Temple Israel of Washington Heights
(Reform Jewish)
560-66 West 185th Street
New York, N.Y. 10033
Temple Israel of Washington Heights was organized in 1916 and occupied quarters at 181st Street and St. Nicholas Avenue. In 1922, construction began on an imposing neo-Georgian synagogue at 560-66 West 185th Street, designed by Sommerfeld & Steckler. The facade included four columns that supported a pediment, upon which was a Decalogue over the words "Thou Shalt Love Thy Neighbor As Thyself". Completed at a cost of $400,000, the new temple was dedicated on April 3, 1927. Apparently, the Washington Heights congregation was short-lived as the building was acquired by Congregation Gates of Israel, founded in 1931. Today the building houses the Schottenstein Center of Yeshiva University. |
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M.P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 4660 (1926)
Electro-pneumatic action
3 manuals, 41 registers, 22 stops, 22 ranks
In a contract dated March 19, 1926, the Möller Organ Company agreed to build a three-manual organ. A detached stop-key console controlled 22 stops and 22 ranks. |
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Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed with Choir (5" wind pressure)
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16 |
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Double Open Diapason |
73 |
8 |
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Gemshorn |
73 |
8 |
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First Open Diapason |
61 |
8 |
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Viola da Gamba |
73 |
8 |
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Second Open Diap. (fr. 16') |
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4 |
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Octave (Eng. Op. Diap.) |
CH |
8 |
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Doppel Floete |
73 |
4 |
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Flute Harmonic |
CH |
8 |
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Melodia |
73 |
8 |
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Tuba |
61 |
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Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed (5" wind pressure)
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16 |
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Bourdon |
97 |
8 |
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Salicional |
73 |
8 |
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Gedeckt |
— |
8 |
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Vox Celeste (TC) |
61 |
4 |
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Orchestral Flute |
— |
4 |
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Salicet (fr. 8') |
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2 2/3 |
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Flute Twelfth |
— |
8 |
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Cornopean |
73 |
2 |
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Flautina |
— |
8 |
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Oboe |
73 |
8 |
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Open Diapason |
73 |
8 |
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Vox Humana |
73 |
8 |
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Viole d'Orchestre |
73 |
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Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed (5" wind pressure)
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8 |
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English Open Diapason |
73 |
8 |
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Gemshorn |
GT |
8 |
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Dulciana |
73 |
8 |
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VIola da Gamba |
GT |
8 |
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Unda Maris (TC) |
61 |
4 |
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Flute Traverso (fr. Melodia) |
GT |
8 |
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Flute Harmonic |
73 |
4 |
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Dulcet |
— |
8 |
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Doppel Floete |
GT |
8 |
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Clarinet |
73 |
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Pedal Organ – 32 notes (5" wind pressure)
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32 |
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Resultant |
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16 |
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Lieblich Gedeckt |
SW |
16 |
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First Open Diapason |
44 |
8 |
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Octave (fr. First Open Diap.) |
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16 |
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Second Open Diapason |
GT |
8 |
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Flute (fr. Bourdon) |
— |
16 |
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Bourdon |
44 |
8 |
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Violoncello (Viola da Gamba) |
GT |
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Couplers
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Normal compliment of couplers |
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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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Five pistons affecting Great Stops |
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Five pistons affecting Swell Stops |
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Five pistons affecting Choir Stops |
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Five pistons affecting Pedal Stops |
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Three pistons affecting Full Organ |
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Pedal Movements
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Great to Pedal Reversible |
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Balanced Expression Pedal, Swell Organ |
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Balanced Expression Pedal, Great-Choir Organs |
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Grand Crescendo Pedal |
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Sforzando Pedal |
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Sources:
Dunlap, David W. From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.
Nelson, George. Organs in the United States and Canada Database. Seattle, Wash.
"Temple Israel Dedicated," The New York Times(Apr. 4, 1927).
Trupiano, Larry. Factory Specifications of M.P. Möller organ, Op. 4660 (1926).
Illustration:
Google.com: Street view exterior. |
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