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M. P. Möller Opus 2985 (1920)

(Princeton) Garden Theatre
160 Nassau Street
Princeton, NJ

Consoles

Main


Notes

2009-09-24 - Identified through information in <i>List of More than 5200 Moller Pipe Organs</i> (Hagerstown, Maryland. M. P. M&ouml;ller, 1928). -Database Manager

2025-04-13 - Information taken from "Old Organs of Princeton" by Stephen L. Pinel The Princeton Theatre Company (Owner of the Garden Theatre) of Princeton, New Jersey contracted with M. P. Möller through its representative Caleb W. Cameron on April 23rd, 1920 to build a "Three Manual and Pedal Duplex Concert Organ" for the sum of $7,000.00 and the instrument was to be completed on or before January 23rd, 1921. -Roman Lizak

2025-04-14 - From Cinema Treasures website: The 898-seat Garden Theatre opened its doors on September 20, 1920, with a showing of “Civilian Clothes”, starring Thomas Meighan. The event also featured a live orchestra and palms and ferns arranged on the stage. Sameric Corporation ran the theatre from 1975 through 1988, turning the facility into a 500-seat twin theatre in 1981 known as the Eric Garden Theatre. United Artists then operated the facility for four years before Theater Management Corporation, which operates neighborhood theatres throughout the northeast, began leasing and managing it in 1993, after it was quietly purchased by Princeton University. The theatre closed temporarily in August 2000 and reopened in June 2001 after a $1M renovation. Each screen has 200-seats. In 2014, it was taken over by Renew Theatres, the non-profit organization which operates in the Philadelphia suburbs the County Theatre, Doylestown, the Ambler Theatre and the Hiway Theatre in Jenkintown. -Paul R. Marchesano


Stoplist

Source: Taken From "Old Organs of Princeton" by Stephen L. Pinel 4-20-1920

Orchestral Horn Diapason 8, Quintadena 8, Violin d'Orchestra 8, Viola Celeste 8, Flute Harmonic 4 (Ex. Large & Brilliant), Clarinet 8, Orchestral Oboe 8, Fagotto 16, Concert Harp, Tremulant

Solo Concert Flute 8, Gross Flute 8 (Big), Violin Cello 8, Flute Overte 4, Bass Tuba 16, Tuba 8, Vox Humana 8

Pedal Sub Bass 16, Lieblich Gedeckt 16, Violin Cello 8, Flute 8

Solo to Great 8, Solo to Great 4, Solo to Great 16, Orchestral to Great 8, Orchestral to Great 4, Orchestral to Great 16, Solo to Orchestral 8, Great to Great 4, Orchestral to Solo 8, Solo to Solo 4, Solo to Solo 16, Orchestral to Orchestral 4, Orchestral to Orchestral 16, Solo to Pedal 8, Orchestral to Pedal 8, Great to Pedal 8, Great to Pedal 4

Great Violin d'Orchestra 8, Open Diapason 8, Doppel Flute 8, Octave 4, Zart Flute 4, Piccolo 2, Mixture III (Derived from Orch. 8' Quintadena, 8' Viola Celeste, and 4' Flute Harmonic), Bass Clarinet 16


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