Empire Theatre
864 Westchester Avenue at 161st Street
Bronx, N.Y. 10459
The Empire Theatre opened around 1894, and had a seating capacity of 1660. Starting about 1940, the Empire became one of the first Spanish-language movie houses in the Bronx. In 1954, the theatre was converted to a church. |
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M. P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 1763 (1914)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 23 registers, 16 stops, 9 ranks
The handwritten contract, dated April 7, 1914, shows that the M.P. Möller organ for the Empire Theatre cost $3,000. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
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16 |
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Open Diapason |
61 |
4 |
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Flute Harmonique |
61 |
8 |
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Dulciana |
61 |
8 |
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Horn |
61 |
8 |
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Stopped Diapason |
61 |
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8 |
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Viol d'Orchestre |
61 |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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Dulciana |
GT |
4 |
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Flute Harmonic |
GT |
8 |
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Stopped Diapason |
GT |
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Horn |
GT |
8 |
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Viol d'Orchestre |
GT |
8 |
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Vox Humana |
61 |
8 |
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Vox Celeste [TC] |
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Tremulant |
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Pedal Organ – 30 notes
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Bourdon |
42 |
8 |
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Flute [from Bourdon] |
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16 |
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Lieblich Gedeckt [lo-press.] |
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Couplers
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Swell to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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Great to Pedal |
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Swell to Swel 16', 4', Unison |
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Swell to Pedal 8', 4' |
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Great to Great 4' |
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Combinations
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Pistons No. 1-2-3 affecting Swell & Pedal Stops |
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Pistons No. 1-2-3 affecting Great & Pedal Stops |
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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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Sources:
Cinema Treasures website: http://cinematreasures.org
Trupiano, Larry. Handwritten Factory Specifications of Möller Organ, Op. 1763 (1914). |
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