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M. P. Möller Opus 8355 (1952)

West End United Methodist Church: Sanctuary
2200 West End Avenue
Nashville, TN

Images

1952-03-21 - Chancel and Twin Pipe Facades (Möller Promotional Photo; collection of Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1952-03-21 - Pipe Facade (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
34 stops
57 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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2007-03-05 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Some of the stops of this organ were used when Möller replaced it with Op. 11616 in 1983. The 1952 console serves as the Gallery Organ console. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

Nashville, Tennessee
West End Methodist Church

Möller   Op. 8355   1952   3/40

       GREAT (3 1/2" wind)              SWELL (4" wind)
   16' Violone 68                   16' Bourdon 73
    8' Diapason 61                   8' Geigen Diapason 73
    8' Spitz Principal 61            8' Nasongedeckt 12
    8' Gemshorn 61 (encl)            8' Salicional 73
    8' Gross Flute 61 (encl)         8' Viole Celeste 73
    4' Principal 61                  8' Flauto Dolce 73
    4' Rohrflöte 61 (encl)           8' Flauto Dolce Celeste tc 61
2 2/3' Twelfth 61                    4' Octave 73
    2' Fifteenth 61                  4' Nachthorn 73
   IV  Fourniture 244               IV  Plein Jeu 244
       Tremolo (encl)               16' Contra Fagotto 73
       Sub                           8' Trompette 73
       Unison Off                    8' Oboe 12
       Super                         4' Clarion 12
       Chimes 25 (encl; Deagan D)       Tremolo
                                        Sub
       CHOIR (4" wind)                  Unison Off
   16' Contra Dulciana 61               Super
    8' Viola 73
    8' Cor de Nuit 73                   ANTIPHONAL
    8' Dulciana 12                      Prepared-for
    8' Unda Maris tc 61                 8 blank knobs
    4' Rohrflöte 61
    4' Dulciana 12                      PEDAL (4" wind)
2 2/3' Nazard 61                    16' Contrebasse 32
2 2/3' Dulciana 12th 7              16' Bourdon 12 GT
    2' Piccolo 61                   16' Violone GT
    2' Dulciana 15th 5              16' Nasongedeckt SW
    8' Tuba Mirabilis 61 **         16' Contra Dulciana CH
    8' French Horn 61 **             8' Principal 32
    8' Krummhorn 61                  8' Bourdon GT
       Tremolo                       8' Violone GT
       Sub                           4' Choralbass 32
       Unison Off                    4' Bourdon GT
       Super                         2' Octavin GT (Violone)
       Harp 49                      16' Trombone 12 CH **
       Celesta                      16' Contra Fagotto SW
       Chimes GT                     8' Tromba CH
                                     4' Clarion CH
    ** 6" wind pressure                 Chimes GT

 [Received on line from Jeff Scofield March 01, 2009.]

 [Received on line from Jeff Scofield March 01, 2009.]

Documents

(1952-10-12) Dedication program via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield

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