Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2009-10-28 - Identified through information in <i>List of More than 5200 Moller Pipe Organs</i> (Hagerstown, Maryland. M. P. Möller, 1928). -Database Manager
2013-02-27 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by Bill Clark, based on information from Copied from OHS archives. -- This organ was sold by the theater owner J. J. Hardy to the First Reformed Church, Lancaster, Pa in 1933 to replace the 1905 J. W. Steere and Sons organ. The Möller organ was installed at the church by W. S. Merrit under the supervision of Harry Sykes. This organ was scrapped and replaced in 1957 by an electronic organ. -Database Manager
2021-12-16 - The Alto Theatre was a street entrance theatre and closed around 1959. Around 1935 the building was destroyed by a fire and was rebuilt. The building is still there and now houses a law firm. -- information from Cinema Treasures website -Paul R. Marchesano
Copied from Moeller Archives in OHS Archives Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Columbia, Pa
The Alto Theater
M. P. Moeller Opus 3696, 1923
Great Organ
8’ Diapason Phonon 61 pipes
8’ Doppel Floete 73 pipes
8’ Concert Flute 73 pipes
8’ Solo Violin 97 pipes
4’ Violin 73 notes
2 2/3’ String Twelfth 61 notes
8’ Saxaphone (synthetically derived) 61 notes
4’ Solo Flute 61 notes
4’ Traverse Flute 61 notes
16’ Tuba 85 pipes
8’ Tuba 73 notes
16’ Clarinet (TC) 61 notes
8’ French Horn 73 pipes
Chimes 20 bells
Swell Orchestral
16’ Tibia Clausa 97 pipes
8’ Stopped Flute 73 notes
4’ Orchestral Flute 73 notes
2 2/3’ Quint 61 notes
2’ Piccolo 61 notes
1 3/5’ Tiercena 61 notes
8’ Horn Diapason 73 pipes
8’ Clarabel Flute 73 pipes
4’ Clarabel Flute 61 notes
8’ Viole D’Orchestre pure tin 73 pipes
8’ Viole Celeste pure tin 61 pipes
4’ Violin 73 notes
8’ Salicional 73 pipes
16’ Contra Fagotta 85 pipes
8’ Oboe 73 notes
4’ Oboe Clarion 61 notes
8’ Vox Humana 73 pipes
8’ English Horn 73 pipes
Harp
Orchestral Bells
Glockenspiel
Solo Organ
16’ Violin 85 pipes
8’ Gross Flute 73 pipes
8’ Concert Flute 73 notes
8’ Violin 73 notes
4’ Violin 61 notes
8’ Violoncello 73 notes
2’ Fifteenth 61 notes
4’ Flute Traverso 61 notes
8’ Clarinet 73 pipes
8’ Kinura 73 pipes
8’ Orchestral Oboe 73 pipes
8’ Tuba 73 notes
4’ Tuba Clarion 61 notes
Marimba
Pedal Organ
32’ Acoustic Bass 32 notes
16’ Diapason (12 pipe ext from great) 32 notes
16’ Bourdon 44 pipes
16’ Gedeckt 32 notes
8’ Dolce Flute 32 notes
16’ Violin 32 notes
16’ Contra Fagotta 32 notes
16’ Tuba 32 notes
8’ Violncello 32 notes
8’ Tuba 32 notes
4’ Clarion 32 notes
Pedal Studs
Song birds (2) Chinese Gong
Thunder Sheet Cymbale
Castanet Tambourine
Chinese Block
Couplers
Solo to Gt Solo to Orch
Solo to Gt 4’ Orch to Solo
Solo to Gt 16’ Solo 4’
Orch to Gt Solo 16’
Orch to Gt 4’ Orch 4’
Orch to Gt 16’ Orch 16’
Gt 4’ Solo to Ped
Gt 16’ Orch to Ped
Solo to Orch 4’ Gt to Ped
Solo to Orch 16’ Gt to Ped 4’
Mechanicals
Orchestral Tremulant
Solo Tremulant
Crescendo Indicator
Pedal Movements
Gt to Pedal Reversible
Balanced Solo Pedal
Balanced Orchestral Pedal
Orchestral to Pedal Reversible
Grand Crescendo pedal
Adjustable Combinations (under respective manuals)
Pistons 1-6 Affecting Gt and Pedal
Pistons 1-6 Affecting Orchestral and Pedal
Pistons 1-6 Affecting Solo and Pedal
Pistons 1-3 Affecting Full organ
Three manuals Stop Key Control 7 ½ ” Wind Pressure Tuba 12 ”
21 Ranks 1649 Pipes 83 Stops 60 Speaking Stops
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