Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 5399 (1928)

First United Methodist Church
Orlando, FL

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

Images

Early 1930's - Choir loft and façade pipes (Photograph from an archival source: via Michael Patrick Shortal, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Church Exterior (Postcard (ca. 1926) from the Florida State Archives; image courtesy of Stephen Hall/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
12 stops
18 registers
3 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
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

2005-12-25 - Identified through on-line information from Michael Shortal. -Database Manager

2007-11-28 - Updated with information from Möller documents, courtesy of Stephen J. Schnurr. -Database Manager

2012-01-30 - Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. -- This organ would have been in the 1913 sanctuary, replaced by the present sanctuary in 1962. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Courtesy of the OHS Archives

    Orlando, Florida
    First Methodist Church

    Möller   Op. 5399   1928   2/12
    ____________________________________________

    GREAT (enclosed)          SWELL
 8' Open Diapason    61    8' Open Diapason    73
 8' Doppel Flute     73    8' Stopped Diapason 73
 8' Melodia          73    8' Salicional       73
 8' Dulciana         73    8' Vox Celeste      61
 4' Flauto Traverso  --    4' Salicet          --
 4' Dulcet           --    4' Flute d'Amour    --
 8' Clarinet         73    8' Oboe             73
    Tremulant              8' Vox Humana       61
    Sub                       Tremulant
    Unison Off                Sub
    Super                     Unison Off
    Chimes           20 a     Super

    PEDAL                  a  action only; tubes
16' Bourdon          32       from old organ
16' Lieblich Gedeckt **
 8' Flute            12   ** Bourdon on soft wind

    [Received from Jeff Scofield March 9, 2022]