Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 3450 (1922)

Steinway Theatre
31-08 Steinway Street
New York: Queens (Astoria), NY

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Horseshoe
2 manuals
9 stops
42 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys in Horseshoe Curves
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

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

2009-11-10 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2022-12-03 - From cinematreasures.org: Except for two concert halls in New York City, the Steinway Theatre may be the only theatre to ever carry the name of the legendary piano manufacturer, though it had no corporate connection. Located in the Astoria section of Queens, the theatre was the first one to be built on Astoria’s main shopping road, which was named in honor of the Steinway piano factory at its north end on the East River. Built around 1914-15, the Steinway Theatre was designed by the architectural firm of E.C. Horn & Sons for plays and vaudeville, and had about 900 seats. It was remodeled in 1935, reopening on November 8, 1935 with Lawrence Tibbett in “Metropolitan” & Warner Oland in “Charlie Chan in Shanghai”. By the time that the much larger Astoria Theatre (1920) and Triboro Theatre (1931) were built on Steinway Street, the Steinway Theatre was relegated to playing late-run double features for the rest of its theatrical life, which lasted into the 1950’s, when the interior was converted into retail space. The current tenant, Dr. Jay’s Urban Clothing, has covered the beautiful white marble facade with a modern metallic shield. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, Steve Lawson and Larry Trupiano

       Astoria, Queens, New York
       Steinway Theatre

       Möller   Op. 3450 1922   2/9
       __________________________________________________

       GREAT                         SWELL
   16' Tibia                     16' Tuba Profunda     tc
    8' Tuba              73      16' Tibia Clausa      97
    8' Open Diapason     73      16' Dbl Open Diapason tc
    8' Solo String *              8' Open Diapason     73
    8' Viole d'Orchestra 97       8' Tuba Mirabilis 
    8' Vox Celeste       73       8' Flute
    8' French Horn       73       8' Viole d'Orchestra
    8' Tibia                      8' Vox Celeste
    8' Vox Humana        61       8' French Horn
    4' Flute                      8' Vox Humana
    4' Viole d'Orchestra          4' Clarion
2 2/3' Twelfth                    4' Octave
    2' Piccolo                    4' Flute
    2' Fifteenth                  4' Viole d'Orchestra
       Sub                        4' Vox Celeste
       Super                  2 2/3' Quint
       Concert Xylophone 37   2 2/3' Twelfth
       Snare Drum                 2' Piccolo
       Tambourine                 2' Fifteenth
       Tom Tom                       Sub
       Chinese Block                 Super
       Sleigh Bells                  Chimes
       Orchestra Bells   25          Marimba         prep
       Glockenspiel      25          Harp            prep

       PEDAL                         Tibias Tremulant
   32' Resultant                     Whole Organ Trumulant
   16' Tibia Profunda
   16' Bourdon           32
   16' Tuba
    8' Diapason
    8' Viole d'Orchestra
    8' Vox Celeste
    8' French Horn
    8' Flute
       Pedal Octave
       Bass Drum
       Cymbal

      [Received from Jeff Scofield December 2, 2022]

Websites

Steinway Theatre - Astoria (Queens), NY [NYC AGO organ Project web site] - Stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)