Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2009-09-30 - Identified through information in <i>List of More than 5200 Moller Pipe Organs</i> (Hagerstown, Maryland. M. P. Möller, 1928). -Database Manager
2011-12-26 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- The console was of Circassian walnut; theater demolished in 1997. -Database Manager
2022-10-08 - From cinematreasures.org : Located near Journal Square, the State Theatre opened on April 24, 1922 with Lilian Gish & Dorothy Gish in “Orphans of the Storm” plus vaudeville acts on the stage. It was designed by architect Percie A. Vivarttas with a classic Greek temple-inspired exterior and a refined Colonial or Adamesque interior. This was a large 2,169-seat theatre which had a very large mezzanine lounge. Against one wall of this lounge, the movie was projected by means of a mirror system from the projection booth. There was also a hole in the center part of the floor of the lounge which looked out upon the orchestra audience below. This theatre had one of the largest Moeller organs ever installed in any theatre, its console had 4 manuals. The theatre also contained a music and dance school at one time. In 1948, while under the ownership of Skouras Theatres, it was remodeled to the plans of architect Jules Catsiff. It became a 3-screen theatre on November 19, 1975. Later a fourth screen was added. This was Jersey City’s first real movie palace and it closed in December 1990, and was sadly demolished in 1997. -Jeff Scofield
2022-10-08 - From cinematreasures.org : Located near Journal Square, the State Theatre opened on April 24, 1922 with Lilian Gish & Dorothy Gish in “Orphans of the Storm” plus vaudeville acts on the stage. It was designed by architect Percie A. Vivarttas with a classic Greek temple-inspired exterior and a refined Colonial or Adamesque interior. This was a large 2,169-seat theatre which had a very large mezzanine lounge. Against one wall of this lounge, the movie was projected by means of a mirror system from the projection booth. There was also a hole in the center part of the floor of the lounge which looked out upon the orchestra audience below. This theatre had one of the largest Moeller organs ever installed in any theatre, its console had 4 manuals. The theatre also contained a music and dance school at one time. In 1948, while under the ownership of Skouras Theatres, it was remodeled to the plans of architect Jules Catsiff. It became a 3-screen theatre on November 19, 1975. Later a fourth screen was added. This was Jersey City’s first real movie palace and it closed in December 1990, and was sadly demolished in 1997. -Jeff Scofield
Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> June 1922 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Jersey City, New Jersey
State Theater
Möller Op. 3323 1922 4/25
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GREAT SOLO
16' Tuba Profunda 8' Trumpet
16' Double Open Diapason 8' Kinura
16' Contra Bass Bourdon 8' Orchestral Oboe
8' Tuba Mirabilis 8' Horn Diapason
8' Clarinet 8' Tibia Clausa
8' Vox Humana 8' Quintadena
4' Clarion 4' Harmonic Flute
8' 1st Open Diapason Marimba (single)
8' 2nd Open Diapason Marimba (repeating)
8' Tibia Plena Orchestral Bells
8' Flute Chimes
8' Solo String Xylophone
8' Vox Celeste Song Birds
8' Viole d'Orchestre
4' Octave ANTIPHONAL
4' Principal 16' Bourdon
4' Flute 8' French Horn
4' Tibia Plena 8' Vox Humana
4' Solo String 8' Gedeckt
4' Vox Celeste 8' Flute
4' Viole d'Orchestre 8' Echo Salicional
2 2/3' Quint 8' Celeste
2 2/3' Twelfth 8' Violin Diapason
2' Piccolo 8' Spitzflöte
2' Fifteenth 8' Flute Celeste
Concert Harp 4' Spitzflöte
Song Birds 2 2/3' Quint
ACCOMPANIMENT PEDAL
16' Bourdon 32' Resulant
8' Clarinet 16' Tuba Profunda
8' Vox Humana 16' Double Open Diapason
8' 1st Open Diapason 16' Bourdon
8' 2nd Open Diapason 16' Tibia Plena
8' Solo String 8' Tuba
8' Viole d'Orchestre 8' Clarinet
8' Vox Celeste 8' 1st Open Diapason
8' Flute 8' 2nd Open Diapason
8' Tibia Plena 8' Solo String
4' Flute 8' Vox Celeste
4' Solo String 8' Viole d'Orchestre
4' Vox Celeste 8' Tibia Plena
4' Viole d'Orchestre 8' Flute
2 2/3' Twelfth Bass Drum
2' Piccolo Tympani
2' Fifteenth Snare Drum
Concert Harp Crash Cymbal
Triangle Small Cymbal
Tom Tom Triangle
Snare Drum
Chinese Block
Tambourine
Castanets
Song Birds
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