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Chelsea Theatre
312 Eighth Avenue near 26th Street
New York, N.Y. 10001
The 750-seat Chelsea Theatre opened sometime around 1919. It was located on the east side of Eighth Avenue between 26th and 27th Streets, site of the former Miner's Eighth Avenue Theatre that burned in 1903. |
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M.P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 3745 (1923)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 42 stops, 7 ranks
On June 1, 1923, The Yoost Photo Play Theatre Co., Inc. (841 Ninth Avenue) signed an Agreement of Lease with the M.P. Möller Company for two identical two-manual, seven-rank theatre organs. Opus 3745 was to be installed in the Chelsea Theatre, and Opus 3746 was for the Superior Theatre, located at 443-447 Third Avenue at 81st Street.
Following is the specification taken from the Möller contract for Opus 3746: |
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Solo Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, expressive
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8 |
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French Horn |
73 |
4 |
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Clarion |
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16 |
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Tuba Profunda [TC] [unit] |
85 |
4 |
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Octave |
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16 |
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Tibia Clausa [unit] |
97 |
4 |
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Flute |
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16 |
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Double Open Diap. [TC] |
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4 |
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Vox Celeste |
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8 |
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Tuba Mirabilis |
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4 |
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Viole d'Orchestre |
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8 |
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Open Diapason [unit] |
73 |
2 |
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Piccolo |
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8 |
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Flute |
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2 2/3 |
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Quint [Tibia] |
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8 |
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Vox Celeste [unit] |
73 |
2 2/3 |
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Twelfth [VDO] |
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8 |
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Violin [V.Cel + VDO] |
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2 |
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Fifteenth [VDO] |
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8 |
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Viole d'Orchestre [unit]
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85 |
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8 |
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Vox Humana |
61 |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, expressive
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16 |
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Tibia |
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| Concert Xylophone |
37 Bars |
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8 |
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Open Diapason |
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Snare Drum |
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8 |
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Solo String |
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Tambourine |
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8 |
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Viole d'Orchestre |
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Tom Tom |
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8 |
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Vox Celeste |
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Chinese Block |
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8 |
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Tibia |
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Sleigh Bells [4 pitches] |
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8 |
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Vox Humana |
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4 |
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Flute |
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Glockenspiel |
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8 |
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Tuba |
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2 |
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Piccolo |
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4 |
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Viole d'Orchestre |
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2 |
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Fifteenth |
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8 |
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French Horn |
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2 2/3 |
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Twelfth |
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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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Viole d'Orchestre |
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16 |
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Tibia Profunda [ext.] |
12 |
8 |
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Flute |
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8 |
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Tuba |
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8 |
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French Horn |
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8 |
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Diapason |
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Bass Drum |
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8 |
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Vox Celeste |
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Cymbal |
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Couplers
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Great to Pedal 8' |
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Solo to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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Solo to Pedal 8' |
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Great to Great 16', 4' |
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Pedal to Pedal 4' |
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Solo to Solo 16', 4' |
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Tremulants
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Tibias |
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Whole Organ |
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Toe Pistons
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Crash Cymbal |
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Thunder Sheet |
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Song Birds (1) in Great Organ
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Tympani Roll |
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Six Pedal Combinations from Manual & Pedal
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Pedal Movements
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(Two Sets Shades) Two Swell Pedals according to lay-out of Swell opening |
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Crescendo Pedal |
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Sforzando Pedal |
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Adjustable Combination Pistons
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Pistons No. 1-2-3-4-5-6 affecting Great stops |
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Pistons No. 1-2-3-4-5-6 affecting Solo stops |
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Pistons No. 1-2-3-4-5-6 affecting Pedal stops (toe studs) |
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Pedal to Manual Piston Coupler (reversible) |
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Solo to Great Coupler (reversible) |
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Sources:
Cinema Treasures web site: http://www.cinematreasures.org/theaters/10760
Junchen, David L. Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, Vols. I & 2. Pasadena: Showcase Publications, 1985.
Trupiano, Larry. Factory Specification (June 1, 1923) of M.P. Möller organ, Op. 3746
Illustration:
Cinema Treasures web site. 1938 exterior (credit Jerry Kovar) |
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