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
2014-07-29 - Updated through online information from Scot Huntington. -- The organ cost $14,560.00 and was contracted to be delivered on April 1, 1926. This was the first organ in this building, which replaced a previous building at a different location housing an 1891 Wm. Johnson & Son instrument [Op. 755]. Pipework from the Johnson was used in this mechanically new organ. The contract specified the builder had complete use of the building for a period of not less than four weeks, and that for two weeks, the builder had use of the building completely free from noise, "so that voicing and tone-regulating may be done without interference". The contract specified that metal pipework should be of not less than 45% tin, except the Vd'O, Celeste, and Keraulophon were to be 70% tin with 6 zinc basses; wood pipes of pine and poplar. The reused Johnson pipes were to be revoiced on the new pressure and pitch (A440), mutilated tops and tuning slots repaired, and old wood pipes to receive two coats of orange shellac after cleaning and renovation. The blower was to be a 5 h.p. Kinetic, with a belt-driven DC generator. The description of the console stop control is open to interpretation: "oblique-faced knobs set in terraces". The dedication recital was played by Henry Seibert of New York City, on Tuesday, January 4, 1927. The organ was substantially rebuilt into an essentially new organ by the Schlicker Organ Co. of Buffalo, New York, in the mid-1960s. The Moller chests and a significant number of Moller ranks, including most if not all the surviving Johnson pipework was reused. The walnut Moller façade, designed by the church's architect, [W.L. Mayer, 212 Charles St., Mt. Olive Station, Pittsburgh], and "gold-bronze" facade pipes of the Moller 16' Double Open Diapason were reused by Schlicker. -Database Manager
stoplist from contract, November, 1925 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Jamestown, New York
First Presbyterian Church
M.P. Moller
Op. 4558, 1925
(*) stops recycled from the 1891 2-manual Wm. Johnson & Son instrument
All manual ranks have 73 pipes unless noted, and pedal ranks have 44.
All ranks independent unless noted.
GREAT 6" wind (unenclosed) 7 Johnson ranks
16' Double Open Diapason* 8" wind
8' Open Diapason 8" wind, 38 scale
8' Doppel Flute wood
8' Gamba*
8' Viol d'Orchestre 64 scale
4' Octave*
4' Fl. Harmonique*
2 2/3' Twelfth*
2' Fifteenth*
8' Trumpet*
Control Chimes (Choir)
Control Harp (Choir)
Great Unison Separation
Great Organ Tremulant
SWELL 5" wind (enclosed) 8 Johnson ranks
16' Bourdon* wood & metal
8' Open Diapason* old Great Open
8' Stopped Diapason* wood
8' Salicional*
8' Dolcissimo*
8' Vox Celeste
4' Rohr Flote
4' Violina 72 scale
2' Piccolo harmonic, 61 pipes
3 Rks. Dolce Cornet 12-17-19, 219 pipes
16' Tuba 10" wind
8' Cornopean*
8' Oboe & Bassoon*
8' Vox Humana*
Control Chimes (Choir)
Control Harp (Choir)
Swell Organ Tremulant
Tuba Tremulant
Swell Unison Separation
CHOIR 5" wind (enclosed) 6 Johnson ranks
8' Violin Diapason* old Swell Open
8' Melodia* wood
8' Quintadena*
8' Keraulophone scale 54
8' Dulciana*
4' Fugara*
4' Fl. Traverso* wood
8' Clarinet
8' Chimes 25 tubes
8' Aeolian Harp 49 bars
Choir Organ Tremulant
Choir Unison Separation
PEDAL 7" wind (unenclosed) 3 Johnson ranks
32' Resultant from Op. Diap, Quint
16' Double Open Diapason* wood
16' Violone wood, open
16' Bourdon* wood
10 2/3' Quint wood, manual scale, open
8' Octave Bass from Op. Diap.
8' Violoncello* metal
8' Flute Bass from Bourdon
COUPLERS
Great Sub to Great
Great Super to Great
Swell Sub to Swell
Swell Super to Swell
Choir Sub to Choir
Choir Super to Choir
Pedal to Pedal Octaves
Swell to Great
Swell to Great Sub, Super
Choir to Great
Choir to Great Sub, Super
Swell to Choir
Swell to Choir Sub, Super
Great to Pedal
Great to Pedal Super
Swell to Pedal
Swell to Pedal Super
Choir to Pedal
Choir to Pedal Super
COMBINATIONS:
Divisional pistons 1-5 each, for Great, Swell, Choir
Five "setter" pistons each, for Great, Swell, Choir
Four "setter" pistons for Pedal Combinations
MECHANICALS
3 Pedal Organ toe stud movements controlling: Full Pedal, Mezzo-Forte, Piano
These are fixed combinations, and are "the piston variety used for
'effects' in Picture House organs". These may be mechanical pedals instead
if there is not enough room in the console for pneumatic actions.
Pedal movement: Great to Pedal Reversible
Grand Sforzando Pedal
Balanced Swell expression
Balanced Choir expression
Balanced Grand Crescendo (effecting stops and couplers)
Blower Control Switch
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