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Walker Memorial Baptist Church
120 East 169th Street
Bronx, N.Y. 10452
http://www.walkermemorialbaptistchurch.com/
Organ Specifications:
120 East 169th Street, Bronx (since 1975)
• unknown
37-43 West 116th Street, Manhattan (1945-1975)
• unknown
Unknown locations (1891-1945)
► II/9 M.P. Möller, Op. 5953 (1931) |
Walker Memorial Baptist Church was organized in 1891 as Mount Gilead Baptist Church, the first black Baptist church in Harlem, by the Rev. Benjamin H. Walker. The church's first services were held over a stable at 104 East 126th Street, and as the congregation grew in numbers they moved to a series of progressively larger renovated homes in Harlem. Rev. Walker served as pastor for thirteen years, until 1904, and in September 1916 the church was renamed Walker Memorial in his honor. From 1945 to 1975, the congregation met at 37-43 West 116th Street, occupying the former Cooper Junior High School that had been built in 1903 for the Columbia Typewriter Company. In 1975, the congregation moved to their present home in the Bronx when they purchased the former Sephardic Jewish Center on East 169th Street near the Grand Concourse. |
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M.P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 5953 (1931)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 15 stops, 9 ranks
This organ was
built in 1931 for Walker Memorial Baptist Church, but it is not certain where the church was located at that time. Möller provided a two-manual stop-key console and display pipes of gold bronze. The organ was enclosed in one swell box and voiced on 5" wind pressure. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
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Open Diapason |
61 |
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Flute d'Amour [St. Diap.] |
SW |
8 |
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Melodia |
73 |
8 |
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Oboe |
SW |
8 |
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Dulciana |
73 |
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8 |
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Salicional |
73 |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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Open Diapason |
73 |
8 |
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Dulciana |
GT |
8 |
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Stopped Diapason |
73 |
4 |
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Flute Traverso [Melodia] |
GT |
8 |
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Salicional |
GT |
8 |
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Oboe |
73 |
8 |
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Vox Celeste [TC] |
61 |
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Tremulant |
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Pedal Organ – 32 notes, enclosed
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Bourdon |
32 |
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Lieblich Gedeckt [lo-press.] |
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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', Unison Separation |
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Swell to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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Adjustable Combinations
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Pistons No. 1-2-3 affecting Great and Pedal stops |
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Pistons No. 1-2-3 affecting Swell and 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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Balanced Crescendo Pedal with Indicator |
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Sources:
Nelson, George. Organs in the United States and Canada Database. Seattle, Wash.
Trupiano, Larry. Factory Specifications of M.P. Möller Organ, Op. 5953 (1931).
Walker Memorial Baptist Church website: http://www.walkermemorialbaptistchurch.com/ |
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