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M. P. Möller Opus 2199 (1916)

St. James Protestant Episcopal Church
112 Sixth Street
Watkins Glen, NY

Images

2022 - Church exterior (Photograph by Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2013-04-09 - Church interior to front (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2013-03-24 - Church interior to front (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Console - Center ((Spring, 2014) Photograph by Dale VanWormer/Database Manager)

Unknown - Console - From the Left Side ((Spring, 2014) Photograph by Dale VanWormer/Database Manager)

Unknown - Console and Facade (Photograph by Sue and Nick Dugo/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
10 stops
11 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: None
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

2009-09-05 - Identified through information in <i>List of More than 5200 Moller Pipe Organs</i> (Hagerstown, Maryland. M. P. Möller, 1928). [The Village of Watkins Glen, originally called "Jefferson," was called "Watkins" until 1926, when the present name was adopted. The published opus list identifies the location by the earlier name.] -Database Manager

2016-05-23 - Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. <br>According to the church website: Rebuilt and Ranks added: 1987 by Lauren A. Peckham & Son ~ Breesport, New York. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the factory ledgerbook in the OHS Archives Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

   Watkins Glen, New York
   St. James' Episcopal Church

   Möller   Op. 2199   1916   2/10
   ________________________________________________________________________

   GREAT                    SWELL                       PEDAL

8' Open Diapason 61      8' Open Diapason    61     16' Bourdon          30
8' Melodia       61      8' Stopped Diapason 61     16' Lieblich Gedeckt 12 SW
8' Dulciana      61      8' Salicional       61
2' Fifteenth     61 *    8' Aeoline          61
                         4' Flute            61
                            Tremulant
                            Super

*  This was originally to be a 4' Flauto Traverso, but was exchanged
   in the contract for a 2' Fifteenth for an additional $34.50

                 [Received from Jeff Scofield May 3, 2016]

Documents

Factory specifications, courtesy of the OHS Archives Stoplist and accessories -Jeff Scofield

Websites

Pipe Organ - Saint James Episcopal Church - Pictures/stoplist/description (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#58401 - L.A. Peckham and Son Pipe Organ Service (1987)