Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 3187 (1922)

Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church: Sanctuary
Hamilton & Jefferson Streets
Allentown, PA

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

Images

Unknown - Nave, Chancel, Pipe Facades, and Altar (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1930s)/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
4 manuals
50 stops
34 registers
6 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
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

2009-09-28 - Identified through information in <i>List of More than 5200 Moller Pipe Organs</i> (Hagerstown, Maryland. M. P. Möller, 1928). -Database Manager

2011-11-27 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Great and Choir located to left of chancel, Swell to the right and Pedal divided; Solo and Echo were located in opposite corners in the rear of the room; replaced in 1962 by 5/73 Gress-Miles; church destroyed on October 24, 1972, by a fire that started in an organ chamber; congregation relocated to a suburban location and, installed a large custom Allen in the new sanctuary. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from <i>The Diapason</i> August 1922 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

    Allentown, Pennsylvania
    Asbury Methodist Church

    Möller   Op. 3187   1922   4/39
    ________________________________________________

    GREAT                       SWELL
16' Bourdon         PD      16' Bourdon           73
 8' Open Diapason   61       8' Open Diapason     73
 8' Gross Flute     61       8' Lieblich Gedeckt  73
 8' Gemshorn        61       8' Viole d'Orchestre 73
 8' Gamba           61       8' Salicional        73
 4' Wald Flute      61       8' Vox Celeste       61
 8' Trumpet         61       8' Aeoline           73
                             4' Harmonic Flute    73
    GREAT ECHO               2' Flautina          61
 8' Muted Viole     61       8' Cornopean         73
 8' Viole Celeste   49       8' Oboe              73
 8' Fernflöte       61          Tremolo
 4' Flauto Traverso 61
 8' Vox Humana      61          SWELL ECHO (duplexed)
    Tremolo                  8' Muted Viole
    Cathedral Chimes         8' Viole Celeste
                             8' Fernflöte
    SOLO                     4' Flauto Traverso
 8' Stentorphone    73       8' Vox Humana
 8' Philomela       73          Tremolo
 8' Gross Gamba     73          Cathedral Chimes
 8' Gamba Celeste   73
16' Tuba Profunda   61          CHOIR
 8' Tuba Mirabilis  12       8' Open Diapason     73
 4' Tuba Clarion    12       8' Melodia           73
                             8' Dulciana          73
    PEDAL                    8' Unda Maris        61
32' Resultant       --       4' Flute d'Amour     61
16' Open Diapason   32       8' Clarinet          73
16' Bourdon         32          Tremolo
16' Gamba           12 SO       Concert Harp      49
16' Gedeckt         SW
 8' Open Diapason   12
 8' Flute           12
16' Tuba            SO
 8' Tuba            SO

[Received online from Jeff Scofield November 28, 2011]

Documents

Write-up from THE DIAPASON August 1922 Description and stoplist -Jeff Scofield