Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus R-358 (1950)

St. John's Episcopal Church
61 Broad St.
Elizabeth, NJ

Images

Unknown - Church exterior (Photograph by amazon.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2020-06-01 - Church interior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2015-07-19 - Console (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1984-12-28 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
52 stops
88 registers
8 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2013-05-16 - This is a rebuild of an existing organ. Identified by Jeff Scofield, using information found in <i>The Diapason</i> November 1950. -- The contract was for rebuilding and revising the gallery organ, as well as installing a new chancel organ and a master 3-manual console. -Database Manager

2023-08-16 - Seating 900, the church may still be the largest Episcopal worship site in the state. -Jeff Scofield

2023-08-16 - In 1973 the organ was considerably revised; the Gallery Great and Gallery Choir were silenced or removed, along with 2 stops of the Gallery Swell and all but 4 stops of the Gallery Pedal. The remainder of the Gallery Great and Choir divisions were redone as a Principal chorus and Flute chorus/Cornet respectively. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: From the console and from THE DIAPASON November 1950

       Elizabeth, New Jersey
       St. John's Episcopal Church

       Möller   Op 3077   1921   4/36
       Möller             1950   3/60
       _________________________________________________

       GALLERY GREAT                 GALLERY CHOIR
   16' Violone           61       8' English Diapason 73
    8' Diapason          61       8' Melodia          73
    8' Doppelflöte       61       8' Gamba            73
    8' Dulciana          CH       8' Quintadena       73
    4' Octave            61       8' Dulciana         73
    4' Harmonic Flute    61       8' Unda Maris       61
2 2/3' Twelfth           61       4' Flute d'Amour    73
    2' Fifteenth         61       4' Gambette         12
  III  Mixture          183       2' Flautino         12
   16' Tuba              73       8' Clarinet         73
    8' Tuba              12          Tremolo
    4' Tuba              12          Sub
       Tremolo                       Unison Of
       Sub                           Super
       Unison Off                    Gallery Choir OFF
       Super
       Chimes                        CHANCEL CHOIR
       Gallery Great OFF          8' Gemshorn         73
                                  8' Cor de Nuit      73
       CHANCEL GREAT              4' Spitzflöte       73
   16' Gemshorn          PD       4' Chimney Flute    73
    8' Principal         61       4' Gemshorn         12
    8' Gemshorn          CH   2 2/3' Nasat            61
    4' Prestant          61       2' Blockflöte       61
2 2/3' Gemshorn 12th     CH   1 3/5' Gemshorn 17th    --
    2' Super Octave      61          Tremolo
  III  Mixture          183          Harp             GT
       Tremolo                       Chancel Choir OFF
       Harp              61
       Chancel Great OFF             GALLERY PEDAL
                                 32' Contra Bourdon   12
       GALLERY SWELL             16' Diapason         32
   16' Bourdon           73      16' Bourdon          32
    8' Diapason          73      16' Violone          GT
    8' Stopped Flute     73      16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
    8' Viole d'Orchestre 73       8' Octave Bass      12
    8' Salicional        73       8' Violoncello      32
    8' Voix Celeste      61       8' Bourdon          12
    4' Octave            73       8' Gamba            CH
    4' Hohlflöte         73       8' Melodia          CH
    2' Piccolo           12   5 1/3' Quint            32
  III  Mixture          183       4' Super Octave     32
    8' Cornopean         73      16' Tuba             GT
    8' Oboe              73       8' Tuba             GT
    8' Vox Humana        73       4' Clarion          GT
       Tremolo                       Gallery Pedal OFF
       Sub
       Unison Off                    CHANCEL PEDAL
       Super                     16' Principal        32
       Gallery Swell OFF         16' Gemshorn      CH 12
                                 16' Cor de Nuit   CH 12
       CHANCEL SWELL         10 2/3' Gemshorn         CH
    8' Rohrflöte         73       8' Octave           12
    8' Viole da Gambe    73       8' Gemshorn         CH
    8' Gambe Celeste     73       8' Cor de Nuit      CH
    4' Spitzprincipal    73       4' Super Octave     12
    4' Rohrflöte         12      16' Trumpet          SW
    2' Flageolet         61       8' Trompette        SW
  III  Plein Jeu        183       4' Clarion          SW
   16' Trumpet           73          Chancel Pedal OFF
    8' Trumpet           12
    4' Clarion           12
       Tremolo
       Chancel Swell OFF

         [Received from Jeff Scofield August 16, 2023]

Documents

Write-up from THE DIAPASON November 1950 Stoplist and commentary -Jeff Scofield

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#43619 - M. P. Möller Opus 3077 (1921)