St. John Lutheran Church - Richmond Hills (Queens), NY
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St. John English Evangelical Lutheran Church

86-20 114th Street
Richmond Hill (Queens), N.Y. 11418


Organ Specifications:
III/30 William F. Laws; reb. & enl. Möller
• II/28s M.P. Möller, Inc., Op. 2790 (1919)
• II/14s M.P. Möller, Inc., Op. 719 (1906); reb. Barckhoff organ
           
William F. Laws
Beverly, Mass. (1970s)
Electro-pneumatic action
3 manuals, 52 stops, 30 ranks


Sometime in the 1970s, William F. Laws, son of organbuilder William W. Laws, rebuilt and enlarged the 1919 Möller organ at St. John's Lutheran. Laws also provided a new three-manual "Austin-style" stop-key console.
               
Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, partially enclosed
16
  Open Diapason [unit] *  
2 2/3
  Twelfth [ext.] *  
8
  1st Open Diapason  
2
  Fifteenth [ext.] *  
8
  2nd Open Diapason [ext.] *       Mixture IV ranks  
8
  Clarabella  
16
  Tuba [unit] *  
8
  Erzähler  
8
  Tuba [ext.] *  
4
  Principal  
4
  Clarion [ext.] *  
4
  Octave [ext.] *       Chimes  
4
  Flute      
* enclosed
 
     
 
     
Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed
16
  Bourdon [unit]  
4
  Wald Flute [ext.]  
8
  Diapason  
2 2/3
  Nazard [ext.]  
8
  Stopped Flute  
2
  Piccolo [ext.]  
8
  Salicional  
8
  Trompette  
8
  Viol Celeste  
8
  Oboe  
8
  Gedackt [ext.]  
8
  Vox Humana  
8
  Aeoline       Tremolo  
4
  Harmonic Flute       Chimes
GT
               
Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
16
  Dulciana [unit]  
2 2/3
  Twelfth [ext. Dulciana]  
8
  Melodia  
2
  Fifteenth [ext. Dulciana]  
8
  Spitz Flute  
8
  Clarinet  
8
  Dulciana [ext.]  
8
  Orchestral Oboe  
8
  Unda Maris [TC]       Tremolo  
4
  Dulcet [ext.]       Chimes
GT
4
  Chimney Flute          
               
Pedal Organ – 32 notes
32
  Resultant  
8
  Still Gedackt
SW
16
  Open Diapason  
4
  Octave
GT
16
  Violone
GT
    Mixture IV ranks
GT
16
  Bourdon [unit]
44
16
  Tuba
GT
8
  Lieblich Gedackt
SW
8
  Tuba
GT
8
  Diapason [GT 16' O. Diap.]
GT
4
  Clarion
GT
8
  Stopped Flute [ext.]       Chimes
GT
           
M.P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 2790 (1919)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 28 registers


Specifications for this organ have not yet been located.
           
M.P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 719 (1906)
Unknown action
2 manuals, 14 registers


A Möller Ledger Book contains a copy of an Agreement (Sept. 28, 1906) that shows Möller agreed "to rebuild the [Carl] Barckhoff Organ formerly in the 1st Christian Church, Huntington, Ind. in the [St. John Ev. Luth. Church] complete and ready for use on or before Dec. 1, 1906" for a consideration of $650. Möller also agreed to receive the organ if the church purchased a new Möller organ within five years. Specifications for this organ have not yet been located.
           
Sources:
     Nelson, George. Organs of the United States and Canada Database, Seattle, Wash.
     Richmond Hill Historical Society web site: http://www.richmondhillhistory.org
     Trupiano, Larry. M.P. Möller Agreement (Sept. 28, 1906) to rebuild Barckhoff organ.
     Trupiano, Larry. Specifications of William F. Laws organ in 1979.

Illustration:
     Richmond Hill Historical Society web site: church exterior.