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M. P. Möller Opus M-472 (1953)

Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
1627 Monument Avenue
Richmond, VA

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Notes

2006-01-07 - Identified through information adapted from <i>E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List</i>, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: <br><i> Rebuild of E. M. Skinner Opus 366 (1922), previously rebuilt by Standaart.</i> -Database Manager

2012-05-21 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Tonal changes to existing Skinner Op. 366. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Richmond, Virginia
       Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church

       Möller   Op. R-472   1953   
       ___________________________________________________

       TONAL CHANGES TO E M SKINNER Op. 366

       GREAT ORGAN

Revoice present 8 Second Diapason 61 pipes
Install new 8 Bourdon 61 pipes on First Diapason action
Install new 8 Gemshorn 61 pipes on Erzähler action
Revoice present 4 Flute Harmonic 61 pipes
Install new 2-2/3 Octave Quint 61 pipes on Twelfth action
Install new 2 Super Octave 61 pipes on Fifteenth action

       SWELL ORGAN

Install new 16 Contra Viol 73 pipes on new action
       #1-#12 inc. and Bourdon action #13 and up
Revoice present 8 Open Diapason 73 pipes
Install new III Rks. Mixture 183 pipes on Mixture action

       CHOIR ORGAN

Revoice present 8 Diapason 61 pipes
Install new 4 Koppelflöte 61 pipes on Flute action
Install new 2-2/3 Nazard 61 pipes and action
Revoice present 2 Piccolo 61 pipes

       ANTIPHONAL ORGAN
Revoice present 8 Rohrflöte 73 pipes
Revoice present 8 Erzähler 61 pipes and install on present
       Flute action; install new pipes for #62-#73 inc.
Install new 4 Octave 73 pipes on Vox Humana action
Install new II Rks. Grave Mixture 122 pipes on Tuba action

       PEDAL ORGAN
Install two switches to play 16 & 8 Contra Viol. Two 
       existing drawknobs to be used for stop controls
Install present 8 Stentorphone 1-44 pipes on new action 
       and revoice for an 8 & 4 Octave

       GENERAL
(1) Install individual type expression actions for 30 shades
    in Swell organ
(2) Install tuning slides on all present metal pipes not
    provided with slides at this time
(3) Supervise the construction of a tone opening in the 
    chancel ceiling and organ chamber wall, as suggested 
    by L. B. Buterbaugh, the actual work to be a part of the
    renovation of the sanctuary under contract with others.
(4) Supervise the relocation of the combination action
    panel in a horizontal position
(5) Fine tune the entire organ

   [Received online from Jeff Scofield  May 24, 2012]

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