Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 11321 (1979)

First Baptist Church: Sanctuary
307 N. Main St.
Abbeville, SC

Images

2019 - Church exterior (Michael Miller, via Facebook/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
2 manuals
29 stops
9 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons

Notes

2006-03-30 - Received on line from Kirk A. Wilson: This appears to be one of Möller's stock organs: 2 manuals, 13 ranks; Great/Swell in separate enclosures; GT resources = 8' Principal, 73 pipes; 16' Gedeckt, 97 pipes, lowest 2 octaves wood (SMALL scale), balance linen metal; II Sesquailtera (TC) and Mixture III to IV ranks; SW resources = 8' Rohrflute (all linen metal w/internal chimneys); 8' Gemshorn, 85 pipes (plays @ 1.1/3' in Swell; 8' only in GT and PED) 8' Gemshorn Celeste, 49 pipes; 4' Spitzprincipal, 73 pipes; 16' Trompette, 80 pipes; lowest 20 notes = 1/2 length; top 5 notes of 4' Clarion repeat; SW/GT unison = only coupler (no manual to Pedal couplers) all switching complete in console. -Database Manager

2010-03-01 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

             Abbeville, South Carolina
             First Baptist Church

             Möller   Op. 11321   1979   2/13

             GREAT (enclosed)
 1.       8' Principal          73 pipes
 2.       8' Gedeckt            85 pipes
 3.       8' Gemshorn           from #13
 4.       8' Gemshorn Celeste   from #14   tc
 5.       4' Octave             from #1
 6.       4' Gedeckt            from #2
 7.       2' Flute              from #2
 8.      II  Sesquialtera       98 pipes   tc
 9.  III-IV  Mixture           183 pipes
10.          Tremolo
11.          Chimes                        prepared for

             SWELL
12.       8' Rohrflöte          73 pipes
13.       8' Gemshorn           80 pipes
14.       8' Gemshorn Celeste   49 pipes   tc
15.       4' Spitzprincipal     73 pipes
16.       4' Rohrflöte          from #12
17.       2' Spitzoctave        from #15
18.   1 1/3' Larigot            from #13   repeat 12 top notes
19.      16' Contre Trompette   80 pipes   1-6 half-length
20.       8' Trompette          from #19
21.       4' Clairon            from #19   repeat  5 top notes
22.          Tremolo

             PEDAL
23.      16' Bourdon            12 pipes   20 from #2
24.       8' Principal          from #1
25.       8' Gedeckt            from #2
26.       8' Gemshorn           from #13
27.       4' Octave             from #1
28.       4' Rohrflöte          from #12
29.     III  Mixture            from #9
30.      16' Contre Trompette   from #19
31.       8' Trompette          from #19
32.       4' Clairon            from #19

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield March 01, 2010.]

Documents

(1978-05-05) Factory specifications, OHS Archives via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield