Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 1154 (1910)

First Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
201 E. Sherman St.
Hutchinson, KS

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

Images

Unknown - Church Exterior (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1910)/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
26 stops
30 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: None

Notes

2007-02-19 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- This organ was installed in and used at the time of the dedication of the original stone church in 1888. The cost of the organ was covered by the Ladies Sewing Society. The organ was rebuilt by the original builder in 1926, Op. 4624. -Database Manager

2009-06-02 - The Möller lists show this organ to be Opus 1154 (ca. 1910), a two-manul organ of 44 'registers.' -Database Manager

2009-11-05 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- This organ was installed in 1910 in the present 1888 sanctuary; the organ was replaced in 1926 by Möller Op. 4624. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from <i>The Diapason</i> February 1911 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

     Hutchinson, Kansas
     First Presbyterian Church

     Möller   Op. 1154   1910   2/26

     "The first public use of the organ was made last night [January 17,
     1911] at a dedicatory recital.  The organ was purchased through the
     efforts of the Ladies' Aid Society of the church at a cost of $5000.
     It was built by M. P. Möller; D. S. Wentz, an expert organ man coming
     here from Hagerstown, Maryland, to erect it.  The console is detached
     and stands on the main floor at the left of the rostrum.  The organ
     is operated by a kinetic blower.  Besides the 1,549 pipes, there are
     twenty tubular bells which give a complete chime effect; they are in
     a room to the left of the main organ.  They are operated by com-
     pressed air.  Fifteen pneumatic pistons control the stops and 
     pistons."

     GREAT                         SWELL
 16' Double Open Diapason      16' Bourdon
  8' First Open Diapason        8' Open Diapason
  8' Second Open Diapason       8' Geigen Principal
  8' Doppel Floete              8' Stopped Diapason
  8' Viola d'Gamba              8' Viol d'Orchestre
  8' Melodia                    8' Salicional
  8' Dulciana                   8' Aeoline
  4' Octave                     4' Flute Harmonic
  4' Wald Floete                4' Gemshorn
  8' Trumpet                    2' Flageolet
     Chimes                     8' Cornopean
                                8' Oboe
     PEDAL                      8' Vox Humana
 16' Open Diapason
 16' Bourdon
 16' Violone
 16' Lieblich Gedacht SW
  8' Octave (ext)
  8' Flute (ext)
  8' Violoncello (ext)

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield November 05, 2009.]