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)
► I/7 Hilborne L. Roosevelt, Op. 62 (1878) |
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| Stereoview, anon. 1870 |
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Grand Ball - 1871 Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper |
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| Irving Place Entrance |
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14th Street Entrance |
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| Fox Academy of Music (Architecture and Building, January 1927) |
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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. |
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M.P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 3801 (1923)
Electro-pneumatic action
3 manuals, 73 registers, 54 stops, 15 ranks |
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Solo Organ (Top Manual) – 61 notes
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8 |
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Horn Diapason |
73 |
16 |
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Bass Clarinet [TC] |
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8 |
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Tibia Clausa |
85 |
8 |
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Vox Humana |
61 |
8 |
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French Horn |
85 |
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4 |
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Octave Horn [French Horn] |
— |
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| Orchestral Bells [Harp] |
37 bars |
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8 |
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Cello Solo |
73 |
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| Glockenspiel [Harp] |
37 notes |
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8 |
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Oboe Horn |
73 |
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8 |
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Kinura |
73 |
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4 |
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Flute [Tibia Clausa] |
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8 |
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Clarinet |
73 |
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Great Organ (Middle Manual) – 61 notes
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16 |
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Tuba Profunda [TC] |
73 |
4 |
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Octave |
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16 |
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Contra Bass Bourdon |
97 |
4 |
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Flute |
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16 |
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Double Open Diapason [TC] |
85 |
4 |
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Violin I |
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8 |
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Tuba Mirabilis |
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4 |
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Violin Celeste |
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8 |
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Open Diapason |
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4 |
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Violins II |
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8 |
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Flute |
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2 |
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Piccolo |
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8 |
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Violin I |
85 |
2 2/3 |
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Quint |
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8 |
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Celeste |
73 |
2 2/3 |
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Twelfth |
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8 |
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Violins II |
73 |
2 |
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Fifteenth |
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4 |
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Clarion |
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Accompaniment Organ (Lower Manual) – 61 notes
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16 |
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Bourdon |
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2 |
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Piccolo |
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8 |
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Open Diapason #1 |
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2 |
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Fifteenth |
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8 |
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Solo String |
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2 2/3 |
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Twelfth |
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8 |
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Viole d'Orchestre |
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Snare Drum, roll |
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8 |
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Vox Celeste |
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Triangle, tap |
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8 |
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Flute |
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Tom Tom, tap |
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8 |
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Flute |
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Chinese Block, tap |
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8 |
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Solo String |
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Tambourine |
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8 |
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Vox Celeste |
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Castanets |
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4 |
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Viole d'Orchestre |
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Resultant |
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Second Touch on Pedal |
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16 |
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Diaphonic Diapason |
12 |
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Bass Drum |
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16 |
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Sub Bass |
12 |
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Tympani |
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16 |
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Bourdon |
32 |
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Snare Drum |
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16 |
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Tuba |
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Crash Cymbal |
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16 |
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Diapason |
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Small Cymbal |
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16 |
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Solo String |
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Triangle |
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16 |
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Vox Celeste |
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16 |
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Viole d'Orchestre |
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Flute |
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Trombone |
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Great to Pedal 8', 4' |
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Accomp. to Solo 16', 8', 4' |
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Solo to Pedal 8' |
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Great 16', 4' |
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Accomp. to Pedal 8', 4' |
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Solo 16', 4' |
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Solo to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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Accomp. 16', 4' |
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Accomp. to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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Pedal Octaves |
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Tremulants
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For Solo Organ |
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For Tibia |
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For Tuba |
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1 Tremulant, 2 tablets for Great and Accomp. |
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Toe Pistons
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Song Birds (1) |
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Thunder Sheet [in Solo Organ] |
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Song Birds (2) |
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Crash Cymbal |
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Pedal Movements
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Two (2) Swell Pedals according to layout of swell opening |
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Crescendo Pedal |
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Sforzando Pedal |
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Adjustable Combinations
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Pistons No. 1-2-3-4-5-6 affecting Solo Organ |
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Pistons No. 1-2-3-4-5-6 affecting Great Organ |
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Pistons No. 1-2-3-4-5-6 affecting Accompaniment Organ |
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Pistons No. 1-2-3-4-5-6 affecting Pedal Organ |
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Piston Couplers
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Manuals to Great |
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Pedal to Manuals |
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M.P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Op. 1792 (1915)
Electro-pneumatic action
3 manuals, 38 registers
Specifications for this organ have not yet been located. |
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Hilborne L. Roosevelt
New York City – Opus 62 (1878)
Mechanical action
1 manual, 7 stops, 7 ranks
This organ was installed on the stage. In 1895, the organ was moved to the Elmira Opera House, Elmira, N.Y., by Farrand & Votey and mechanically rebuilt as their opus 792. |
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Manual – 58 notes
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16 |
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Bourdon |
46 |
8 |
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Doppel Flöte |
58 |
8 |
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Open Diapason |
58 |
4 |
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Principal |
58 |
8 |
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Dulciana [1-12 Dop. Fl.] |
46 |
8 |
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Trumpet |
58 |
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Pedal – 18 notes [CC to f]
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Open Diapason |
9 |
[sic] |
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Octave Coupler |
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Manual to Pedal |
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Mechanicals
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Balanced Swell Pedal |
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Bellows Signal |
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Sources:
"Academy of Music Will Be Torn Down," The New York Times, August 19, 1925.
Boston Organ Club Newsletter (1972, p.6). Specifications of Hilborne L. Roosevelt Organ, Op. 62 (1878). Courtesy James Lewis.
Cinema Treasures web site: 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 organ, Op. 3801 (1923).
Photos:
Architecture and Building, January 1927: two interior photos.
Cinema Treasures web site: exterior showing entrances on Irving Place and 14th Street.
eBay.com: Anon. 1870 Stereoview of original building exterior.
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