St. Paul German Evangelical Reformed Church

161st Street (Herriman) near Hillside Avenue
Jamaica (Queens), N.Y. 11432


Organ Specifications:
II/9 M.P. Möller, Inc., Op. 416 (1902)
• Unknown


St. Paul German Evangelical Reformed Church in Jamaica was organized in 1873 as a Lutheran congregation. Three years later, in 1876, the church became a part of the Reformed Church in the United States. In 1958, the congregation merged into the First Reformed Church of Jamaica.
           

M.P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 416 (1902)
Mechanical action
2 manuals, 9 stops, 9 ranks


In the contract dated June 17, 1902, the M.P. Möller Company agreed to build a new organ for St. Paul's German Evangelical Reformed Church of Jamaica, Long Island. The two-manual organ cost $1,200 with an allowance of $100 for the old organ in the church.
               
Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
8
  Open Diapason
61
8
  Melodia [FF]
44
8
  Dulciana {FF]
44
4
  Gemshorn
61
8
  Stopped Diapason Bass
17
     
 
     
 
     
Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed

8
  Violin Diapason [FF]
61
4
  Flute d'Amour
61
8
  Stopped Unison Bass
17
8
  Salicional [FF]
44
8
  Stopped Diapason [FF]
44
       
               
Pedal Organ – 30 notes

16
  Bourdon
30
       
               
Mechanical Registers

    Swell to Great Coupler   Pedal Check
    Great to Pedal Coupler   Swell Tremolo
    Swell to Pedal Coupler   Bellows Signal
               
Pedal Movements

    Forte Combination – Great Organ
    Piano Combination – Great Organ, double acting
    Balanced Swell Pedal

           
Sources:
     Haberstroh, Richard. The German Churches of Metropolitan New York: A Research Guide. New York: The New York Genealogical & Biographical Society, 2000.
     Trupiano, Larry. Factory Contract for M.P. Möller Organ, Op. 416 (1902).
           

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