Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 8848 (1955)

First Presbyterian Church
870 West College Ave.
Jacksonville, IL

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
15 stops
22 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys 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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

2006-12-27 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Advertised for sale in the March 4, 1985 issue of Monday Morning (Vol. 50, No. 5) - a Presbyterian publication - for $15,000.00 (negotiable). Purchased by Community Presbyterian in Wapato, Washington and installed there by Möller representative Harold B. Curryer of Spokane, Washington with minor tonal changes. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the console November, 1995 in Wapato, Washington Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Jacksonville, Illinois
First Presbyterian Church

M.P. MÖLLER, Opus 8848, 1955 - Original Specifications


GREAT                                        COUPLERS
   8     Bourdon                    61          Swell to Pedal                [8],4
   8     Flauto Dolce (*)           61          Great to Pedal                [8]
   4     Principal                  61
   2-2/3 Quinte (*)                 61          Swell to Great             16,[8],4
   2     Octavlein                  61
         Chimes  (ta - f4)         (21)
         Tremolo                             FINGER PISTONS
                                                Generals                      1 – 3
   Great 16                                     Swell & Pedal                 1 – 3
   Great Unison                                   Sw. to Ped.                 (rev)
   Great 4                                      Great & Pedal                 1 – 3
                                                  Gr. to Ped.                 (rev)
                                                Gen. Can
SWELL (Expressive)
   8     Rohrflöte                  61
   8     Viole d'Gambe              61       FOOT LEVERS
   8     Viole Celeste        (tc)  49          Sw. to Ped. Reversible        (rev)
   4     Gemshorn Principal         61          Gr. to Ped. Reversible        (rev)
   4     Flute Harmonic (*)         61
   III   Plein Jeu (*) [15-19-22]  183
   8     Trompette                  61       PEDAL MOVEMENTS
   4     Hautbois (*)               61          Swell Expression             (bal.)
         Tremolo                                Crescendo                    (bal.)

   Swell 16
   Swell Unison
   Swell 4


PEDAL                                        ACTION: E-P
   16    Subbass                    32
   16    Quintaton            (Gt)  12       VOICES: 15
   8     Octave                     32
   8     Bourdon         (Subbass)  12       STOPS: 22; inc. chimes
   8     Rohrflöte            (Sw)  --
   4     Choralbass                 12       RANKS: 17
   4     Flute                (Sw)  --
   2     Octavin                    12       PIPE: 1,015
         blank


NOTES
This organ was originally built for the First Presbyterian Church of Jacksonville, IL. 
It was advertised for sale in the March 4, 1985 (Vol. 50, No. 5) issue of Monday Morning
magazine published by the Presbyterian Church for ministers and church personnel. The 
negotiable sale price was $ 15,000.00.

The organ was acquired by Community Presbyterian church in Wapato and was installed there
by Harold B. Curryer in 1985. It was dedicated on April 13, 1986 by John French.

Gt. 8' Diapason knob was originally the Gt. Tremolo.  The Sw. 4' Hautbois is an Orchestral
Oboe. The chimes are Peterson. Stops marked with an asterisk (*) are not Möller. Some chests
are not Möller. The Swell 8' Viole Celeste automatically draws the 8' Viole d'Gambe.


Sources: Monday Morning, March 4, 1985; JRS; extant, moved organ.

 [Received from James R. Stettner 2012-07-04.]

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