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Midwest Organ Service (1957)

Second Baptist Church: Sanctuary
9030 Clayton Road
St. Louis, MO

OHS convention: 1979

Images

1990-05-14 - Sanctuary interior to front (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1990-05-14 - Sanctuary interior, gallery, console and exposed pipes (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1990-05-14 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1990-05-14 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

3 manuals
41 stops
33 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Has crescendo
Has combination thumb pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2006-09-22 - Completely new electro-pneumatic action; re-uses some pipework from the Kilgen. Moved to a new building at McKnight and Clayton Roads in 1957 by Midwest Organ Services (Walter Brummer), a Möller service representative. Some additional alterations at that time. -Database Manager

2009-02-08 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- Moved to landmark building in contemporary Scandinavian-style at 9030 Clayton Road in 1957; the building features nine 40-foot tall windows by Emil Frei and Siegfried Reinhardt depicting the Beatitudes. The organ is installed in the gallery. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       St. Louis, Missouri
       Second Baptist CHurch

       Möller   Op. 6943   1941   3/37
       ________________________________________________

         Existing pipework unless otherwise indicated

       GREAT                        CHOIR

   16' Diapason        73        8' Diapason         73
    8' Principal       73        8' Concert Flute    73 +
    8' Claribel Flute  73        8' Dulciana         73
    8' Gemshorn        73        8' Unda Maris       61
    4' Octave          73        4' Flute d'Ammour   73
    4' Flute Harmonic  73        4' Dolce            12
2 2/3' Quinte          61    2 2/3' Dolce             7
    2' Super Octave    61        2' Spitz Flute      61
  III  Mixture        183        2' Dolce             5
    8' Tromba          CH        8' Clarinet         73
    4' Clarion         CH        8' Cor Anglais      73 b
       Sub                          Tremolo
       Unison Off                   Sub
       Super                        Unison Off
       Chimes                       Super
                                 8' Tromba           73
       SWELL                     4' Clarion          12

   16' Lieblich Bass   73           PEDAL
    8' Gedeckt         73
    8' Viol da Gamba   73       32' Resultant        --
    8' Viol Celeste    73       16' Diapason         32
    4' Principal       73       16' Diapason         GT
    4' Fugara          73       16' Bourdon          32
    4' Flute Traverse  73       16' Lieblich Bass    SW
    2' Flautino        61   10 2/3' Quint             7
  III  Plein Jeu      183        8' Octave           12
    8' Trumpet         73 +      8' Flute             5
    8' Oboe            73        8' Violoncello      32
    4' Schalmei        61 a      8' Gedeckt          SW
       Tremolo                   4' Flute            12
       Sub                      16' Posaune          32 c
       Unison Off                8' Posaune          12 c
       Super

    +  additions
    a  formerly 8' Vox Humana
    b  formerly Orchestral Oboe
    c  formerly Trombone and Tromba

          [Received from Jeff Scofield June 7, 2019]

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