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Featherbed Lane Presbyterian Church
141 Featherbed Lane at University Avenue
The Bronx, N.Y. 10453
Featherbed Lane Presbyterian Church was founded in 1921 by Rev. Dr. Robert Bruce Clark. Ground was broken for the present church on March 26, 1927, and the cornerstone was laid on October 15 that same year. Designed by Gamble Rogers, the Georgian-style structure is built of brick with limestone trim. The sanctuary originally seated 500, plus another 400 when the adjacent Sunday school was opened into the church. The facility cost $250,000 and was built with the financial assistance of the Church Extension Committee of the Presbytery of New York. |
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M.P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 5015 (1927)
Electro-pneumatic action
3 manuals, 32 registers, 16 stops, 16 ranks
The organ in Featherbed Lane Presbyterian Church was built in 1927 by M.P. Möller of Hagerstown, Md. Möller installed the pipes and mechanism in a chamber behind and above the elevated choir loft at the front of the church. The following stoplist is taken from the three-manual stopkey console, while the pipecounts are suggested, based on similar Möller organs of the era. As of 2011, the organ needs repair but is playable and used for services. |
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Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed with Choir
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8 |
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Open Diapason |
73 |
4 |
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Octave (fr. Op. Diap.) |
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8 |
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Doppel Floete |
73 |
4 |
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Flute Harmonic |
73 |
8 |
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Melodia |
73 |
8 |
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Tuba |
73 |
8 |
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Viole d' Gamba |
73 |
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Tremulant |
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8 |
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Dulciana |
CH |
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Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed
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16 |
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Bourdon |
97 |
8 |
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Viole d'Orchestre |
73 |
8 |
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Gedeckt (fr. 16' Bdn.) |
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8 |
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Vox Celeste (TC) |
61 |
4 |
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Orchestral Flute (fr. 16' Bdn.) |
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4 |
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Violina (fr. 8' VDO) |
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2 2/3 |
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Flute Twelfth (fr. 16' Bdn.) |
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8 |
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Orchestral Oboe |
73 |
2 |
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Flautina (fr. 16' Bdn.) |
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8 |
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Vox Humana [sep. box] |
73 |
8 |
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Open Diapason |
73 |
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Tremulant |
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Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
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8 |
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English Open Diapason |
73 |
8 |
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Dulciana |
GT |
8 |
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Concert Flute |
73 |
4 |
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Flute Traverso [Melodia] |
GT |
8 |
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Doppel Floete |
GT |
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Tremulant |
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8 |
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Viole d' Gamba |
GT |
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Pedal Organ – 32 notes
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32 |
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Resultant |
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8 |
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Octave (fr. 16' OD) |
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16 |
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Open Diapason |
44 |
8 |
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Flute (fr. 16' Bdn) |
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16 |
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Bourdon |
44 |
8 |
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Violoncello |
GT |
16 |
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Lieblich Gedeckt |
SW |
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Couplers
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Great to Pedal |
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Swell to Choir 16', 8', 4' |
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Swell to Pedal |
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Great 16', 4', Unison Separation |
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Choir to Pedal |
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Swell 16', 4', Unison Separation |
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Swell to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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Choir 16', 4', Unison Separation |
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Choir to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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Mechanicals
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Great Tremulant |
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Choir Tremulant |
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Swell Tremulant |
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Crescendo Indicator |
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Adjustable Combinations
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| Great & Pedal |
Pistons 1-2-3-4-5 (thumb) |
| Swell & Pedal |
Pistons 1-2-3-4-5 (thumb) |
| Choir & Pedal |
Pistons 1-2-3-4-5 (thumb) |
| Pedal |
Pistons 1-2-3-4-5 (thumb) |
| Full Organ |
Pistons 1-2-3 (thumb) |
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Pedal Movements
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Balanced Expression Pedal, Swell Organ |
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Great to Pedal Reversible |
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Balanced Expression Pedal, Great-Choir Organs |
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Sforzando Pedal |
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Grand Crescendo Pedal |
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Sources:
"Anniversay is Marked," The New York Times (Jan. 27, 1936).
"Church Cornerstone Laid," The New York Times (Oct. 16, 1927).
"Minister Revives Church in Bronx," The New York Times (Jan. 11, 1960).
Nelson, George. Organs in the United States and Canada Database. Seattle, Wash.
"Topics of Interest to the Churchgoer," The New York Times (Mar. 26, 1927).
Illustrations:
Schmauch, Dave. Exterior; interior; M.P. Möller organ, Op. 5015 (1927). |
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