Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 4177 (1924)

Macon City Auditorium / Macon Municipal Auditorium
Corner of First & Cherry Streets
Macon, GA

Note: Not playable. (in this location)

Images

1998-06-29 - Auditorium interior from balcony (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1998-06-29 - Console stored under basement stairwell (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Unknown - Auditorium exterior (Vintage postcard courtesy of Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Unknown - Auditorium and console photos (Advertizement from <i>The American Organist</i> February 1926/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Horseshoe
Console position: Movable Console
4 manuals
56 stops
77 registers
6 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys in Horseshoe Curves
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Has crescendo
Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons

Notes

2005-11-23 - Identified through online information from Jim Grier. -- The building itself is on the National Register of Historic Places due to it having the world's largest copper dome. -Database Manager

2016-02-29 - The console was tucked underneath a stairwell in the basement when I took the photo of it on June 29, 1998. -Database Manager

2009-06-12 - Updated through online information from Mark Goulding. -Database Manager

2011-01-09 - Updated through online information from James A. Taylor, Jr.. -- Mr. Grier's information is incorrect. The CONSOLE and BLOWER have been removed, but the pipes are still sitting upon their windchests in the backstage chambers as they have done since the 1920s. I was able to eye-ball things on one side, and apart from a few pipes that have collapsed over the years, everything seems to still be in place. -Database Manager

2014-09-02 - Updated through online information from John Igoe. -Database Manager

2019-03-21 - The auditorium originally had seating for 2,688, with 988 in the wrap-around balcony and 1,700 on the main floor. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist from 'The Diapason' January 1926

       Macon, Georgia
       Municipal Auditorium

       Möller   Op. 4177   1925   4/61
       ________________________________________________

       GREAT                      CHOIR
   16' Dbl Open Diapason      16' Contra Gamba
    8' 1st Open Diapason       8' English Open Diapason
    8' 2nd Open Diapason       8  Concert Flute
    8' Gross Flute             8' Viole d'Gamba
    8' Claribel Flute          8' Dulciana
    8' Doppel Flute            8' Unda Maris
    8' Gemshorn                4' Flute d'Amour
    8' Violoncello         2 2/3' Nazard
    4' Octave                  2' Piccolo Harmonic
    4' Flauto Traverso         8' Clarinet
2 2/3' Twelfth                    Tremulant
    2' Fifteenth                  Sub
  III  Diapason Mixture           Unison Off
   16' Basson Trombone            Super
    8' Trombone (ext)             Snare Drum
    8' French Trumpet          8' Harp
    4' Clarion (ext)           4' Harp
       Tremulant
       Sub                        SOLO
       Unison Off              8' Stentorphone
       Super                   8' Philomela
                               8' Tibia Clausa
       SWELL                   8' Gross Gamba
   16' Bourdon                 8' Gamba Celeste
    8' Open Diapason           4' Hohl Flute
    8' Violin Diapason        16' Tuba
    8' Gedeckt                 8' Tuba (ext)
    8' Salicional              8' Cor Anglais
    8' Viole d'Orchestre       8' French Horn
    8' Viole Celeste           4' Clarion (ext)
    4' Octave                     Tremulant
    4' Violina                    Sub
    4' Flute Harmonic             Unison Off
2 2/3' Flute Twelfth              Super
    2' Flautina                   Chimes
   IV  Cornet Mixture          8' Marimba
   16' Contra Fagotto          4' Marimba
    8' Cornopean
    8' Oboe                       PEDAL
    8' Vox Humana             32' Resultant --
       Tremulant              16' 1st Open Diapason
       Sub                    16' 2nd Open Diapason GT
       Unison Off             16' Bourdon
       Super                  16' Violone
                              16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
       STRING                 16' Contra Gamba CH
    8' Salicional              8' Octave (ext)
    8' Salicional Celeste      8' Gross Flute (ext)
    8' Viole d'Orchestre       8' Violoncello (ext)
    8' Viole Celeste           8' Dolce Flute SW
    8' Gamba                  16' Trombone (ext GT)
    8' Gamba Celeste          16' Contra Fagotto SW
    8' Vox Humana             16' Tuba SO
       Tremulant               8' Tuba SO
                                  Bass Drum Stroke
                                  Bass Drum Roll
                                  Snare Drum Stroke
                                  Snare Drum Roll
                                  Cymbal

[Received online from Jeff Scofield  February 6, 2011]

Documents

(1924-11-02) Factory specifications, OHS Archives via Roman Lizak Stoplist and accessories -Jeff Scofield
Write-up from THE DIAPASON January 1926 Stoplist and commentary -Jeff Scofield