M. P. Möller
Opus 3939, 1924
Masonic Temple / Loew's Temple Theatre
Theatre
517 19th Street North
Birmingham, AL, US
90 Ranks - 5,721 Pipes
Instrument ID: 44834 ● Builder ID: 3912 ● Location ID: 39558
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Builder: Unknown
Position: Unknown
Design: Horseshoe
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal8 Divisions82 Stops94 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop ActionStop Layout: Stop Keys in Horseshoe Curves
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
Database Manager on March 7th, 2011:
Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- The theatre section of the Masonic building was sold to the Loew's chain and reopened as the Temple Theatre in April 1925; as part of Loew's renovation, upper and lower boxes were installed that obscured the original large chamber grillwork; the organ was given to St. Bernard College, Cullman, Alabama, in 1959, where it languished in storage for many years until it was purchased by Norville Hall; he installed parts of it in an old hotel in Mentone, Alabama, and used parts in other organs he worked on; what was left was purchased by the Alabama Chapter of ATOS in the late 1980's; several of the ranks were added to the Wurlitzer in the Alabama Theatre, Birmingham, Alabama; it is reported that one division, probably the Echo Ancillary, was never installed. The building was demolished in September 1970 by the First National Bank of Birmingham and used for parking until the construction of the AmSouth-Harbert Plaza.
Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- The theatre section of the Masonic building was sold to the Loew's chain and reopened as the Temple Theatre in April 1925; as part of Loew's renovation, upper and lower boxes were installed that obscured the original large chamber grillwork; the organ was given to St. Bernard College, Cullman, Alabama, in 1959, where it languished in storage for many years until it was purchased by Norville Hall; he installed parts of it in an old hotel in Mentone, Alabama, and used parts in other organs he worked on; what was left was purchased by the Alabama Chapter of ATOS in the late 1980's; several of the ranks were added to the Wurlitzer in the Alabama Theatre, Birmingham, Alabama; it is reported that one division, probably the Echo Ancillary, was never installed. The building was demolished in September 1970 by the First National Bank of Birmingham and used for parking until the construction of the AmSouth-Harbert Plaza.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2009:
Identified through information in <i>List of More than 5200 Moller Pipe Organs</i> (Hagerstown, Maryland. M. P. Möller, 1928).
Related Instrument Entries: Norville Hall (1970's)
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