ca. 1905 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Museum of the City of New York via AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2009-10-29 - Identified through information in <i>List of More than 5200 Moller Pipe Organs</i> (Hagerstown, Maryland. M. P. Möller, 1928). -Database Manager
2020-11-20 - From the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project: In 1889, the congregation moved into the former Tompkins Avenue Congregational Church, a red brick Gothic building located on the corner of McDonough Street and Tompkins Avenue that had been erected in 1873 as the Tompkins Avenue Presbyterian Church. St. Matthew's congregation remained in this building for over five decades, but by the 1940s the demographics of the area changed and many members moved to other areas or out of the city. In 1943, the church was closed and the remaining members merged into St. Luke Episcopal Church, located at 520 Clinton Avenue near Fulton Street. Since 1944, the McDonough Street building has been home to the Stuyvesant Heights Christian Church. In 1922, St. Matthew's Church commissioned the firm of M.P. Möller to build a new organ. The Memorandum of Agreement and Factory Specifications (both June 15, 1922) show that Möller would reuse many pipes from the previous organ but would use all new chests. Möller retained the existing cases and display pipes, and provided a new detached, three-manual stop-key console. This organ cost a total of $7,500, and was to be completed and ready for use on or before September 15, 1923. -Jeff Scofield
Typed Specification Source: Louis F. Mohr & Co., courtesy Larry Trupiano Date not recorded
Brooklyn, New York
St. Matthew's Protestant Episcopal Church
M. P. Möller, Inc. Opus 3417 1922 3 manuals, 29 stops, 29 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Diapason * 61 16' Bourdon * 73
8' 1st Diapason * 61 8' Diapason 73
8' 2nd Diapason 61 8' Violin Diapason & 73
8' Viola da Gamba 61 # 8' Viole d'Orchestre 73
8' Dulciana * 61 # 8' Viole Celeste (TC) 61
8' Doppel Flöte * 61 # 8' Dulciana * 73
4' Octave * 61 8' Stopped Flute * 73
4' Flute Harmonic * 61 # 4' Flute * 73
2' Fifteenth * 61 # 8' Vox Humana 61
8' Tuba 61 # 8' Oboe * 73
# in Choir box
CHOIR ORGAN PEDAL ORGAN
8' Violoncello * 73 32' Resultant Bass --
8' Salicional * 73 16' Diapason (1-25*) 44
8' Melodia * 73 16' Bourdon 32
8' Stopped Diapason * 73 16' Gedeckt (Sw) --
4' Flute d'Amour * 73 8' Flute (fr. 16' Diap) --
8' Clarinet 73 8' Violoncello 32
* retained from previous organ
ADJUSTABLE COMBINATIONS COUPLERS
Swell & Pedal 5 (thumb) Great to Pedal 8
Great & Pedal 5 (thumb) Swell to Pedal 8 4
Choir & Pedal 5 (thumb) Choir to Pedal 8
Full Organ 6 (thumb & toe) Pedal to Pedal 8
Great to Swell 8
PEDAL MOVEMENTS Swell to Swell 16 4
Great to Pedal Reversible Swell Unison Separation
Swell Expression Pedal Swell to Great 16 8 4
Choir Expression Pedal Choir to Great 16 8 4
Crescendo Pedal Great to Great 4
Great Unison Separation
ACCESSORIES Swell to Choir 16 8 4
Tremolo to Swell Choir to Choir 16 4
Tremolo to Choir Choir Unison Separation
Coupler Cancel
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2018-03-19]
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