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M. P. Möller Opus 8855 (1956)

St. Mark's Episcopal Church
1025 N.W. 21st Avenue
Portland, OR

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
2 manuals
24 stops
4 registers
1 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

2004-10-30 - Moved to St. Mary's Episcopal, Woodburn, OR c. 1966. -Database Manager

2007-03-08 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

2016-09-13 - Updated through online information from Lanny Hochhalter. <br>This was/is what Moller termed a "custom unit organ" -- it was not an "Artiste." -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the console August 11, 1992 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Portland, Oregon
St. Mark's Episcopal Church

M.P. Möller, Opus 8855, 1956 - Original Specifications

GREAT (Expressive)            SWELL (Expressive)            PEDAL (Expressive)
8'     Diapason               16'    Bourdon  (tc)          16'  Bourdon
8'     Gedeckt                8'     Gedeckt                8'   Diapason
8'     Viole Dolce            8'     Viole Dolce            8'   Flute
4'     Octave                 4'     Flute                  4'   Octave
4'     Flute                  4'     Fugara                 4'   Flute
4'     Fugara                 2-2/3' Flute Twelfth
2-2/3' Viole Twelfth          2'     Flautino 
2'     Viole Fifteenth        8'     Trumpet
8'     Trumpet                4'     Clarion
       Chimes                        Tremolo


STOP / RANK / PIPE ANALYSIS
   16'    Bourdon      (Sw/Ped)  12   Extension of the 8' Gedeckt.
                                      Tenor C on the Swell.
   8'     Diapason     (Gt/Ped)  61
   8'     Gedeckt       (Sw/Gt)  61
   8'     Flute           (Ped)  --   Same as the 8' Gedeckt.
   8'     Viole Dolce   (Sw/Gt)  61
   4'     Octave       (Gt/Ped)  12   Extension of the 8' Diapason.
   4'     Flute     (Sw/Gt/Ped)  12   Extension of the 8' Gedeckt.
   4'     Fugara        (Sw/Gt)  12   Extension of the 8' Viole Dolce.
   2-2/3' Flute Twelfth    (Sw)   7   Extension of the 8' Gedeckt.
   2-2/3' Viole Twelfth    (Gt)   7   Extension of the 8' Viole Dolce.
   2'     Flautino         (Sw)   5   Extension of the 8' Gedeckt.
   2'     Viole Fifteenth  (Gt)   5   Extension of the 8' Viole Dolce.
   8'     Trumpet       (Sw/Gt)  61
   4'     Clarion          (Sw)  12   Extension of the 8' Trumpet.
          Tremolo          (Sw)       Affects the entire instrument.
          Chimes           (Gt) (25)  Mayland; tenor G - g2.  5-level volume control.

PIPE SUMMARY
   Diapason......................73
   Gedeckt.......................97
   Viole Dolce...................85
   Trumpet.......................73

COUPLERS
   Swell to Pedal
   Great to Pedal
   Swell to Great

FINGER PISTONS
   Full Organ                 1 - 4

FOOT LEVERS
   Gt. to Ped.                (rev)

PEDAL MOVEMENTS
   Expression                (bal.)
   Crescendo                 (bal.)
 
ACTION: Electro-Pneumatic unit
VOICES: 4
STOPS: 24; including chimes
RANKS: 4
PIPES: 328

NOTES
This Moller "Artiste" replaced an electronic substitute which had, in
turn, replaced a transplanted tracker built by an unconfirmed builder.

It was sold to St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Woodburn, OR when St.
Mark's got their 3-manual Werner Bosch.

 [Received on line from James R. Stettner April 19, 2009.]

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