Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 10214 (1967)

Mountain Brook Baptist Church: Sanctuary
3631 Montevallo Rd.
Mountain Brook (Birmingham), AL

Images

2022-01-10 - Church interior from floor (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022-01-10 - Church interior from balcony (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1989-04-27 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
39 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)
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

2006-11-15 - The organ is in two chambers to the left as you face the altar/pulpit/front of the room. -Database Manager

2006-11-15 - Rebuilt by Howard Best, 1980s. -Database Manager

2007-05-24 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

2009-08-13 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Birmingham, Alabama
       Mountain Brook Baptist Church

       Möller   Op. 10214   1967   3/50

       GREAT (3½" wind)               SWELL (4")
   16' Quintaton 61               16' Rohrbourdon 68
    8' Diapason 61                 8' Spitzprincipal 68
    8' Hohlflöte 61                8' Rohrflöte 12
    4' Octave 61                   8' Viole de Gambe 68
    4' Harmonic Flute 61           8' Viole Celeste 61 GG
2 2/3' Twelfth 61                  4' Geigen Principal 68
    2' Fifteenth 61                4' Waldflöte 68
   IV  Mixture 244                 2' Flautino 61
    8' Bombarde CH                IV  Plein Jeu 244
       Sub                        16' Fagot 68 (reg open Oboe)
       Unison Off                  8' Trompette 68
       Super                       8' Oboe 68 (reg capped Oboe)
       Chimes 25 (Deagan)          4' Clairon 68
       Tower Bells                    Tremulant
       (pres. Schulmerich)            Sub
                                      Unison Off
       CHOIR (3½")                    Super
    8' Gemshorn 68
    8' Gedackt 68                     PEDAL (3½")
    8' Dulciana 68                32' Bourdon 32
    8' Unda Maris 61 GG           16' Contrabass 32 (metal)
    4' Praestant 68               16' Bourdon 12
    4' Koppelflöte 68             16' Quintaton GT
2 2/3' Nazat 61                   16' Rohrbourdon SW
    2' Spitzflöte 61               8' Spitzprincipal 32
1 3/5' Terz 61                     8' Bourdon 12
1 1/3' Kleine Quint 61             8' Quintaton GT
    1' Sifflöte 61                 8' Rohrflöte SW
  III  Cymbel 183                  4' Choralbass 12
    8' Bombarde 68 (6")            4' Flute 12
    8' Krummhorn 68              III  Mixture 96
    4' Schalmei 68                16' Posaune 32 (4")
       Tremulant                  16' Fagot SW
       Sub                         8' Trumpet 12
       Unison Off                  4' Clairon 12
       Super                       4' Oboe SW

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

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