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M. P. Möller Opus 9871 (1964)

South Highland Presbyterian Church
2035 Highland Ave. S.
Birmingham, AL

Images

November 2020 - Chancel and exposed pipes (Photograph by Jim Cook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2012-12-22 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Chris Pruitt, via Wikimedia Commons/Database Manager)

2006-11-06 - Sanctuary Interior and Chancel (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1987-07-10 - Exposed Pipework and Chamber Grillework; right (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1987-07-10 - Exposed Pipework and Chamber Grillework; left (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

2006-11-06 - Chancel and Chamber Grillework (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2006-11-06 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
42 stops
29 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
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

2006-03-23 - 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 575 (1932). Skinner harp retained in the Möller. -Database Manager

2006-12-04 - Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- Two ranks added by Guzowski & Steppe in 1987. -Database Manager

2007-05-26 - Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

     Birmingham, Alabama
     South Highland Presbyterian Church

     Möller   Op. 9871   1964   3/35

     GREAT (3¼ " wind)             CHOIR (4")
  8' Diapason 61 *              8' Bourdon 68
  8' Holzgedeckt 61             8' Dulciana 68
  4' Octave 61                  8' Unda Maris 61 GG
  4' Harmonic Flute 61          4' Koppelflöte 68
  2' Principal 61           2 2/3' Nazat 61
 IV  Mixture 244                2' Blockflöte 61
     Sub                    1 3/5' Terz 61
     Unison Off                 8' Krummhorn 68
     Super                         Tremulant
     Chimes (present)              Sub
     Harp CH                       Unison Off
     Celeste CH                    Super
                                   Harp (present)
  *  Notes 1-12 on 4")             Celeste

     SWELL (4")                    PEDAL (4 & 5" wind **)
 16' Rohrgedeckt 68            16' Contrabass 32 (1-18 wood)
  8' Rohrflöte 12              16' Bourdon 32
  8' Viola 68                  16' Rohrgedeckt SW
  8' Viola Celeste 61 GG        8' Spitzprincipal 32
  4' Geigen Principal 68        8' Bourdon 12
  4' Waldflöte 68               8' Rohrflöte SW
  2' Spitzflöte 61              4' Principal 12
III  Scharf 183                 4' Bourdon 12
 16' Contra Oboe 68            II  Mixture 64
  8' Trompette 68              16' Posaune 32
  8' Oboe 12                   16' Contra Oboe SW
  4' Clarion 68                 8' Trumpet 12
     Tremulant                  4' Oboe SW
     Sub
     Unison Off                **  The specs do not indicate
     Super                         what stop has what wind

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield July 13, 2009.]

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