Moller Theatre Organ Stoplists

Late Model (Opus 4500+) Moller Standard Theatre Organ Comparative Rank Lists

Rank	Style-70 (19th Street Theatre, Allentown PA, Capitol Theatre, Rome NY, Rylander Theatre, Augusta GA)	Style-100 (None known to have survived intact)	Style-150+ (Trenton Lincoln Theatre/War Memorial(current))	Sedgwick/Keswick(current) (Opus 5230)	4/39 Stanley Metropolitan (Philadelphia) (Lost in fire in the 1940s)
Tibia Clausa (or Doppleflute)	16'	16'	16'	16'	16'
Horn Diapason (38 Scale, narrower mouth)	8'	8'	8'	8'	8'
Viole d'Orchestre	16'	8'	8'	8'	8'
Vox Humana	8'	8'	8'	8'	8'
Kinura	8'	8'	8'	8'	8'
Viole d'Orchestre Celeste I (sharp)	8'	8'	8'	8'	8'
Harmonic Tuba	8'	16'	16'	16'	16'
Metal Harp	4'	4'	4'	4'	4'
Chimes	8'	8'	8'	8'	8'
Xylophone	2'	2'	2'	2'	2'
Glockenspiel	2'	2'	2'	2'	2'
Bourdon/Concert Flute		16'	16'	16'	16'
Viola d'Amour		16'	16'	16'	16'
French Trumpet		8'	8'	8'	8'
Viole d'Orchestre Celeste II (flat)			8'	8'	8'
Clarinet			8'	8'	16'
Marimba Harp			4'	4'	4'
Tibia Plena			16'	16'	16'
Large Scale Diapason (36 Scale) (Diaphone)			16'	16'	16'
Post Horn			8'	8'	8'
Gemshorn				8'
Gemshorn Celeste				8'
English Horn				8'	8'
Solo Post Horn (20" wind)					16'
Bombarde (20" wind)					16'
Double Trumpet					16'
Solo Trumpet					8'
Jazz Cornet					8'
Saxophone					8'
Orchestral Oboe					8'
Solo Tibia Clausa (20" wind)					8'
Gross Flute					16'
Chimney Flute					8'
Harmonic Flute					8'
Major Vox Humana (20" wind)					8'
Mezzo Vox Humana					8'
Gamba					8'
Gamba Celeste					8'
Cello					16'
Cello Celeste					8'
Solo Violin					8'
Solo Violin Celeste I (sharp)					8'
Solo Violin Celeste II(flat)					8'
Muted Violin					8'
Muted Violin Celeste					8'
Chrysoglott					4'

Notes:

1. Style-70 in Allentown uses Doppleflute. All Style-70s have French Trumpet, Viola d'Amour and third Celeste rank in "Prepared For" status on the relay
2. No Style 100's exist anymore. Appeared in exclusively Eastern Pennsylvania, with two near Allentown PA.
3. While the Lincoln Theatre/Trenton War Memorial wasn't listed as a Style-150, the stoplist is very similar. This may have been Moller's version of a Wurlitzer Style-260.
4. The Sedgwick/Keswick and Atlanta Fox organs may have been the only theatre organs with a Gemshorn and celeste, a very useful accompaniment stop. The Sedgwick/Keswick organ also has "Style-150" on the factory spec sheet, with handwritten and typed additions.
5. Interesting to compare the Met organ with a Wurlitzer Fox Special. Two Post Horns for the Met (as George Wright later modified the NY Paramount), loads of strings, flutes, and orchestral reeds, but only one color reed, the Kinura, as opposed to three color reeds on the Fox Specials. Also of note are the Muted Violins, which are also on the Atlanta Fox organ as well as on the Wurlitzer 3/27 "Stanley-Special" specification. Carl Bonawitz, immediately prior to premiering the Met Moller, would have just previously opened the "Stanley-Special" Wurlitzer in the Atlantic City Stanley-Warner theater. Perhaps these ranks were specified by Bonawitz?
6. Related aprocryphal tale: Both the 3/19 Sedgwick and 4/39 Metropolitan organs were supposedly on the same purchase order. Each console was mistakenly sent to the opposite theatre: As a result, the huge Met console couldn't pass through the doors of the neighborhood-sized Sedgwick Theater. Two 1920's-era organists have related this story, but no documentation exists to support it. Somewhat humorous to visualize this scene at typical mad-dash-to-open theatre construction site!