Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 2679 (1920)

Loew's Poli Theatre
591 Main St.
Hartford, CT

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
4 manuals
23 stops
57 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2009-09-23 - Identified through information in <i>List of More than 5200 Moller Pipe Organs</i> (Hagerstown, Maryland. M. P. Möller, 1928). -Database Manager

2015-06-26 - The theater opened August 28, 1920, and closed in 1957; the 3,642-seat theater, described as the most elegant in the city and the largest in Connecticut, was demolished in the early 1960's. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

    Hartford, Connecticut
    Loew's Poli Theatre

    Möller   Op. 2679   1920   4/23
    _____________________________________________________

    GREAT (II)                   SWELL (III)

16' Violone           97     16' Bourdon
 8' 1st Diapason      73      8' Horn Diapason         73
 8' 2nd Diapason      85      8' Gedeckt
 8' Gemshorn          73      8' Viole d'Orchestre     73
 8' Concert Flute     73      8' Orchestral Strings II 73
 8' Gross Gamba       73      8' Quintadena            85
 8' Gamba Celeste     61      4' Flauto Traverso       73
 4' Octave                    4' Octave Viol           73
 4' Waldflöte         73  2 2/3' Viol
16' Trombone          97      2' Flautina
16' Bass Clarinet           III  Mixture               
 8' Harmonic Trumpet          8' French Horn           73
 4' Clarion                   8' Orchestral oboe       73
    Sub                       8' Vox Humana            61
    Unison Off                   Tremulant
    Super                        Sub
                                 Unison Off
    SOLO (IV)                    Super

 8' Horn Diapason                ORCHESTRAL (I)    
 8' Grossflöte
 8' Viole d'Orchestre         8' Gemshorn 
 8' Viole Celeste II          8' Concert Flute
 4' Solo Flute                8' Concert Flute
 4' Quintadena                8' Gross Gamba
16' Trombone                  8' Vibrant Strings IV
16' Cor Anglais       tc      8' Viole Sourdine        85
 8' Harmonic Trumpet          4' Violette
 8' French Horn               8' Orchestral Clarinet   73
 8' Vox Humana                   Tremulant
 4' Clarion                      Sub
    Tremulant                    Unison Off
    Sub                          Super
    Unison Off                   
    Super                        SPECIALTIES
    Cathedral Chimes             
                                 Cathedral Chimes      25
    PEDAL                        Celesta Harp          49
                                 Glockenspiel          49
32' Resultant Bass               Orchestral Bells      20
16' Diapason          97         Xylophone             25
16' Bourdon           85         Bass Drum
16' Violone                      Snare Drum
 8' Flute                        Triangle
 8' Gedeckt
 8' Orch Violoncello
16' Trombone
 8' Tromba

         [Received from Jeff Scofield June 27, 2015]

Documents

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