2009-10-27 - Identified through information in <i>List of More than 5200 Moller Pipe Organs</i> (Hagerstown, Maryland. M. P. Möller, 1928). -Database Manager
2013-05-25 - Updated through online information from Steven E. Lawson. -Database Manager
2020-11-24 - From the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project: In 1893, the old wooden church was razed and replaced with a new brick structure designed by church architect George W. Kramer of Akron, Ohio. The exterior is of orange brick with a three-story, square bell tower at one corner, with large rose windows on the front facade and one side. The interior is arranged on the "Akron Plan" — a popular progressive plan for Methodist churches of the era that was credited to and developed by Kramer. Also known as the "Akron Combination Church," the idea was to provide (usually) two tiers of Sunday School rooms that could be opened into a larger assembly room that could in turn be opened into the diagonally oriented, semi-circular auditorium. The church building was enlarged and improved in 1895 and enlarged again in 1923 when the congregation merged with the Williams M.E. Church. Also on the property is the original church parsonage, a two-story frame dwelling built in 1878-1879 in the Italianate style. The building was sold c.2012 to the Ghana Wesley Congregation, although the remaining Andrews congregation continues to worship there. In February 1992, the church building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Memorandum of Agreement (Oct. 6, 1922) between M.P. Möller and Andrews M.E. Church shows that Möller would build a new organ for the sum of $8,000 plus the old organ in the church. This organ was to have 25 stops and 22 ranks, all controlled by a detached three-manual stop-key console. The Factory Specification has a pencil note, "Strings to be 90% Tin." Möller indicated that the organ would be ready for use on or before July 1, 1923. The Dedicatory Organ Recital took place on October 9, 1923, at 8:15 o'clock. Performing were Mr. Walter Wild, F.R.C.O., Organist, and Miss Edith Gaile, Soprano. -Jeff Scofield
Factory Specifications (Oct. 6, 1922) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
New York City: Brooklyn, N.Y.
Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church
M.P. Möller, Inc. Opus 3502 (1922) 3 manuals 25 stops 22 ranks
Manuals: 61 notes Pedal: 32 notes
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From Factory Specifications (Oct. 6, 1922). Courtesy Larry Trupiano.
GREAT ORGAN (6") COUPLERS
8' Open Diapason 73 Great to Pedal 8, 4
8' Erzahler * 73 Swell to Pedal 8, 4
8' Doppel Flute * 73 Choir to Pedal 8
8' Violoncello * 61 Pedal Octave
4' Principal 61 Swell to Great 16, 8, 4
4' Wald Flute 73 Choir to Great 16, 8, 4
8' Tuba * 73 Choir to Swell 16, 8, 4
* in Choir Box Swell to Choir 16, 8, 4
Great 16, 4
SWELL ORGAN (5") Swell 16, 4
16' Bourdon 73 Choir 16, 4
8' Open Diapason 73
8' Gedackt 73 MECHANICALS
8' Viole d'Orchestre 73 Swell Unison Cancel (in Key-jamb)
8' Celeste 61 tc Choir Unison Cancel (in Key-jamb)
4' Flute Harmonique 73 Crescendo Indicator
8' Oboe 73
8' Vox Humana 73 ADJUSTABLE COMBINATIONS
Tremolo Great 1-2-3-4-5-6
Swell 1-2-3-4-5-6
CHOIR ORGAN (5") Choir 1-2-3-4
8' English Open Diapason 73 Pedal 1-2-3-4-5-6
8' Clarabella 73
8' Dulciana 73 PISTON COUPLERS
8' Gamba 73 Pedal to Manuals
4' Flute d'Amour 73 Manuals to Great
Tremolo
PEDAL MOVEMENTS
PEDAL ORGAN (6") Balanced Swell Pedal
16' Double Open Diapason 44 Balanced Choir & Great Pedal
16' Bourdon 44 Crescendo Pedal
16' Lieblich Gedackt SW Great to Pedal Reversible
8' Octave Bass (O.D.) -- Swell to Pedal Reversible
8' Bass Flute (Bdn.) -- Sforzando Pedal
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