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M. P. Möller Opus R-941 (1976)

National City Christian Church: Sanctuary
5 Thomas Circle
Washington, DC

Images

1990-01-28 - Console taken at factory after removal from church (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Unknown - Church Exterior (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1969)/Database Manager)

1980-06-30 - Church interior and exposed pipes (Photograph from a 1981 Moller brochure in the collection of James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Movable Console
4 manuals
66 stops
92 registers
5 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: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
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

2006-05-15 - 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: Rebuild and enlargement of E. M. Skinner Opus 824 (1930). Further work in 1980, 1985 and 1995. -Database Manager

2016-01-17 - 2/16 Antiphonal organ added in 1981 as Moller Op. 11536; main organ rebuilt and enlarged to 5/140 as Moller Op. M-3456 in 1985, with a new 5-manual console. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the factory specifications via the OHS Archives Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

        Washington, District of Columbia
        National City Christian Church

        E M Skinner   Op. 824     1930   4/54
        Möller        Op. R-941   1976   4/105
        __________________________________________________________________________________

        GREAT  (II)                    CHOIR  (IV)                     PEDAL

    16' Kontra Geigen    61        16' Quintaton         61        32' Untersatz        32 s2
     8' Prinzipal        61         8' Montre            61 s1     16' Kontra Bass      32
     8' Bordun           61         8' Flûte Ouverte     61 s      16' Prinzipal        32 s1
     8' Querflöte        61 s       8' Viole Sourdine    61 s      16' Subbass          12
     4' Oktave           61         8' Viole Celeste     49 s      16' Kontra Geigen    GT
     4' Spitzflöte       61         4' Octave            61        16' Bourdon          SW
 2 2/3' Quinte           61         4' Flûte Traversière 61 s      16' Quintaton        CH 
     2' Oktavlein        61         2' Flûte Magique     61    10 2/3' Quinte           32 s1
 1 3/5' Terz             61     1 1/3' Larigot           61         8' Oktave           32
  IV-V  Mixtur          257      IV-V  Neuf Cornet      257 s       8' Gedackt Pommer   32
III-IV  Scharf          220    III-IV  Fourniture       220         8' Flûte à Cheminée 32
    16' Kontra Trompete  61         8' Cor Anglais       61 a   5 1/3' Quinte           12
     8' Trompete         12            Tremulant                    4' Choralbass       32
     8' Festival Trumpet 61            Sub                          4' Nachthorn        32
        Tremulant                      Unison Off                   4' Flûte à Cheminée SW
        Unison Off                     Super                        2' Hohlflöte        32 s
        Chimes                      8' Festival Trumpet  GT        IV  Grand Cornet 64 128 s
                                                                   IV  Cornet       32 128 s
        SWELL  (III)                   POSITIV  (I)                IV  Cornet       16 128 s
                                                                   IV  Mixtur          128
    16' Bourdon          61         8' Spitzgedackt      61       III  Scharf           96
     8' Flûte à Cheminée 12         4' Prinzipal         61        32' Kontra Posaune   32
     8' Gambe            61         4' Koppelflöte       61        16' Posaune          12
     8' Gambe Céleste    61     2 2/3' Nasat             61        16' Kontra Trompete  GT
     8' Flûte Douce      61         2' Flachflöte        61        16' Bombarde         SW
     8' Flûte Céleste    61 s   1 3/5' Terzflöte         61        16' Dulzian          PO
     4' Prestant         61         1' Sifflöte          61         8' Posaune          12
     4' Flûte ⌂          61 s   III-V  Zimbel           257         8' Trompete         GT
     2' Doublette        61        16' Dulzian           61         4' Klarine          12
    II  Sesquialtera    122         8' Trompette         61         4' Schalmei         32
 III-V  Plein Jeu       257         8' Krummhorn         12            Tremulant
   III  Cymbale         183            Tremulant                    8' Festival Trumpet GT
    16' Bombarde         61 s          Sub                             Chimes
     8' Trompette        61            Unison Off
     8' Hautbois         61 s      16' Festival Trumpet  tc
     8' Voix Humaine     61 s       8' Festival Trumpet  GT
     4' Clairon          61         4' Festival Trumpet  --
        Tremulant                      Zimbelstern        4
        Sub
        Unison Off                  s  Skinner pipework
        Super                      s1  Skinner pipework 1-12
     8' Festival Trumpet GT        s2  1-5 new pipes; 6-12 old 1st Diapason; 13-up new

                        [Received from Jeff Scofield January 17, 2016]

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