Temple Adaph Israel - The Bronx, N.Y. (photo: imjustwalkin.com)
 
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Temple Adath Israel

1275 Grand Concourse at East 169th Street
The Bronx, N.Y. 10456


Organ Specifications:
1275 Grand Concourse at East 169th Street (1927-1973)
► II/10 M.P. Möller, Inc., Opus 5028 (1927)
551 East 169th Street, near Third Avenue (1901-1927)
• unknown


Temple Adath Israel was one of several congregations by that name. One of them was founded in 1889 and was located at 793 East 169th Street. The second Temple Adath Israel was organized in 1896 and held its services in a house on Jefferson Place until 1901. At that time, the congregation purchased the former St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church at 551 East 169th Street, where the building was razed and a new synagogue built on the same site. In 1927, the synagogue was sold to the Morrisania Baptist Church and a new building was erected on the Grand Concourse and 169th Street. For many years, the temple's cantor was a man named Reuben Tucker; he later became known as Richard Tucker, the world-famous Metropolitan Opera tenor.

In 1973 the Congregation Adath Israel merged with the Conservative Synagogue of RIverdale, located at 475 West 250th Street in the Riverdale area of The Bronx. The building was sold to Grand Concourse Seventh-day Adventist Church.
             

M.P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 5028 (1927)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 36 registers, 17 stops, 17 ranks


The Möller Factory Specification (May 25, 1927) shows that this organ was voiced on 5" wind pressure, had a detatched three-manual stop-key console, and casing of Quartered or Plain Oak. Möller furnished the front pipes only. The organ was to be completed on or before September 15, 1927. This fate of this organ is unknown.
               
Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed with Choir
8
   Open Diapason
61
8
   Viole d'Gamba
73
8
   Doppel Flöte
73
4
   Octave (fr. Eng. Op. DIap.)
CH
8
   Melodia
73
4
   Flute Harmonic (Con. Fl.)
CH
8
   Dulciana
73
8
  
Tuba
73
 
   
 
   
Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed
16
   Bourdon [unit]
97
8
   Salicional
73
8
   Gedeckt
—
8
   Vox Celeste (TC)
61
4
   Orchestral Flute
—
4
   Salicet (fr. 8')
—
2 2/3
   Flute Twelfth
—
8
   Oboe
73
2
   Flautina
—
8
   Cornopean
73
8
   Open DIapason
73
8
   Vox Humana (sep. sw. box)
73
8
   Viole d'Orchestre
73
   
               
Choir Organ (Manual I) –61 notes, enclosed with Great
8
   English Open Diapason
73
8
   Dulciana
GT
8
   Concert Flute
73
8
   Viole d'Gamba
GT
8
   Unda Maris (TC)
61
4
   Flute Traverso (Melodia)
GT
8
   Doppel Flöte
GT
8
   Clarinet
73
               
Pedal Organ – 32 notes, enclosed
32
   Resultant
—
8
   Octave (fr. Op. Diap.)
—
16
   Open Diapason
44
8
   Flute (fr. Bourdon)
—
16
   Bourdon
44
8
   Violoncello
GT
16
   Lieblich Gedeckt
SW
   
               
Couplers
    Great to Pedal 8'   Swell to Choir 16', 8', 4'
    Swell to Pedal 8'   Choir to Swell 16', 8', 4'
    Choir to Pedal 8'   Great 4', 16', Unison Separation
    Swell to Great 16', 8', 4'   Swell 4', 16', Unison Separation
    Choir to Great 16', 8', 4'   Choir 4', 16', Unison Separation
               
Mechanicals
    Great Tremulant       Choir Tremulant  
    Swell Tremulant       Crescendo Indicator  
               
Adjustable Combinations
    Pistons No. 1-2-3-4-5 affecting Great Stops
    Pistons No. 1-2-3-4-5 affecting Swell Stops
    Pistons No. 1-2-3-4-5 affecting Choir Stops
    Pistons No. 1-2-3-4-5 affecting Pedal Stops
    Pistons No. 1-2-3 affecting Full Organ
               
Pedal Movements
    Balanced Expression Pedal – Swell Organ   Great to Pedal Reversible
    Balanced Expression Pedal – Great-Choir Organs   Sforzando Pedal
    Grand Crescendo Pedal    

               
Sources:
     "Remembrances of Synagogues Past" web site: http://www.bronxsynagogues.org/
     Trupiano, Larry. Factory Specification (May 25, 1927) of M.P. Möller organ, Opus 5028.

Illustration:
     imjustwalkin.com. Exterior.