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St. Thomas Evangelical Lutheran Church
222 East 178th Street
The Bronx, New York 10457
St. Thomas Evangelical Lutheran Church was organized with 18 charter members in January 1908 by the Rev. Frederick J. Baum. Services were held on Clay Avenue, near East 175th Street, until 1912 when the society acquired the former Christ Congregational Church, located nearby on Topping Avenue and 175th Street. In 1924, the congregation moved to 222 East 178th Street. Services were held in the basement but the planned upper church was never realized. The congregation disbanded in 2012. |
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M. P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 6473 (1936)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 19 registers, 3 stops, 3 ranks
This organ, known as an "Artiste" model, was built in
1936 by M.P. Möller for the Johnson Methodist Church in Philadelphia.
The unified organ is entirely enclosed in one swell box. Sometime
after the late 1990s, this organ was acquired by St. Thomas Lutheran
to replace the church's 1924 Möller organ, Op. 3982. Following
the closure of the church in 2012, this organ was moved to St.
Jacobus Lutheran Church in Woodside, Queens. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
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8 |
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Diapason Conique |
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2 2/3 |
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Quint |
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8 |
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Lieblich Gedeckt |
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2 |
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Super Octave |
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8 |
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Salicional |
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Swell to Great |
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Octave Conique |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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8 |
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Lieblich Gedeckt |
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2 2/3 |
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Nazard |
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8 |
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Salicional |
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2 |
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Piccolo |
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8 |
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Quintadena (Syn.) |
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8 |
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Oboe (Syn.) |
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4 |
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Lieblich Flute |
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Tremolo |
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4 |
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Salicet |
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Pedal Organ – 32 notes
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Bourdon |
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2 2/3 |
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Quint |
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8 |
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Lieblich Gedeckt |
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2 |
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Super Octave |
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4 |
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Octave Conique |
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Pedal Movements
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Balanced Swell Pedal (mechanical) |
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Crescendo Pedal |
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Stop Analysis |
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Pipes |
8 |
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Diapason Conique |
49 |
16 |
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Lieblich Gedeckt |
73 |
8 |
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Salicional |
61 |
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Total |
183 |
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M. P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 3982 (1924)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 14 registers, 8 stops, 8 ranks
This organ did not include Unison Off couplers for the Great or Swell divisions. At some point, Chimes were added to the organ. In the late 1990s the organ was found to be unplayable. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
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Open Diapason |
73? |
4 |
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Flute |
SW |
8 |
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Dulciana |
SW |
8 |
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Oboe |
SW |
8 |
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Stopped Diapason |
SW |
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Swell to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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8 |
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Viol |
SW |
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Great to Great 16', 4' |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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8 |
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Gedeckt |
73? |
4 |
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Flute |
73? |
8 |
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Dolce |
73? |
8 |
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Oboe |
73? |
8 |
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Viol |
73? |
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Tremulant |
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8 |
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Vox Celeste (TC) |
61? |
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Swell to Swell 16', 4' |
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Pedal Organ – 32 notes
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16 |
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Bourdon |
32 |
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Swell to Pedal |
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Lieblich Gedeckt (ext. SW) |
12 |
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Great to Pedal |
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Sources:
Haberstroh, Richard. The German Churches of Metropolitan New York: A Research Guide. New York: The New York Genealogical & Biographical Society, 2000.
Proceedings of the First Annual Convention of the Synod of New York of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Philadelphia: Lutheran Publication Society, 1908:119.
Schmauch, David. Specification of M.P. Möller
organ, Op. 6473 (1936).
Trupiano, Larry. Specification of M.P. Möller
organ, Op. 3982 (1924).
Illustrations:
Google Street View. Exterior.
Schmauch, David. M.P. Möller organ, Op. 6473 (1936). |
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