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Loew's Broadway Theatre
912 Broadway at Myrtle Avenue
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11206
Known originally as Teller's Broadway, this 2,088-seat theatre was located at the intersection of Broadway and Myrtle Avenue in Brooklyn. It opened on March 21, 1904 with a production of “Babes in Toyland," and was for many years a house for plays and vaudeville. In 1914 the theatre was sold to Marcus Loew and renamed Loew's Broadway.
Loew's Broadway Theatre was razed in 1998. |
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M.P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 2737 (1918)
Electro-pneumatic action
3 manuals, 34 stops, 16 ranks
Installed in 1918 at a cost of $6,000, the organ in Loew's Broadway was one of M.P. Möller's standard theatre organ models having three manuals and 16 ranks. The following specification is from the contract for Op. 2492 (1918), another 3/16 Möller installed in Loew's Bijou Theatre in Brooklyn. |
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Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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16 |
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Violin Diapason [TC] |
73 |
2 |
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Piccolo [Fl. Harm.] |
OR |
8 |
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Open Diapason |
85 |
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Mixture III ranks |
derived |
8 |
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Viol d'Orchestre |
73 |
16 |
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Bass Clarinet [TC] |
OR |
8 |
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Doppel Flute |
73 |
8 |
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French Horn |
73 |
4 |
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Octave [Op. Diap.] |
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4 |
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Octave Horn |
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4 |
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Zart Flute [Quintadena] |
OR |
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| Cathedral Chimes |
20 Notes |
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Orchestral Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed
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8 |
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Violin Diapason |
GT |
4 |
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Flute Harmonic |
73 |
8 |
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Horn Diapason (syn) |
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16 |
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Fagotto [TC] |
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8 |
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Quintadena |
73 |
8 |
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Orchestral Oboe |
73 |
8 |
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Viol d'Orchestre |
GT |
8 |
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Clarinet |
73 |
8 |
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Viol Celeste [TC] |
73 |
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Solo Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
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8 |
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Gross Flute |
85 |
4 |
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Gemshorn [TG] |
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8 |
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Concert Flute |
73 |
16 |
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Bass Tuba [TC] |
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8 |
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Gemshorn |
85 |
8 |
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Tuba |
73 |
8 |
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Violoncello |
73 |
8 |
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Vox Humana |
73 |
4 |
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Flute Overte [TG] [Gross Fl.] |
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Pedal Organ – 32 notes
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16 |
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Sub Bass [ext. Gross Fl.] |
12 |
8 |
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Violoncello |
SO |
16 |
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Gemshorn [ext.] |
12 |
8 |
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Flute |
SO |
16 |
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Lieblich Gedeckt [lo-press.] |
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Couplers
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Great to Pedal 8', 4' |
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Orch. to Solo |
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Orch. to Pedal 8' |
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Solo to Orch. 8' 8' |
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Solo to Pedal 8' |
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Great 4' |
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Orch. to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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Orch. 16', 4' |
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Solo. to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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Solo 16', 4' |
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Mechanicals
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Orchestral Tremulant |
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Crescendo Indicator |
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Solo Tremulant |
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Adjustable Combinations
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| Orchestral Organ |
Pistons 1-2-3-4-5-6 (thumb) |
| Great Organ |
Pistons 1-2-3-4-5-6 (thumb) |
| Solo Organ |
Pistons 1-2-3-4 (thumb) |
| Pedal Organ |
Pistons 1-2-3 (thumb) |
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Piston Couplers
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Corresponding Orchestral and Solo Pistons to Great Pistons |
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Corresponding Pedal Pistons to Manual Pistons |
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Pedal Movements
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Balanced Solo Pedal |
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Great to Pedal Reversible |
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Balanced Orchestral Pedal |
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Orchestral to Pedal Reversible |
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Grand Crescendo Pedal |
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Thunder Pedal |
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Welte & Sons Company
Poughkeepsie, N.Y. (1915)
Electro-pneumatic action
The first-known organ in Loew's Broadway was built by Welte & Sons of Poughkeepsie and installed in 1915. Specifications for this organ have not yet been located.
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Sources:
Cinema Treasures web site: http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/3987
Junchen, David L. Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, Vol. 1. Pasadena: Showcase Publications, 1985.
M.P. Möller, Inc. Agreement (Apr. 1, 1918) of M.P. Möller organ, Op. 2492 (1918). Courtesy Larry Trupiano.
Illustration:
Public Domain. Exterior. Courtesy Cinema Treasures web site. |
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