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)


Anon. 1870 stereoview of Academy of Music - New York City   Grand Ball at the Academy of Music - New York City (Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1871)
Stereoview, anon. 1870  
Grand Ball - 1871 Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper















Irving Place entrance of the Academy of Music - New York City (Cinema Treasures)   14th Street entrance of the Academy of Music - New York City (Cinema Treasures)
Irving Place Entrance  
14th Street Entrance
















Fox Academy of Music (Architecture and Building, Jan. 1927)   Fox Academy of Music (Architecture and Building, Jan. 1927)
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

    Great to Pedal 8', 4'   Accomp. to Solo 16', 8', 4'
    Solo to Pedal 8'   Great 16', 4'
    Accomp. to Pedal 8', 4'   Solo 16', 4'
    Solo to Great 16', 8', 4'   Accomp. 16', 4'
    Accomp. to Great 16', 8', 4'   Pedal Octaves
               
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 registers


Specifications for this organ have not yet been located.

             

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.
               
Manual – 58 notes
16
  Bourdon
46
8
  Doppel Flöte
58
8
  Open Diapason
58
4
  Principal
58
8
  Dulciana [1-12 Dop. Fl.]
46
8
  Trumpet
58
   
   
Pedal – 18 notes [CC to f]

16
  Open Diapason
9
 [sic]      
               
Couplers

    Octave Coupler    
    Manual to Pedal    
               
Mechanicals

    Balanced Swell Pedal      
    Bellows Signal      

               

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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