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)
           
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" stopkey 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)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 14 registers


Specifications for this organ have not yet been located.
           
Sources:
     M.P. Möller Opus List, courtesy Jeff Scofield.
     Nelson, George. Organs of the United States and Canada Database, Seattle, Wash.
     Richmond Hill Historical Society website: http://www.richmondhillhistory.org
     Trupiano, Larry. Specifications of organ in 1979.

Photos:
     Richmond Hill Historical Society website: church exterior.