Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 8146 (1950)

Champion Street Baptist Church
108 W. Champion St.
Bellingham, WA

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
2 manuals
3 stops
20 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: None

Notes

2005-09-26 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Address: 108 W. Champion St. -Database Manager

2012-06-28 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- This is a Moller "Artiste." -Database Manager

2013-05-23 - Updated through online information from Sue Berglund. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the console April 12, 1992 at Northwest Baptist in Bellingham Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Bellingham, Washington
Champion Street Baptist Church

M.P. MÖLLER "Artiste", Opus 8146, 1950 - Original Specifications


GREAT (Expressive)              SWELL (Expressive)              PEDAL (Expressive)
   8     Diapason                  8     Gedeckt                   16    Bourdon
   8     Gedeckt                   8     Viola                     8     Gedeckt
   8     Viola                     4     Flute                     8     Viola
   4     Octave                    4     Viola                     5-1/3 Quint
   4     Flute                     2-2/3 Nazard                    4     Octave
   4     Viola                     2     Flautino                  4     Flute
   2-2/3 Twelfth                         Tremolo
   2     Fifteenth
         Chimes


STOP / RANK / PIPE ANALYSIS
   16    Bourdon            (Ped)  12  Extension of the 8' Gedeckt.
   8     Diapason            (Gt)  --  From the 4' Octave. Bass from 8' Viola and
                                          4' Flute.
   8     Gedeckt      (Gt/Sw/Ped)  61
   8     Viola        (Gt/Sw/Ped)  61
   5-1/3 Quint              (Ped)  --  From the Gedeckt unit.
   4     Octave          (Gt/Ped)  61
   4     Flute        (Gt/Sw/Ped)  12  Extension of the 8' Gedeckt.
   4     Viola            (Gt/Sw)  12  Extension of the 8' Viola.
   2-2/3 Twelfth             (Gt)   7  Extension of the 8' Viola.
   2-2/3 Nazard              (Sw)   7  Extension of the 8' Gedeckt.
   2     Fifteenth           (Gt)  --  From the Viola unit. Top 5 notes repeat.
   2     Flautino            (Sw)  --  From the Gedeckt unit. Top 5 notes repeat.
         Tremolo             (Sw)      Affects the entire instrument.
         Chimes              (Gt)  --  Prepared for.


PIPE SUMMARY

   Gedeckt                         Viola                           Octave
   92 pipes                        80 pipes                        61 pipes


COUPLERS                                     PEDAL MOVEMENTS
   Swell to Great                  [8]          Expression                    (bal.)
                                                Crescendo                     (bal.)


ACTION: E-P unit        VOICES: 3        STOPS: 20        RANKS: 3        PIPES: 233


NOTES
The organ was originally built for this location. It is one of Möller's “Artiste” models.

In 1960, the congregation moved to a new location and renamed themselves Northwest Baptist
Church. The organ was moved to the new location by Balcom and Vaughan and was enlarged by
two ranks.

Sources: Möller opus list; Balcom and Vaughan opus list and files; JRS; extant, moved organ.

 [Received from James R. Stettner 2012-06-28.]

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#19470 - Balcom and Vaughan Opus 8146 (1960)