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M. P. Möller Opus 2710 (1918)

First Congregational Church
9th St. & 3rd Ave. N.
Great Falls, MT

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
20 stops
23 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)

Notes

2007-04-28 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ had a 3-sectional facade with 51 pipes arranged: 7-5-27-5-7. The pipes were bronze with gold bands framed by red stripes at the top. The console appears to have been detached, but hard-up against the case. Source: extant, rebuilt organ; church archives. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist reconstructed from extant pipes and chests, and church history Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Great Falls, Montana
First Congregational Church

M.P. MÖLLER, Opus 2710, 1918 - Original Specifications


GREAT                                        COUPLERS
   Gr. 8'  Open Diapason            73          Swell to Pedal                [8]
   Gr. 8'  Doppel Floete            73          Great to Pedal                [8]
   Gr. 8'  Melodia                  73
   Gr. 8'  Dulciana                 73          Swell to Great             16,[8],4
   Gr. 4'  Octave                   73
   Gr. 4'  Flute Traverso           73
   Gr. 8'  Tuba                     73       FINGER PISTONS
                                                Undocumented
   Great 4'

                                             FOOT LEVERS (Undocumented)
SWELL (Expressive)                              Gr. to Ped. Reversible        (rev)
   Sw. 16' Bourdon                  73
   Sw. 8'  Open Diapason            73
   Sw. 8'  Stopped Diapason         73       PEDAL MOVEMENTS
   Sw. 8'  Viole d'Orchestre        73          Swell Expression             (bal.)
   Sw. 8'  Salicional               73          Crescendo                    (bal.)
   Sw. 8'  Vox Celeste        (tc)  61
   Sw. 8'  Aeoline                  61
   Sw. 4'  Flute Harmonique         73
   Sw. 8'  Cornopean                73
   Sw. 8'  Oboe & Bassoon           73
   Sw. 8'  Vox Humana               61
           Tremulant

   Sw. Unison Separat'n
   Swell 4'                                  ACTION: Tubular-Pneumatic

                                             VOICES: 20
PEDAL
   Ped. 16' Open Diapason           30       STOPS: 23
   Ped. 16' Bourdon                 30
   Ped. 16' Lieblich Gedeckt  (Sw)  --       RANKS: 20 
   Ped. 8'  Octave                  12
   Ped. 8'  Bass Flute              12       PIPES: 1,374


NOTES
The façade was comprised of a pipe fence containing 51 pipes in three flats
divided by two small towers arranged as: 7 – 5 – 27 – 5 – 7. The original
console was detached.

The exact nomenclature of stops and controls in the preceding specification is
not verified. The original console is no loner extant, and the organ has since
been electrified and rebuilt. Spellings given are based on the extant pipework
and chests, as well as documents in church archives and other documented and
extant examples of the builder's work from this period.

Sources: Möller opus list; church documents; JRS; extant, altered organ

 [Received from James R. Stettner 2016-01-22.]

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