Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller (Opus 7900, 1949)

Location:

St. Thomas Episcopal Church
1 W. 53rd Street at 5th Avenue
New York City: Manhattan, NY 10019 US
Chancel
Organ ID: 22262

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Status and Condition:

This instrument's location type is: Episcopal and Anglican Churches
The organ has been rebuilt or substantially revised.
The organ's condition is unknown.

We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

Chests: Electro-pneumatic (EP)
87 ranks. 5,634 pipes. 6 divisions. 4 manuals. 93 stops. 142 registers.

Divisions

All:

Chest Type(s): Electro-pneumatic (EP) chests
Position: In side chambers at the front of the room. Facade pipes or case front visible.

We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Consoles

Main:

Manuals: 4
Divisions: 6
Stops: 93
Registers: 142
Position: Console in fixed position, left.
Manual Compass: 61
Pedal Compass: 32
Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
Console Style: Traditional style with roll top.
Stop Controls: Drawknobs in vertical rows on angled jambs.
Combination Action: Remote pneumatic/mechanical capture system.
Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
Has Tutti Reversible Thumb Pistons
Has Tutti Reversible Toe Pistons
Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
Has Coupler Reversible Toe Pistons

We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Notes

Database Manager on January 24, 2011:

Updated through online information from Connor Annable.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Database Manager on May 26, 2009:

Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield.  -- Existing console renovated, with new relays and combination action mechanism; substantially rebuilt and altered in 1956 as Aeolian-Skinner Op. 205-A

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Database Manager on December 20, 2005:

Identified through information adapted from E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: 
 Rebuild of E. M. Skinner Op. 205. Later rebuilt by Aeolian-Skinner.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.