Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 2959 (1920)

First Methodist Church: Sanctuary
Cortland, NY

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
41 stops
37 registers
5 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

Notes

2004-10-30 - Original cost $10,145 ($9,500 plus $540 for blower, $25 for switches to prepare for an Echo, and $80 for drawknobs). Erected by W. S. Stevens. EP Pitman stop action. 5 rank Echo division and a Swell Vox Humana added in 1933 at a cost of $2,500.. Console rebuilt in the 1950s by Po-Chedley with a Klann combination action and new stopkeys, using the existing keyboards. Top octave extensions on the Great removed at some point. Relocated in 1996 to Our Lady of Pompei R. C., Lancaster, NY. -Database Manager

2011-12-08 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- The write-up in THE TRACKER notes that an $85 upgrade was included in the original contract to have drawknobs; however, it also notes that Po-Chedley rebuilt the console with new stopkeys. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from <i>The Diapason</i> May 1920 and <i>The Tracker</i> Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Cortland, New York
       First Methodist Church

       Möller   Op. 2959   1920   3/39
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       GREAT                         CHOIR
   16' Dbl Open Diapason  61      8' Violin Diapason  73
    8' Open Diapason      61      8' Concert Flute    73
    8' Doppel Flute       61      8' Dulciana         73
    8' Gamba              61      8' Quintadena       73
    4' Octave             61      4' Flute d'Amour    73
    4' Harmonic Flute     61      2' Piccolo          61
2 2/3' Nazard             61      8' Clarinet         73
    2' Super Octave       61         Tremolo
    8' Tuba               61
                                     ECHO (added 1993)
       SWELL                      8' Flute            61
   16' Bourdon            73      8' Muted Violin     61
    8' Open Diapason      73      8' Viole Celeste    49
    8' Gedeckt            73      8' Dulciana         73
    8' Spitz Flute        73      4' Flute            12
    8' Viole d'Orchestre  61      4' Violin           12
    8' Vox Celeste        73      8' Vox Humana       73
    8' Aeoline            73         Tremolo
    4' Octave             73         Chimes           21
  III  Mixture           183         Harp             49
    8' Posaune            73
    8' Oboe               73         PEDAL
    8' Vox Humana (1933)  61     16' Principal        30
       Tremolo                   16' Bourdon          30
                                 16' Lieblich Gedeckt 30
                                  8' Octave           12
                                  8' Gedeckt          12
                                  8' Cello            GT

   [Received online from Jeff Scofield December 11, 2011]

Documents

Write-up from THE DIAPASON May 1920 Stoplist and commentary -Jeff Scofield

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#10974 - Parsons Pipe Organ Builders (1996)