First Methodist Episcopal Church
118th Street & 97th Avenue
South Richmond Hill (Queens), N.Y. 11419
Organ
Specifications:
Corner 118th Street & 97th Avenue
Fourth building (1932-?) – became a mosque
►
IV/25 M. P. Möller, Inc., Op. 6089 (1932)
Third building (1930-burned 1931)
III/ Midmer-Losh?
Johnson Avenue and Beaufort
Street (1894-1930)
• Unknown builder (1914)
First building (1890-1894) – Chapel
• unknown |
 |
|
| Morris Park M.E. Church (1916) |
|
The Morris Park Methodist Episcopal Church was founded in 1890. Its
first building was a chapel erected that same year. On May 28, 1893,
the cornerstone was laid for a new edifice located on the corner of
Johnson Avenue and
Beaufort Street
in Morris Park. Designed in the Gothic style, the church had seating
for 500, including the gallery that extended around three sides of
the church.
By 1914, the congregation was known as The First Methodist
Episcopal Church
of Richmond
Hill.
The
third
building
was
dedicated
on Sunday, June 22, 1930, with the Rev. H. H. DuBois presiding. This
building was destroyed by a $125,000 fire on November 14, 1931, after
which the congregation held services in the Lefferts Theatre in Richmond
Hill. The fourth building was opened in 1932. At some point, the congregation
merged or disbanded, and the building became a mosque. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
M. P. Möller,
Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 6089 (1932)
Electro-pneumatic action
4 manuals, 39 registers, 25 stops, 25 ranks
The Memorandum of Agreement (Apr. 8, 1932)
between M.P. Möller, Inc., and the First M.E. Church of Morris Park,
N.Y., shows that Möller agreed to build a new organ for a consideration
of $7,750, plus the old three-manual organ then in storage
at the Midmer-Losh factory in Merrick, L.I. Möller
provided a detached, four-manual stop-key console, and
casing of Oak with Gold Bronze decorations. The organ
was voiced on 5" wind
pressure, and was to be completed on or before August
31, 1932. |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Great Organ (Manual II) – 61
notes
|
8 |
|
Open Diapason |
61 |
4 |
|
Octave |
61 |
8 |
|
Melodia |
73 |
4 |
|
Flute Harmonic |
CH |
8 |
|
Gemshorn |
73 |
8 |
|
Tromba |
61 |
8 |
|
Viole d'Gamba |
73 |
|
|
|
8 |
|
Dulciana |
CH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61
notes, enclosed
|
16 |
|
Bourdon |
97 |
8 |
|
Viol d'Orchestra |
73 |
8 |
|
Violin Diapason |
73 |
4 |
|
Flute d'Amour (fr. 16' Bdn.) |
— |
8 |
|
Gedeckt (fr. 16' Bdn.) |
— |
2 2/3 |
|
Twelfth (fr. 16' Bdn.) |
— |
8 |
|
Salicional |
73 |
2 |
|
Fifteenth (fr. 16' Bdn.) |
— |
8 |
|
Voix Celeste (TC) |
61 |
8 |
|
Oboe |
73 |
8 |
|
Aeoline |
73 |
8 |
|
Vox Humana |
73 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61
notes, enclosed
|
8 |
|
English Open Diapason |
73 |
4 |
|
Flute Traverso (fr. Melodia) |
GT |
8 |
|
Dulciana |
73 |
|
|
Chimes |
GT |
8 |
|
Unda Maris (TC) |
61 |
|
|
Harp |
GT |
8 |
|
Flute Harmonic |
73 |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Solo Organ (Manual IV) – 61
notes, enclosed
|
8 |
|
Gross Flute |
73 |
4 |
|
Flute (fr. Gross Flute) |
— |
8 |
|
Gross Gamba |
73 |
8 |
|
Harmonic Tuba |
61 |
8 |
|
Gross Gamba Celeste (TC) |
61 |
8 |
|
French Horn |
73 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pedal Organ – 32 notes
|
32 |
|
Resultant |
— |
8 |
|
Octave (fr. Open Diap.) |
— |
16 |
|
Open Diapason |
44 |
8 |
|
Flute (fr. Bourdon) |
— |
16 |
|
Bourdon |
44 |
16 |
|
Tuba (ext. SO) |
12 |
16 |
|
Lieblich Gedeckt |
SW |
8 |
|
Tuba |
SO |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Couplers
|
| |
|
Great to Pedal 8', 4' |
|
Great to Solo |
| |
|
Swell to Pedal 8', 4' |
|
Swell to Solo |
| |
|
Choir to Pedal |
|
Great 16', 4' |
| |
|
Solo to Pedal |
|
Swell 16', 4' |
| |
|
Swell to Great 16', 8', 4' |
|
Choir 16', 4' |
| |
|
Choir to Great 16', 8', 4' |
|
Solo 16', 4' |
| |
|
Solo to Great 16', 8', 4' |
|
Great Unison Separation |
| |
|
Choir to Swell 16', 8', 4' |
|
Swell Unison Separation |
| |
|
Swell to Choir 16', 8', 4' |
|
Choir Unison Separation |
| |
|
Solo to Choir 8', 4' |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mechanicals
|
| |
|
Great Tremulant |
|
|
|
Solo Tremulant |
|
| |
|
Swell Tremulant |
|
|
|
Crescendo Indicator |
|
| |
|
Choir Tremulant |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjustable Combinations
|
| |
|
| Great Organ |
Pistons 1-2-3-4-5-0 |
| Swell Organ |
Pistons 1-2-3-4-5-0 |
| Choir Organ |
Pistons 1-2-3-4-5-0 |
| Solo Organ |
Pistons 1-2-3-4-5-0 |
| Pedal Organ |
Pistons 1-2-3-4-5-0 |
| Full Organ |
Pistons 1-2-3-4-5-0 |
| |
|
| General Cancel |
|
| Sforzando Piston and Pedal Stud |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pedal Movements
|
| |
|
Balanced Expression Pedal – Great & Choir |
|
Balanced Expression Pedal – Solo |
| |
|
Balanced Expression Pedal – Swell |
|
Great to Pedal Reversible |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unknown Builder
(1914)
A new organ was installed in 1914, with funds (usually half of
the total cost) provided by Andrew Carnegie. The organ builder
has not yet been identified.
As reported in The
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (June 1, 1914):
NEW
ORGAN DEDICATED.
Morris Park, June 15—The fine new Carnegie organ in
the Morris Park Methodist Episcopal Church was dedicated
on Saturday evening. There was an organ recital, and
a fine programme was rendered. A large and appreciative
audience was in attendance.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Sources:
"A Cornerstone Laid," The
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (May 29, 1893).
"
Coming Events," The Brooklyn
Daily Eagle (May 27, 1893).
"Church
News," The Brooklyn
Daily Eagle (June 21, 1930).
"M. E. Parishioners Ousted by Blaze Meet
in Theater," The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Nov. 15, 1931).
"New Organ Dedicated," The
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (June 15, 1914).
Trupiano, Larry. Factory Specification (Apr.
8, 1932) of M.P. Möller organ, Op. 6089.
Illustration:
Valentine & Sons, 1916. Postcard of Morris Park
Methodist Episcopal Church. |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|