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Olympic Theatre
365 Fulton Street
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201
The Olympic Theatre was located in downtown Brooklyn near Borough Hall. It was first known as Hyde & Behmans Theater, one of the leading vaudeville theatres in America during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Hyde & Behmans was remodeled as the 2000-seat Olympic Theatre, and it opened on Labor Day, 1925. This theater was later renamed the Tivoli. |
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M.P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 4628 (1926)
Electro-pneumatic action
3 manuals, 98 registers, 14 ranks
In 1926, an organ was installed in the Olympic Theatre by the M.P. Möller company of Hagerstown, Md. An identical organ (Op. 4629) was built for the Mecca Theatre in Manhattan. The organs cost $10,000 each and had a wind pressure of 8".
Click here to view the Möller Factory Specifications of Op. 4629 in the Mecca Theatre. |
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Solo Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes
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Contra Tibia Clausa |
101 |
8 |
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Violin Celeste (TC) |
61 |
8 |
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Clarabel Flute |
73 |
4 |
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Violin |
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8 |
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Tibia Clausa |
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16 |
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Sub Vox (TC) |
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4 |
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Tibia Octave |
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16 |
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Tuba |
73 |
4 |
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Orchestral Flute |
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8 |
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Saxaphone [sic] [Syn.] |
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2 2/3 |
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Tibia Twelfth |
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8 |
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Orchestral Oboe [Syn.] |
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2 |
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Solo Piccolo |
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8 |
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Vox Humana |
73 |
1 3/5 |
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Tiercena |
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4 |
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Clarion |
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8 |
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Violin d'Orchestre |
73 |
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Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes
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8 |
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Diapason Phonon |
61 |
2 |
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String Fifteenth |
— |
8 |
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Tibia Plena |
85 |
1 3/5 |
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String Tiercena |
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4 |
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Solo Tibia |
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1 1/3 |
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String Larigot |
— |
8 |
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Cello |
73 |
8 |
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French Horn |
73 |
16 |
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Violon |
97 |
8 |
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Kinura |
73 |
8 |
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Violin |
— |
16 |
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Clarinet (TC) |
OR |
4 |
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Violina |
— |
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2 2/3 |
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String Twelfth |
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Orchestral Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
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8 |
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Clarinet |
73 |
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Snare Drum, Tap |
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8 |
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Tibia Plena |
GT |
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Snare Drum, Roll |
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8 |
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Doppel Flute |
73 |
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Tambourine |
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4 |
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Solo Flute |
GT |
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Castinets |
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8 |
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Viola |
GT |
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Tom Tom |
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4 |
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Violin |
GT |
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Triangle |
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2 |
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String Fifteenth |
GT |
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Chinese Block |
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8 |
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French Horn |
GT |
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| Orchestral Bells |
25 Notes |
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Pedal Organ – 32 notes
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16 |
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Tibia Clausa |
SO |
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Cymbal |
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32 |
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Harmonic Bass |
— |
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Tympani |
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16 |
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String Bass |
GT |
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Chinese Gong, Roll - Stud |
16 |
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Bourdon (ext. OR Dop. Fl.) |
12 |
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Chinese Gon, Stroke - Stud |
8 |
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Tibia |
GT |
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Song Birds - Studs |
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Cello |
GT |
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Thunder Sheet - Stud |
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Tuba (ext. SO Tuba) |
12 |
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Sleigh Bells |
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Bass Drum |
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Fire Gong - Stud |
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Snare Drum, Tap |
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Grand Crash - Stud |
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Snare Drum, Roll |
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Crash Cymbal |
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Couplers
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Solo to Great |
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Solo 4' |
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Solo to Great 4' |
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Solo 16' |
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Solo to Great 16' |
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Solo to Orch. |
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Orch. to Great |
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Solo to Orch. 4' |
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Orch. to Great 4' |
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Solo to Orch. 16' |
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Orch. to Great 16' |
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Orchestral 4' |
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Great 4' |
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Orchestral 16' |
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Great 16' |
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Solo to Pedal |
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Great to Solo |
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Great to Pedal |
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Great to Solo 4' |
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Orch. to Pedal |
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Great to Solo 16' |
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Solo to Pedal 4' |
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Orch. to Solo |
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Orch. to Solo 4' |
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Pedal to Manual |
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Orch. to Solo 16' |
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Mechanicals
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Tremulant for Great Organ |
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Tremulant for Solo Organ |
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Tremulant for Orchestral Organ |
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Crescendo Indicator |
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Adjustable Combinations
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Pistons No. 1-2-3-4-5 |
affecting Solo Organ |
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Pistons No. 1-2-3-4-5 |
affecting Orchestral Organ |
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Pistons No. 1-2-3-4-5 |
affecting Great Organ |
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Pistons No. 1-2-3-4 |
affecting Full Organ |
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Pistons No. 1-2-3-4-5 |
affecting Pedal Organ |
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Pedal Movements
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Great to Pedal Reversible |
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Balanced Expression Pedal for Great & Orchestral Organs |
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Balanced Expression Pedal for Solo Organ |
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Grand Crescendo Pedal, Super and Sub Couplers |
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Sforzando double touch |
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Sources:
Cinema Treasures web site: http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/3977
Junchen, David L. Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, Vol. 1. Pasadena: Showcase Publications, 1985.
Trupiano, Larry. Factory Specifications of M.P. Möller organ, Op. 4629 (1926).
Illustration:
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn Public Library Brooklyn Collection. 1954 exterior of Tivoli Theatre. |
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