Mecca Theatre
227-241 Avenue A
New York, N.Y. 10009
The 1,947-seat Mecca Theatre first opened in 1926 and was one of four theatres on the Lower East Side built and operated by Harry Blunderman and Charles Stemer. The Mecca was never a first-run movie house and competed with many other theatres in the area. It closed c.1934-35, but was occasionally and briefly reopened over the next years until 1943, when it was purchased by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and demolished for the building of Stuyvesant Town, an enormous residential complex. |
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M.P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 4629 (1926)
Electro-pneumatic action
3 manuals, 98 registers, 14 ranks
In 1926, an organ was installed in the Mecca Theatre by the M.P. Möller company of Hagerstown, Md. An identical organ (Op. 4628) was built for the Olympic Theatre in Brooklyn. Both of 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 (Top Manual) – 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 |
— |
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 |
— |
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 (Middle Manual) – 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 |
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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 (Bottom Manual) – 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 Pedal 8', 4' |
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Great to Solo 16', 8', 4' |
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Great to Pedal |
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Orch. to Solo 16', 8', 4' |
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Orch. to Pedal |
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Pedal to Manual |
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Solo to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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Great 16', 4' |
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Orch. to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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Solo 16', 4' |
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Solo to Orch. 16', 8', 4' |
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Orch. 16', 4' |
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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. 1-2-3-4-5 |
affecting Full Organ |
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Pistons No. 1-2-3-4 |
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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M.P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 1361 (1912)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 14 stops, 14 ranks
Automatic Player
This organ was built in 1912 by the M.P. Möller Company for the Mecca (14th Street) Theatre at a cost of $3,000. The organ included a 65-note roll player, and had a wind pressure of 6". In 1918, the organ was moved to the Prospect[or] Theatre in Brooklyn. |
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Great Organ (Lower Manual) – 61 notes, enclosed
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8 |
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Horn Diapason |
61 |
8 |
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Oboe |
61 |
8 |
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Violin Dolce |
61 |
8 |
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Clarinet |
61 |
8 |
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Doppel Floete |
61 |
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Violoncello |
61 |
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Swell Organ (Upper Manual) – 61 notes, enclosed
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8 |
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Violin Diapason |
61 |
4 |
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Flute d'Amour |
61 |
8 |
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Concert Flute |
61 |
8 |
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Cornopean |
61 |
8 |
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Oboe d'Orchestre |
61 |
8 |
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Vox Humana |
61 |
8 |
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Viole Celeste [TC] |
49 |
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Pedal Organ – 30 notes
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Contra Bass |
30 |
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Couplers
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Swell to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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Swell to Pedal |
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Swell to Swell 16', 4' |
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Great to Pedal |
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Great to Great 4' |
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Mechanicals
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Tremulant |
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Wind Indicator |
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Crescendo Indicator |
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Combinations
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Pistons No. 1-2 affecting Swell Stops |
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Pistons No. 1-2 affecting Great Stops |
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Pedal Movements
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Great to Pedal Reversible |
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Balanced Swell Pedal |
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Grand Crescendo Pedal |
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Sources:
Cinema Treasures web site: http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/1369
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. 1361 (1912).
Trupiano, Larry. Factory Specifications of M.P. Möller organ, Op. 4629 (1926). |
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