Lighthouse Assembly of God - Glendale (Queens), NY
 

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Lighthouse Assembly of God

71-29 68th Place near Central Avenue
Glendale (Queens), N.Y. 11385


The Lighthouse Assembly of God Church worships in the former building erected c.1902 for the Folsom Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church (later known as Church of Christ Methodist). In 1972, the Methodists merged into the Glendale Evangelical United Brethren Church, located at 66-14 Central Avenue, and are known as the United Methodist Church of Glendale.
           

M.P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 5414 (1928)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 12 stops, 7 ranks, 398 pipes


The following specifications were recorded on December 28, 1935, by Louis F. Mohr & Co., an organ service firm in the area. Mohr indicated that the duplexed organ had an oak case with 30 front pipes in gold and a detached console. In April 1960, the 8' Dulciana was replaced by a 2' Octave, and the Dulciana was stored in the blower room. This organ is known to be extant in 2009.
               
Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
8
  Open Diapason
61
4
  Flute Traverso
61
8
  Salicional
61
2
  Octave *
61
8
  Stopped Diapason
61
  * replaced Dulciana (1960)
 
   
 
   
Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed

8
  Salicional
GT
2
  Octave *
GT
8
  Stopped Diapason
GT
8
  Oboe
61
4
  Flute Traverso
GT
  Tremolo
               
Pedal Organ – 32 notes

16
  Bourdon
32
       
16
  Lieblich Gedeckt [lo-press.]
       
               
Couplers

    Great to Pedal   Great to Great 16', 4'
    Swell to Pedal   Swell to Swell 16', 4'
    Swell to Great 16', 8', 4'    
               
Adjustable Combinations

    Pistons No. 1-2-3 affecting Great Organ stops
    Pistons No. 1-2-3 affecting Swell Organ stops
               
Pedal Movements

    Balanced Swell Pedal    
    Crescendo Pedal (with Indicator)      
    Great to Pedal Reversible      

           
Sources:
     Haberstroh, Richard. The German Churches of Metropolitan New York: A Research Guide. New York: The New York Genealogical & Biographical Society, 2000.
     M.P. Möller Opus List, comp. by the Boston Organ Club Chapter of the Organ HIstorical Society; courtesy Larry Trupiano.
     Mohr, Louis F. & Co. Specifications
of M.P. Möller Organ, Op. 5414 (1928); courtesy Larry Trupiano.

Photos:
     Google Maps: exterior.
 

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