Viol D'Gambe               8' Vox Celeste
  *  4' Octave                     8' Quintadena
  *  2' Super Octave               4' Zartflöte
  *  8' Trumpet                    4' Waldflöte
 **  8' Processional Diapason      2' Flautina
                                 III  Dolce Cornet
        GREAT ECHO                16' Contra Fagotta
     8' Open Diapason              8' Cornopean
     8' Clarabella         CS      8' Orchestral Oboe
     8' Spitzflöte         CS      8' Vox Humana    pf
     4' Rohrflöte          CS
                                      CHAPEL SWELL
        SOLO (located in           8' Clarabella
        gallery Echo chamber)      8' Dolce
     8' Stentorphone               8' Spitzflöte
     8' Grossflöte                 4' Rohrflöte
     8' Violoncello                8' French Horn
     8' Cello Celeste                 Tremulant
    16' Tuba Major
     8' Tuba Mirabilis                CHOIR
     4' Tuba Clarion               8' Violin Diapason
        Tremulant                  8' Melodia
                                   8' Gemshorn
        SOLO ECHO (located         8' Dulciana
        in gallery attic)          8' Unda Maris
     8' Still Gedeckt              4' Flute Harmonique
     8' Viola Concerto             2' Piccolo
     8' Viol Aetheria              8' Clarinet
     4' Echo Flute                 8' Cor Anglais
     8' Vox Humana                    Tremulant
        Tremulant                     Concert Harp
        Cathedral Chimes
                                      CHOIR ECHO
        PEDAL                      8' Still Gedeckt
    32' Contra Bourdon             8' Viola Concerto
    16' Open Diapason              8' Viol Atheria
    16' Bourdon            12      8' Violoncello   SO
    16' Violone            GT      8' Cello Celeste SO
    16' Dulciana                   4' Echo Flute
    16' Lieblich Gedeckt   SW      8' Vox Humana
10 2/3' Quint (Open Diap)   7         Tremulant
     8' Flute (Open Diap)   5         Cathedral Chimes
     8' Violoncello        GT
    16' Tuba Major         SO
    16' Fagotta            SW
     8' Tuba Mirabilis     SO      *  enclosed with Choir
     4' Tuba Clarion       SO     **  in choir room

        ECHO PEDAL
    16' Sub Bass

    [Received online from Jeff Scofield February 4, 2012]