Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 8650 (1954)

Central Moravian Church: Sanctuary
73 West Church Street
Bethlehem, PA

Images

1954-09-02 - Balcony, Console, and Pipe Display (Möller Promotional Photo; collection of Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
40 stops
56 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons

Notes

2006-05-23 - Designed and voiced by Ernest White. Four stops originally "prepared for" installed in 1957. Liturgical Trumpet added in 1961. -Database Manager

2006-11-09 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

2010-01-01 - Updated through online information from John Igoe. -- A report by Janice Butz in <i>The American Organist</i> (January 2010) refers to "a 1954 Möller that was restored in 2007 by Emery Brothers with digital enhancements by the Walker Technical Company". -Database Manager

2012-01-28 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Renovated and enlarged by Emery Brothers in 2007; now a 4-manual with digital stops added to the pipe stops. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> March 1954 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
       Central Moravian Church

       Möller   Op. 8650   1954   3/48
       ______________________________________________

       GREAT                      SWELL
   16' Quintaten     61       16' Contre Gambe     68
    8' Principal     61        8' Geigen Diapason  68
    8' Bourdon       61        8' Rohrflöte        68
    8' Gemshorn      61        8' Viole de Gambe   12
    4' Octave        61        8' Viole Celeste    68
    4' Spitzflöte    61        4' Principal        68
   II  Rauschquinte 122        4' Harmonic Flute   68
   IV  Fourniture   244    2 2/3' Nazard           61
       Sub                    IV  Plein Jeu       244
       Unison Off             16' Krummhorn        68
       Super                   8' Trompette        68
                               4' Schalmei         68
       PEDAL                      Tremulant
   16' Contrebasse   32           Sub
   16' Bourdon       32           Unison Off
   16' Quintaten     GT           Super
   16' Contre Gambe  SW
    8' Octave        32           CHOIR
    8' Bourdon       12        8' Viola            68
    8' Quintaten     GT        8' Gedeckt          68
    8' Gambe         SW        8' Erzähler         68
5 1/3' Quint         32        8' Erzähler Celeste 68
    4' Super Octave  12        4' Nachthorn        68
    4' Bourdon       12    2 2/3' Nasat            61
    4' Nachthorn     CH        2' Blockflöte       61
2 2/3' Quint         12        1' Sifflöte         61
    2' Octavin       12      III  Cymbal          183
    2' Nachthorn     CH           Tremulant
   16' Bassoon       32           Sub
   16' Krummhorn     SW           Unison Off
    8' Bassoon       12           Super
    4' Bassoon       12

[Received online from Jeff Scofield  January 28, 2012]

Documents

(1953-11-09) Factory Documentation Factory Documentation courtesy of the OHS Archive -Roman Lizak