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M. P. Möller Opus R-789 (1968)

First Presbyterian Church
89-60 164th Street
New York City: Queens (Jamaica), NY

Images

Unknown - Church interior (Steven E. Lawson/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
20 stops
46 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows 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)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2012-04-23 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Rebuild of Möller Op. 6216 (1933), which previously had a new console in 1963 as Möller Op. M-14219; rebuilt and tonally altered in 1991 by Kilgen Organ Service Co., with a cantilevered Great; now 3/36. -Database Manager

2013-02-10 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

     Jamaica, New York
     First Presbyterian Church

     Möller   Op. 6216      1933
     Möller   Op. M-14129   1963   Console
     Möller   Op. R-789     1968   Rebuild
     ______________________________________________________

     GREAT (encl w/Choir)                 SWELL
 16' Quintadena       tc              16' Rohrflöte      12
  8' Principal        61 *             8' Rohrflöte      61 *
  8' Quintadena       61 *             8' Viola          73
  8' Gemshorn         61               8' Voix Celeste   61
  4' Octave           61 *             4' Principal      61
  4' Quintadena       12 *             4' Rohrflöte      12 *
  2' Super Octave     12 *             4' Violina        --
 II  Sesquialtera    122 *         2 2/3' Nasat          61 *
III  Mixture         183 *             2' Rohrflöte      12 *
     Sub                           1 1/3' Larigot        12 *
     Unison Off                        1' Rohrflöte      --
     Super                           III  Zimbal        183 *
     Chimes                            8' Trompette      61 *
     Harp                              4' Clarion        12 *
                                       4' Oboe           61
     PEDAL                             4' Rohrschalmei   pf
 16' Subbass          32                  Tremolo
 16' Violone          12 SW               Sub
 16' Rohrflöte        SW                  Unison Off
  8' Principal        12 GT (a)           Super
  8' Bass Flute       12
  8' Gemshorn         GT                  CHOIR
  8' Viola            SW               8' Gedeckt        61
  4' Octave           GT               8' Quintadena     GT
 II  Gross Tertian    64               4' Spitzprinzipal 61 *
 II  Sesquialtera     GT               2' Spitzprinzipal 12 *
 16' Contre Trompette 12 SW        1 1/3' Larigot        49 *
  8' Trompette        SW              II  Sesquialtera   GT
  4' Clarion          SW             III  Mixture        GT
  2' Cornet           SW               8' Krummhorn      61
                                          Tremolo
(a)  from GT 4' Octave                    Sub
                                          Unison Off
  *  new pipework                         Super

    [Received online from Jeff Scofield February 9, 2013]

Documents

(1968-02-09) Factory specifications via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield

Websites

First Presbyterian Church - Jamaica (Queens), NY [NYC AGO Organ Project web site] - Photographs, stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#32549 - M. P. Möller Opus 6216 (1933)