Loew's Lincoln SquareTheatre

1947 Broadway at 66th Street
New York, N.Y. 10023


The 1,546-seat Lincoln Square Theatre opened in 1906. Marcus Loew acquired the theatre in 1909—it was one of his first Manhattan theatres—and changed the programming to vaudeville and movies. As Loew built bigger and better theatres, the Lincoln Square was reduced to playing double features near the end of their circuit run. A fire in 1931 severely damaged the theatre and upper floors, but the theatre was rebuilt. At some point, the theatre was closed and converted into a TV studio, but was ultimately razed to make way for The Juilliard School of Music in Lincoln Center.
     
  Console of M.P. Möller organ, Op. 2494 (1918) in Loew's Lincoln Square Theatre - New York City
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M.P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 2494 (1918)
Electro-pneumatic action
3 manuals, 34 stops, 17 ranks
               
Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
16
   Violin Diapason
73
2
   Piccolo [Fl. Harm.]
OR
8
   Open Diapason
85
  Mixture III ranks
derived
8
  Doppel Flute
73
16
   Bass Clarinet [TC]
OR
8
  Viol d'Orchestre
73
8
   French Horn
73
4
   Zart Flute [Quintadena]
OR
4
   Octave Horn
—
4
   Octave [Op. Diap.]
—
 
Cathedral Chimes
20 Bells

 

     

 

     
Orchestral Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
8
   Violin Diapason
GT
16
   Fagotto [TC] [Orch. Oboe]
—
8
   Doppel Flute
GT
8
   Orchestral Oboe
73
8
   Viol d'Orchestre
GT
8
   Clarinet
73
8
   Viol Celeste [TC]
73
  Concert Harp
8
   Quintadena
73
  Tremulant
4
   Flute Harmonic
73
   
               
Solo Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed
8
   Gross Flute
85
4
   Gemshorn [TG]
—
8
   Concert Flute
73
16
   Bass Tuba [TC]
—
8
   Gemshorn
85
8
   Tuba
73
8
   Violoncello
73
8
   Vox Humana
73
4
   Flute Overte [TG] [Gross Fl.]
—
  Tremulant

 

     

 

     
Pedal Organ – 32 notes
16
   Sub Bass [Gross Fl.]
SO
8
   Flute [Concert Fl.]
SO
16
   Gemshorn
SO
8
   Violoncello [Gross Fl.]
SO
16
   Lieblich Gedeckt
32
   
               
Couplers
    Great to Pedal 8', 4'       Solo to Orch. 8'  
    Orch. to Pedal 8'       Orch. to Solo 8'  
    Solo to Pedal 8'       Great 4'  
    Orch. to Great 16', 8', 4'       Orch. 16', 4'  
    Solo to Great 16', 8', 4'       Solo 16', 4'  
     
Sources:
     The American Organist, August 1918. Specifications of M.P. Möller organ, Op. 2494 (1918). Courtesy Jeff Scofield.
     Cinema Treasures website: http://www.cinematreasures.org
     Junchen, David L. Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, Vol. 1. Pasadena: Showcase Publications, 1985.

Photos:
     The American Organist, August 1918. Console of M.P. Möller organ, Op. 2494 (1918).