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M. P. Möller Opus 8269 (1951)

First Methodist Episcopal Church, South
101 E. Jefferson St.
Charlottesville, VA

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

Images

1959-01-01 - Console (Moller promotional photo in private collection of Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
25 stops
36 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2006-03-06 - Identified through information adapted from E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: Replaced E. M. Skinner Opus 520 (1925). -Database Manager

2007-07-10 - Updated through online information from Bob Moody. -- I did my senior organ jury as a music major at UVA on this organ in 1963. It has been replaced by a Schantz. They kept the Möller English Horn. -Database Manager

2011-12-05 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Replaced in 1989 by 3/38 Schantz Op. 1929. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from The Diapason November 1950 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Charlottesville, Virginia
       First Methodist Church

       Möller   Op. 8269   1951   3/30
       _________________________________________________

       GREAT                      SWELL
    8' Diapason         61     8' Geigen Diapason     73
    8' Spitzflöte       61     8' Rohrflöte           73
    4' Octave           61     8' Viole de Gambe      73
2 2/3' Octave Quint     61     8' Viole Celeste       61
    2' Super Octave     61     4' Principal           73
   IV  Fourniture      244     4' Flute Triangulaire  73
       Sub                   III  Cymbel             183
       Unison Off              8' Trompette           73
       Super                   4' Clarion             12
       Chimes                     Tremulant
                                  Sub
       CHOIR                      Unison Off
    8' Viola            73        Super
    8' Nachthorn        73
    8' Erzähler         73        PEDAL
    8' Erzähler Celeste 61    16' Diapason            12 GT
    4' Koppelflöte      73    16' Bourdon             32
2 2/3' Nazard           61    16' Rohrbourdon         12 SW
    2' Blockflöte       61    16' Erzähler            12 CH
1 3/5' Tierce           61     8' Octave              32
    8' English Horn     73     8' Bourdon             12
       Tremulant               8' Rohrflöte           SW
       Sub                     8' Erzähler            CH
       Unison Off              4' Super Octave        12
       Super                   4' Bourdon             12
       Chimes                 16' Double Trompette    12 SW
       Harp                    8' Trompette           SW

[Received online from Jeff Scofield December 5, 2011]

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