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M. P. Möller Opus 3516 (1923)

Abyssinian Baptist Church: Sanctuary
132 West 138th Street
New York City: Manhattan, NY

Images

Unknown - Church interior (Photograph from the NYC AGO Organ Project/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
27 stops
24 registers
40 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

2009-10-27 - Identified through information in <i>List of More than 5200 Moller Pipe Organs</i> (Hagerstown, Maryland. M. P. Möller, 1928). -Database Manager

2010-11-16 - Updated through online information from Connor Annable. -Database Manager

2011-12-31 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Rebuilt with tonal changes and a new console in 1950 as 3/30 Möller Op. R-396; replaced in 1978 by Schantz 5/64 Op. 1498, retaining 14 Möller stops. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> March 1924 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

   New York, New York
   Abyssinian Baptist Church

   Möller   Op. 3516   1923   3/24
   ________________________________________________________

   GREAT                            SWELL
8' Open Diapason         73     16' Bourdon              73
8' Doppelflöte           73      8' Open Diapason        73
8' Violoncello           73      8' Viole d'Orchestre    73
8' Erzähler              73      8' Celeste              61
8' Melodia               73      8' Gedeckt              73
4' Principal             61      8' Aeoline              73
4' Waldflöte             73      4' Flute Harmonic       73
8' Tuba                  73      8' Oboe                 73
   Sub                           8' Vox Humana           73
   Unison Off                       Tremolo
   Super                            Sub
   Chimes                20         Unison Off
                                    Super
   CHOIR
8' English Open Diapason 73         PEDAL
8' Clarabella            73     16' Double Open Diapason 32
8' Gamba                 73     16' Bourdon              32
8' Dulciana              73     16' Lieblich Gedeckt     SW
4' Flute d'Amour         73      8' Octave Bass          12
   Tremolo                       8' Bass Flute           12
   Sub
   Unison Off
   Super

  [Received online from Jeff Scofield December 30, 2011]

Documents

(1923-10-24) Contract and specs via Roman Lizak -Jeff Scofield

Websites

Abyssinian Baptist Church - New York City [NYCAGO Organ Project web site] - Stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#49106†* - M. P. Möller Opus R-396 (1950)