Ridgewood Seventh-day Adventist Church - Ridgewood (Queens), NY
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Ridgewood Seventh-day Adventist Church

1925 Gates Avenue
Ridgewood (Queens), N.Y. 11385
           

M.P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 2948 (1920)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 26 registers, 22 stops, 11 ranks


The following specification was recorded on April 4, 1976 by Charles Scharpeger, an organ service man in the area. Scharpeger noted that the two-manual Möller organ had electric action and a detached console. Pipecounts were not given but are suggested below, based on other Möller organs of the period. The fate is of this organ is unknown.
               
Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
16
  Lieblich Gedeckt
SW
8
  Dulciana
73
8
  Open Diapason
73
4
  Octave
8
  Violin Diapason
SW
4
  Flute d'Amour
73
8
  Gemshorn
73
8
  Tuba
73
8
  Viole d'Orchestre
SW
 
Chimes
24 Bells

     

     
Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
8
  Violin Diapason
73
8
  Dulciana
GT
8
  Gemshorn
GT
4
  Flute d'Amour
GT
8
  Gedeckt
85
8
  Tuba
GT
8
  Viole d'Orchestre
73
8
  Oboe
73
8
  Vox Celeste [TC]
61
  Tremulant

     

     
Pedal Organ – 32 notes
16
  Bourdon [unit]
44
8
  Flute [Bourdon]
16
  Lieblich Gedeckt
SW
8
  Octave Bass
               
Couplers
    Great to Pedal     Great 16', 4'
    Swell to Pedal     Swell 16', 4
    Swell to Great 16', 8', 4'     Swell Unison Separation
               
Adjustable Combinations
    Pistons No. 1-2-3 affecting Great and Pedal stops
    Pistons No. 1-2-3 affecting Swell and Pedal stops
               
Pedal Movements
    Balanced Swell Pedal   Great to Pedal Reversible
    Crescendo Pedal   Chime Pedal

           
Sources:
     M.P. Möller, Inc. Opus List compiled by the Boston Organ Club Chapter of the Organ Historical Society; Martin R. Walsh, editor. Courtesy Larry Trupiano.
     Nelson, George. Organs in the United States and Canada Database. Seattle, Wash.
     Scharpeger, Charles. Specifications (April, 4, 1976) of M.P. Möller Organ, Op. 2948 (1920). Courtesy Larry Trupiano.

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