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M. P. Möller Opus 7528 (1948)

St. James Episcopal Church: Sanctuary
203 E. Glendale St.
Dillon, MT

Images

0019-02-07 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2010-09-25 - Church interior to rear (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2019-12-24 - Church interior to front; organ to left of pulpit (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1994-06-15 - Left Transept, Console, and Chamber Grillework (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1994-06-15 - Console (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1994-06-15 - Pipework (l-r): Viole Dolce, Gedeckt, Open Diapason (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1994-06-15 - Offset Basses: 16' Bourdon, 8' Viole Dolce, 8' Open Diapason (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
2 manuals
20 stops
3 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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons

Notes

2005-11-21 - Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- The Möller is installed in a created chamber in the left transept towards the front of the church, beneath a St. Cecelia window. The chamber has a somewhat ornate wooden grille front with three flats of gold-painted dummy pipes. The console is placed in front of this grille, closer to the front of the church, with the organist facing across the chancel, back to the grille/case. It replaced a used I-manual, 11-rank, ca. 1860 Wm. A. Johnson tracker which was relocated to St. John's Lutheran in Townsend, Montana. -Database Manager

2007-04-28 - Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the console June, 1994 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Dillon, Montana
St. James Episcopal Church

M.P. MÖLLER "Artiste", Opus 7528, 1948 - Original Specifications


GREAT (Expressive)             SWELL (Expressive)              PEDAL (Expressive)
   8     Open Diapason            16    Bourdon                   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                blank
                                        Tremolo


STOP / RANK / PIPE ANALYSIS
   16    Bourdon              (Sw/Ped)  12   Extension of the 8' Gedeckt. Tenor C
                                                on the Swell.
   8     Open Diapason            (Gt)  61
   8     Diapason                (Ped)  --   Same as the 8' Open Diapason.
   8     Gedeckt               (Gt/Sw)  61
   8     Flute                   (Ped)  --   Same as the 8' Gedeckt.
   8     Viole Dolce           (Gt/Sw)  61
   4     Octave               (Gt/Ped)  12   Extension of the 8' Open Diapason.
   4     Flute             (Gt/Sw/Ped)  12   Extension of the 8' Gedeckt.
   4     Fugara                (Gt/Sw)  12   Extension of the 8' Viole Dolce.
   2-2/3 Viole Twelfth            (Gt)   7   Extension of the 8' Viole Dolce.
   2-2/3 Twelfth                  (Sw)   7   Extension of the 8' Gedeckt.
   2     Viole Fifteenth          (Gt)   5   Extension of the 8' Viole Dolce.
   2     Flautino                 (Sw)   5   Extension of the 8' Gedeckt.
         Tremolo                  (Sw)       Affects the entire instrument.


PIPE SUMMARY

   Open Diapason                   Gedeckt                         Viole Dolce
   73 pipes                        97 pipes                        85 pipes


COUPLERS                                     FOOT LEVERS
   Swell to Pedal                  [8]          Gt. to Ped. Reversible         (rev)
   Great to Pedal                  [8]

   Swell to Great                  [8]       PEDAL MOVEMENTS
                                                Expression                    (bal.)
                                                Crescendo                     (bal.)
FINGER PISTONS
   Full Organ                    1 - 4


ACTION: E-P unit        VOICES: 3        STOPS: 20        RANKS: 3        PIPES: 255


NOTES
The church's first pipe organ was a used, I-manual & pedal of 11 ranks built ca. 1863
by William A. Johnson of Springfield, Mass. It was moved to St. James Episcopal in 1938
and served only 10 years before being replaced by the Möller.

The Möller is installed in a small chamber on the left side of the church towards the
front. It is behind the choir stalls. The façade contains 11 gold-painted dummy pipes
in a quarter-sawn oak grille. The organist faces into the church with the chamber behind.

Sources: M.P. Möller opus list; JRS; extant organ

 [Received from James R. Stettner 2014-01-07.]

Documents

(1946-11-19) Factory specifications, courtesy of the OHS Archives Stoplist and accessories -Jeff Scofield