Academy of Music 126 East 14th Street between Third and Fourth Avenues New York, N.Y. 10003 Organ Specifications: 126 East 14th Street (1926-1997) • III/15 "Style 260 Special" Wurlitzer, Op. 1406 (1926) 125 East 14th Street at Irving Place (1854-burned 1866; reb. 1868-razed 1926) ► III/15 M.P. Möller, Op. 3801 (1924) • III/38 M.P. Möller, Op. 1792 (1915)   Stereoview, anon. 1870   Grand Ball - 1871 Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper   Irving Place Entrance   14th Street Entrance   Fox Academy of Music (Architecture and Building, January 1927)                 Wurlitzer Organ Company North Tonawanda, N.Y. – Opus 1406 (1926) Electro-pneumatic action Style 260 Special 3 manuals, 15 ranks Specifications of this organ have not yet been located.                 M.P. Möller, Inc. Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 3801 (1923) Electro-pneumatic action 3 manuals, 73 registers, 54 stops, 15 ranks                 Solo Organ (Top Manual) – 61 notes 8   Horn Diapason 73 16   Bass Clarinet [TC] — 8   Tibia Clausa 85 8   Vox Humana 61 8   French Horn 85   Chimes 20 bells 4   Octave Horn [French Horn] —   Orchestral Bells [Harp] 37 bars 8   Cello Solo 73   Glockenspiel [Harp] 37 notes 8   Oboe Horn 73   Marimba 49 bars 8   Kinura 73   Harp 49 notes 4   Flute [Tibia Clausa] —   Xylophone 49 bars 8   Clarinet 73                 Great Organ (Middle Manual) – 61 notes 16   Tuba Profunda [TC] 73 4   Octave — 16   Contra Bass Bourdon 97 4   Flute — 16   Double Open Diapason [TC] 85 4   Violin I — 8   Tuba Mirabilis — 4   Violin Celeste — 8   Open Diapason — 4   Violins II — 8   Flute — 2   Piccolo — 8   Violin I 85 2 2/3   Quint — 8   Celeste 73 2 2/3   Twelfth — 8   Violins II 73 2   Fifteenth — 4   Clarion —                 Accompaniment Organ (Lower Manual) – 61 notes 16   Bourdon — 2   Piccolo — 8   Open Diapason #1 — 2   Fifteenth — 8   Solo String — 2 2/3   Twelfth — 8   Viole d'Orchestre —   Snare Drum, roll 8   Vox Celeste —   Triangle, tap 8   Flute —   Tom Tom, tap 8   Flute —   Chinese Block, tap 8   Solo String —   Tambourine 8   Vox Celeste —   Castanets 4   Viole d'Orchestre —             Pedal Organ – 32 notes 32   Resultant —     Second Touch on Pedal   16   Diaphonic Diapason 12     Bass Drum   16   Sub Bass 12     Tympani   16   Bourdon 32     Snare Drum   16   Tuba —     Crash Cymbal   16   Diapason —     Small Cymbal   16   Solo String —     Triangle   16   Vox Celeste —         16   Viole d'Orchestre —         16   Flute —         16   Trombone —                         Couplers     Solo to Accompaniment 4' - 8' - 16'   Pedal Octaves     Solo to Great 4' - 8' - 16'   Accompaniment to Great 4' - 8' - 16'     Solo to Pedal   Accompaniment to Solo 4' - 8' - 16'     Great Super and Sub   Accompaniment Super and Sub     Great to Pedal   Solo Super and Sub     Great to Pedal Super   Accompaniment to Pedal 8' - 4'                 Tremulants     For Solo Organ               For Tibia               For Tuba               1 Tremulant, 2 tablets for Great and Accomp.                 Toe Pistons     Song Birds (1)   Thunder Sheet [in Solo Organ]     Song Birds (2)   Crash Cymbal                 Pedal Movements     Two (2) Swell Pedals according to layout of swell opening     Crescendo Pedal               Sforzando Pedal                           Adjustable Combinations     Pistons No. 1-2-3-4-5-6 Affecting Solo Organ     Pistons No. 1-2-3-4-5-6 Affecting Great Organ     Pistons No. 1-2-3-4-5-6 Affecting Accompaniment Organ     Pistons No. 1-2-3-4-5-6 Affecting Pedal Organ                 Piston Couplers     Manuals to Great               Pedal to Manuals                           M.P. Möller, Inc. Hagerstown, Md. – Op. 1792 (1915) Electro-pneumatic action 3 manuals, 38 ranks Specifications for this organ have not yet been located.                 Sources:      "Academy of Music Will Be Torn Down," The New York Times, August 19, 1925.      Cinema Treasures website: www.cinematreasures.org      Hughes, Allen. "Organist Evokes Silent-Film Days: Lee Erwin Plays Wurlitzer at Academy of Music," The New York Times, October 29, 1968.      Junchen, David L., comp. and ed. by Jeff Weiler. The WurliTzer Pipe Organ – An Illustrated History. Indianapolis: The American Theatre Organ Society, 2005.      Scofield, Jeff. M.P. Möller Opus List.      Trupiano, Larry. Factory Specifications for M.P. Möller, Op. 3801 (1923). Photos:      Architecture and Building, January 1927: two interior photos.      Cinema Treasures website: exterior showing entrances on Irving Place and 14th Street.      eBay.com: Anon. 1870 Stereoview of original building exterior. | NYC AGO Home Page | Back to NYC Organs List |