Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 4019 (1924)

Washington Auditorium: Auditorium
Washington, DC

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
4 manuals
80 stops
98 registers
7 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys on Angled Jambs
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 coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2009-10-30 - Identified through information in <i>List of More than 5200 Moller Pipe Organs</i> (Hagerstown, Maryland. M. P. Möller, 1928). -Database Manager

2014-02-17 - The dedicatory was played by Archer Gibson, the consultant, on June 10, 1925; the auditorium project was never successful and the Washington Auditorium Committee declared bankruptcy within ten years; the organ was never maintained except for when Moller did the work on two occasions, gratis; the building was sold to a government entity and was eventually razed in 1961 and the organ dispersed. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Organ Handbook</i> 2011 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

     Washington, District of Columbia
     Washington Auditorium

     Möller   Op. 4019   1924   4/88
     ___________________________________________________________________

     All divisions enclosed

     GREAT      10" wind                    SSOLO             10"
 16' Double Diapason           61        8' Stentorphone              61
  8' First Diapason            61        8' Grossflöte                61
  8' Second Diapason           61        8' Gamba                     61
  8' Grossflöte                61        8' Gamba Celeste             61
  8' Fernflöte                 61        4' Hohlflöte                 61
  8' Gamba                     61       16' Bass Trumpet              tc
  8' Viole d'Amour             61        8' French Trumpet            61
  8' Gemshorn                  61        8' French Horn               61
  4' Octave                    61        8' Saxophone                 61
  4' Hohlflöte                 61        8' Cor Anglais               61
  2' Fifteenth                 61        4' Clarion                   61
  V  Mixture                  305 a         Tremulant
 16' Bass Trumpet              61
  8' Trumpet                   61           ECHO-ANTIPHONAL    5"
  8' Tuba                      61        8' Diapason                  73
  4' Clarion                   61        8' Fernflöte                 73
     Tremulant                           8' Muted Viole               73
                                         8' Muted Viole Celeste       73
     SWELL       8"                      4' Waldflöte                 73
 16' Bourdon                   73      III  Mixture  (very soft)     183 b
  8' Diapason                  73        8' Vox Humana                61
  8' Gedeckt                   73           Tremulant
  8' Gamba                     73       16' Lieblich Gedeckt (Pedal)  32
  8' Viole d'Orchestre         73
  8' Viole d'Orchestre Celeste 73           STRING ANCILLARY   8"
  8' Salicional                73        8' Gamba                     73
  8' Salicional Celeste        73        8' Gamba Celeste             73
  8' Aeoline                   73        8' Viole d'Orchestre         73
  8' Aeoline Celeste           73        8' Viole d'Orchestre Celeste 73
  4' Violina                   61        8' Salicional                73
  4' Flute Harmonique          61        8' Salicional Celeste        73
  2' Flautina                  61        8' Dulcet                    73
III  Mixture     (soft)       183 b      8' Dulcet Celeste            73
 16' Bass Trumpet              73        8' Vox Humana                61
  8' Cornopean                 73           Tremulant
  8' Oboe                      73
  8' Humana                    61           PEDAL             10"
     Tremulant                          32' Diapason                  32
                                        16' First Diapason            12
     CHOIR       8"                     16' Second Diapason           32
 16' Contra Gamba              73       16' First Bourdon             32
  8' English Diapason          73       16' Second Bourdon            32
  8' Concert Flute             73       16' Violone                   32
  8' Quintadena                61       16' Echo Bourdon              EC
  8' Dolce                     73        8' Octave Bass  (1stDiap)    12
  8' Dolce Celeste             73        8' Bass Flute   (2ndDiap)    12
  8' Dulcet                    73        8' 1st Gedeckt  (1stBrdn)    12
  8' Dulcet Celeste            73        8' 2nd Gedeckt  (2ndBrdn)    12
  4' Flute d'Amour             61        8' Violoncello               12
  2' Piccolo                   61        8' Cello II                  SO
 16' Contra Fagotto            61       32' Contra Bombard            32
  8' Clarinet                  61       16' First Trombone            32
  8' Orchestral Oboe           61       16' Second Trombone           12
     Tremulant                          16' Posaune                   SW
                                        16' Contra Fagotto            CH
     PERCUSSIONS                         8' First Trumpet             12
     Piano                               8' Second Trumpet            12
     Chimes                    20           Piano
     Harp                      61           Chimes
     Celesta                                Harp

  a  8-12-15-17-19                       b  12-15-17

    [Received online from Jeff Scofield February 17, 2014]

Documents

(1924-05-23) Factory documentation and Correspondence Documentation courtesy of the OHS Archive -Roman Lizak
(1924-05-23) Factory documentation and Correspondence Documentation courtesy of the OHS Archive -Roman Lizak