First Methodist Episcopal Church
50th Avenue and 91st Place
Elmhurst (Queens), N.Y. 11373
The Methodist Episcopal Church of Elmhurst was organized in 1840 and was still active to celebrate its Centennial in 1940. This congregation may have merged or disbanded. |
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M.P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 3335 (1922)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 25 registers, 14 stops, 14 ranks
The Memorandum of Agreement (Feb. 28, 1922) between M.P.
Möller, Inc., and the 1st M.E. Church of Elmhurst, N.Y., shows that
Möller agreed to build a new organ for the sum of $6,000. Möller
provided a detached, two-manual stop-key console, and
casing of Oak with Dull Gold decorations. The organ was voiced on 5" wind
pressure, and was to be completed on or before August 15, 1922. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
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8 |
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Open Diapason |
61 |
8 |
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Gamba |
73 |
8 |
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Dulciana |
73 |
4 |
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Flute Traverso |
SW |
8 |
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Melodia |
73 |
4 |
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Octave |
SW |
8 |
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Doppel Flute |
73 |
8 |
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Cornopean |
SW |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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16 |
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Bourdon [unit] |
85 |
8 |
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Viole d'Orchestre |
73 |
8 |
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Gedeckt |
— |
8
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Vox Celeste (TC) |
61 |
4 |
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Orchestral Flute |
— |
8 |
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Dulciana |
GT |
2 2/3 |
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Twelfth |
— |
8 |
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Doppel Flute |
GT |
2 |
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Piccolo |
— |
8 |
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Cornopean |
73 |
8 |
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Violin Diapason |
73 |
8 |
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Oboe |
73 |
8 |
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Salicional |
73 |
8 |
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Vox Humana |
61 |
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Pedal Organ – 32 notes
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16 |
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Bourdon |
44 |
8 |
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Flute (fr. 16' Bourdon) |
— |
16 |
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Lieblich Gedeckt |
SW |
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Couplers
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Great to Pedal |
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Great to Great 4' |
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Swell to Pedal |
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Swell to Swell 16', 4' |
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Swell to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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Swell Unison Cancel |
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Mechanicals
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Tremulant |
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Crescendo Indicator |
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Adjustable Combinations
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| Pistons No. 1-2-3-4 |
Affecting Great & Pedal Stops |
| Pistons No. 1-2-3-4-5-6 |
Affecting Swell & Pedal Stops |
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Pedal Movements
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Balanced Swell Pedal |
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Great to Pedal Reversible |
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Crescendo Pedal |
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Sources:
"Church Has Centennial," The New York Times (Oct. 21, 1940).
"'Hymn Sing' Popular at Elmhurst Church," The Daily Star - Long Island City, Queens (Jan. 9, 1932).
Trupiano, Larry. Factory Specification (Feb.
28, 1922) of M.P. Möller organ, Op. 3335. |
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