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St. John English Evangelical Lutheran Church
86-20 114th Street
Richmond Hill (Queens), N.Y. 11418
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William F. Laws
Beverly, Mass. (1970s)
Electro-pneumatic action
3 manuals, 52 stops, 30 ranks
Sometime in the 1970s, William F. Laws, son of organbuilder William W. Laws, rebuilt and enlarged the 1919 Möller organ at St. John's Lutheran. Laws replaced the tubular-pneumatic action with electro-pneumatic, and provided a new three-manual "Austin-style" stop-key console. |
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Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, partially enclosed
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16 |
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Open Diapason [unit] * |
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2 2/3 |
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Twelfth [ext.] * |
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8 |
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1st Open Diapason |
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2 |
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Fifteenth [ext.] * |
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8 |
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2nd Open Diapason [ext.] * |
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Mixture IV ranks |
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8 |
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Clarabella |
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16 |
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Tuba [unit] * |
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8 |
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Erzähler |
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8 |
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Tuba [ext.] * |
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4 |
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Principal |
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4 |
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Clarion [ext.] * |
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4 |
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Octave [ext.] * |
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Chimes |
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4 |
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Flute |
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* enclosed
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Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed
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16 |
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Bourdon [unit] |
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4 |
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Wald Flute [ext.] |
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8 |
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Diapason |
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2 2/3 |
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Nazard [ext.] |
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8 |
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Stopped Flute |
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2 |
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Piccolo [ext.] |
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8 |
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Salicional |
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8 |
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Trompette |
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8 |
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Viol Celeste |
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8 |
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Oboe |
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8 |
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Gedackt [ext.] |
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8 |
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Vox Humana |
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8 |
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Aeoline |
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Tremolo |
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4 |
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Harmonic Flute |
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Chimes |
GT |
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Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
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16 |
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Dulciana [unit] |
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2 2/3 |
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Twelfth [Dulciana] |
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8 |
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Melodia |
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2 |
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Fifteenth [Dulciana] |
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8 |
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Spitz Flute |
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8 |
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Clarinet |
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8 |
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Dulciana [ext.] |
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8 |
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Orchestral Oboe |
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8 |
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Unda Maris [TC] |
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Tremolo |
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4 |
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Dulcet [ext.] |
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Chimes |
GT |
4 |
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Chimney Flute |
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Pedal Organ – 32 notes
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32 |
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Resultant |
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8 |
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Still Gedackt |
SW |
16 |
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Open Diapason |
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4 |
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Octave |
GT |
16 |
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Violone |
GT |
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Mixture IV ranks |
GT |
16 |
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Bourdon [unit] |
44 |
16 |
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Tuba |
GT |
16 |
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Lieblich Gedackt |
SW |
8 |
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Tuba |
GT |
8 |
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Diapason [GT 16' O. Diap.] |
GT |
4 |
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Clarion |
GT |
8 |
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Stopped Flute [ext.] |
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Chimes |
GT |
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M.P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 2790 (1919)
Tubular-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 18 stops, 16 ranks
The Factory Specification (July 29, 1919) shows that this organ had Möller's Patent Tubular-Pneumatic action, and was played from a stop-key console. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
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8 |
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Open Diapason |
61 |
4 |
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Principal |
61 |
8 |
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Dulciana |
61 |
4 |
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Flute d'Amore |
61 |
8 |
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Melodia |
61 |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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16 |
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Bourdon |
73 |
8 |
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Aeoline |
73 |
8 |
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Open Diapason |
73 |
4 |
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Flute Harmonique |
73 |
8 |
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Stopped Diapason |
73 |
8 |
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Oboe d'Orchestre |
73 |
8 |
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Salicional |
73 |
8 |
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Vox Humana |
61 |
8 |
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Vox Celeste [TC] |
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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Octave Bass |
32 |
16 |
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Lieblich Gedeckt |
SW |
8 |
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Flute [ext] |
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Couplers
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Great to Pedal |
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Great 16, 4 |
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Swell to Pedal |
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Swell 16, 4 |
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Swell to Great 16, 8, 4 |
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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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| Swell & Pedal Stops |
Pistons 1-2-3-4 |
| Great & Pedal Stops |
Pistons 1-2-3 |
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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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Grand Crescendo Pedal |
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M.P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 719 (1906)
Unknown action
2 manuals, 14 registers
A Möller Ledger Book contains a copy of an Agreement (Sept. 28, 1906) that shows Möller agreed "to rebuild the [Carl] Barckhoff Organ formerly in the 1st Christian Church, Huntington, Ind. in the [St. John Ev. Luth. Church] complete and ready for use on or before Dec. 1, 1906" for a consideration of $650. Möller also agreed to receive the organ if the church purchased a new Möller organ within five years. Specifications for this organ have not yet been located. |
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Sources:
Nelson, George. Organs of the United States and Canada Database, Seattle, Wash.
Richmond Hill Historical Society web site: http://www.richmondhillhistory.org
Trupiano, Larry. M.P. Möller Agreement (Sept. 28, 1906) to rebuild Barckhoff organ.
Trupiano, Larry. M.P. Möller Specification (July 29, 1919) of M.P. Möller organ, Op. 1270.
Trupiano, Larry. Specification of William F. Laws organ in 1979.
Illustration:
Richmond Hill Historical Society web site: church exterior. |
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