Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 4145 (1925)

Park Theatre
265 Bloomfield Avenue
Caldwell, NJ

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
13 stops
43 registers
4 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
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

2009-10-31 - Identified through information in <i>List of More than 5200 Moller Pipe Organs</i> (Hagerstown, Maryland. M. P. Möller, 1928). -Database Manager

2014-03-11 - The theater was destroyed by fire on July 14, 1974. -Database Manager

2016-04-04 - Updated through online information from Beverly W. Crifasi. <br>In 1974 the Park Theater on Bloomfield Avenue, Caldwell, Essex County, NJ burned to the ground in a fire that destroyed the entire building. Nothing was salvaged. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Caldwell, New Jersey
       Park Theatre

       Möller   Op. 4145   1925   3/13
       ______________________________________________

       SOLO (III)                    ORCHESTRAL (I)
   16' Contra Tibia      101      8' Doppel Flute  73
    8' Tibia Clausa               8' Tibia Plena
    8' Clarabel Flute     73      8' Viola
    8' Violin D'Orchestre 73      4' Solo Flute
    8' Violin Celeste     61      4' Violin
    4' Tibia Octave               2' String 15th
    4' Orchestral Flute           8' French Horn
    4' Violin                        Tremulant
2 2/3' Tibia 12th                    Sub
    2' Solo Piccolo                  Super
1 3/5' Tiercena (Tibia)              Harp          37
   16' Sub Vox            tc         Glockenspiel
    8' Tuba               73         Snare Drum, tap
    8' Saxaphone         syn         Snare Drum, roll
    8' Orchestral Oboe   syn         Tambourine
    8' Vox Humana         73         Castinets
    4' Clarion                       Tom Tom
       Tremulant                     Triangle
       Sub                           Chinese Block
       Super
       Marimba            49         PEDAL
       Marimbaphone              32' Harmonic Bass
                                 16' Bourdon       12 OR
       GREAT (II)                16' String Bass   12 GT 
   16' Violon             97      8' Tibia         GT
    8' Diapason Phonon    61      8' Cello         GT
    8' Tibia Plena        85     16' Tuba          12 GT
    8' Cello              73         Bass Drum
    8' Solo Tibia                    Snare Drum, tap
    8' Violin                        Snare Drum, roll
    4' Violin                        Cymbal & Grand Cymbal
2 2/3' String 12th                   Tympani
    2' String 15th                   Chinese Gong, roll
1 3/5' String Tiercena               Chinese Gong, stroke
1 1/3' String Larigot                Thunder Sheet
    8' French Horn        73         Fire Gong
    8' Kinura             73         Sleigh Bells
       Tremulant                     Song Birds
       Sub
       Super
       Orchestral Bells
       Chimes             20
       Xylophone          49

      [Received from Jeff Scofield March 11, 2014]

Documents

(1924-10-11) Original Contract and Specification Documentation courtesy of the OHS Archive -Roman Lizak