Click images to enlarge. Loew's Coney Island Theatre 1301 Surf Avenue Brooklyn, N.Y. 11224 The 2387-seat Coney Island Theatre was designed by the architectural firm of Reilly & Hall. Real estate developers Irwin & Henry Chanin built the theatre, but it was sold to the Loew's chain before opening on June 27th, 1925. In the theatre's early years, the policy was to present vaudeville and show a feature movie. Due in part to its location, the theatre was never a big moneymaker, but the theatre's dazzling marquee and vertical sign kept the Loew's name in view of the millions who visited the resort annually. Around 1964-65, the theatre was taken over by the Brandt Company, and the name was changed to the Shore Theatre. Attempts to appeal to the area's large Jewish community failed, despite presenting stage revues like "Bagels & Yox," failed, and the programming switched to exploitation movies and eventually porno.       M.P. Möller, Inc. Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 4287 (1925) Electro-pneumatic action 3 manuals, 120 registers, 20 ranks The M.P. Möller Factory Specification shows that this organ had a stop-key console of mahogony. Wind pressure for most of the organ was 10", but were 15" for the Tuba and Tibia Plena. Total cost of the organ was $12,500. The fate of this organ is unknown.                 Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes 8   Open Diapason 73 8   Tuba — 4   Octave Diapason — 8   Clarinet 73 8   Tibia Plena 85 8   English Horn OR 8   Stopped Flute OR 8   Kinura 73 4   Orchestral Flute OR 4   Clarion — 2   Flautina OR   Cathedral Chimes 20 Tubes 8   Major Violin 73   Xylophone [repeating] 37 Bars 16   Viole 97   Xylophone [single stroke] — 8   Solo Violin —   Tremulant   8   Violins II ranks 146       4   Violina —   Double Touch   4   Strings II ranks —   Open Diapason — 2 2/3   String Twelfth —   Tibia Plena — 2   String Fifteenth —   Tuba — 16   Corno di Bassetto [TC] —   Xylophone [Repeat] — 16   Tuba 85                     Orchestral Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes 16   Bourdon 97 8   English Horn GT 8   Stopped Flute — 4   Octave Horn GT 4   Orchestral Flute —   Orchestra Bells 37 Bars 2 2/3   Flute Twelfth —   Glockenspiel 37 Notes 2   Flautina —   Triangle — 8   Orchestral Oboe (Syn.) —   Snare Drum Tap — 8   Saxaphone (Syn.) —   Snare Drum Roll — 8   Tibia Plena GT   Castanet 4   Solo Tibia GT   Tambourine 8   Major Violin GT   Tom Tom 8   Solo Violin GT   Chinese Wood Drum 8   Violins II ranks GT   Sleigh Bells 4   Violina GT   Tremulant 4   Strings II ranks GT     16   English Horn 85   Double Touch 8   Tuba GT 8   Tibia Plena GT 8   Clarinet GT 8   Tuba GT 8   Kinura GT   Orchestra Bells —                 Solo Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes 8   Stentorphone 61 8   Trumpet 61 16   Contra Tibia Clausa 97 8   French Horn 73 8   Tibia Clausa — 8   Vox Humana 73 4   Tibia Super —   Marimba 49 Bars 2 2/3   Tibia Twelfth —   Tremulant 2   Solo Piccolo —     8   Flute Harmonic 73   Second Touch 4   Flute Harmonic — 8   Stentorphone — 16   Contra Viola 97 8   Tibia Clausa — 8   Viola — 8   Gross Gamba — 8   Gross Gamba 73 8   Trumpet — 8   Gross Gamba Celeste [TC] 61 8   French Horn — 4   Violina —   Marimba [repeat] — 4   Super Violin —                     Pedal Organ – 32 notes 32   Resultant — 8   Flute Dolce OR 16   Open Diapason * [ext. SO] 12 16   Tuba GT 16   Tibia Plena [ext. GT] 12 8   Tuba GT 16   Tibia Clausa SO 16   English Horn OR 16   Violin GT   Chimes 16   Viola SO   Bass Drum 16   Bourdon OR   Tympani 16   Tibia Plena —   Snare Drum Roll 8   Tibia Clausa —   Snare Drum Tap 8   Major Violin GT   Cymbal   8   Violoncello SO   Tom Tom 8   Violins GT   Chinese Wood Drum                 By Pedal Studs     Song Birds (2)       Chinese Gong     Thunder Sheet   Cymbal Crash     Grand Crash                           Couplers     Solo to Great 16', 8', 4'   Orch. to Orch 16', 4', Unison Sep.     Orchestral to Great 16', 8', 4'   Great to Pedal 8', 4'     Solo to Orchestral 16', 8', 4'   Solo to Pedal 8', 4'     Great to Great 16', 4', Unison Sep.   Orchestral to Pedal     Solo to Solo 16', 4', Unison Sep.                   Combinations     Pistons No. 1-2-3-4-5-6   Affecting Great Organ     Pistons No. 1-2-3-4-5-6   Affecting Orchestral Organ     Pistons No. 1-2-3-4-5-6   Affecting Solo Organ     Pistons No. 1-2-3-4-5-6   Affecting Pedal Organ     Pistons No. 1-2-3-4   Affecting Full Organ               Piston Couplers (1) Pedal to Manual; (2) Manual to Great                 Accessories     Great to Pedal Reversible     Solo to Pedal Reversible     Balanced Great-Orchestral Expression Pedal     Balanced Solo Expression Pedal     Grand Crescendo Pedal, Sforzando on double touch       Sources:      Cinema Treasures website: http://www.cinematreasures.org      Junchen, David L. Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, Vol. 1. Pasadena: Showcase Publications, 1985.      Trupiano, Larry. Factory Specifications of M.P. Möller organ, Op. 4373 (1926). Photos:      Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection: Loew's Coney Island Theatre exterior (1938).      Forgotten New York website: www.forgotten-ny.com : Shore Theatre exterior.       | NYC AGO Home Page | Back to NYC Organs List |