Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 11401 (1979)

First Lutheran Church
512 Cale Ave.
Miles City, MT

Images

1994-07-20 - Exposed Great Pipework (Archival source not identified by contributor: James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1994-07-20 - Great Pipework (Archival source not identified by contributor: James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1994-07-20 - Console (Archival source not identified by contributor: James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

2019-02-18 - Church exterior (Church Facebook via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
2 manuals
29 stops
7 registers
2 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets 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

Notes

2007-04-28 - Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ is installed atop a platform at the rear of this large A-frame building. The console and choir are both at the rear. There are no independent Pedal registers. The Great has 3 registers: Principal, Gedeckt, and II-III Mixture. The Swell has 4 registers: Gemshorn, Gemshorn Celeste, Spitz Flute, and Trompette. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the console July 20, 1994 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Miles City, Montana
First Lutheran Church

M.P. Möller, Opus 11401, 1979 - Original Specifications

GREAT
   16'    Bourdon                   12   Extension of the 8' Gedeckt.
   8'     Principal                 61
   8'     Gedeckt                   61
   8'     Gemshorn            (Sw)  --
   4'     Octave                    12   Extension of the 8' Principal.
   4'     Gedeckt                   12   Extension of the 8' Gedeckt.
   2'     Super Octave               7   Extension of the 8' Principal.
   2'     Flute                      7   Extension of the 8' Gedeckt.
   II-III Mixture                  126   Beginning composition: 19-22.
          Tremolo
          Chimes                   (21)  Mayland: Compass: Tenor A - f 42.

SWELL (Expressive)
   8'     Spitzflöte                --   From the 4' Spitzflöte. 1-12 from the 8' Gemshorn.
   8'     Gemshorn                  61
   8'     Gemshorn Celeste    (tc)  49
   4'     Spitzflöte                61
   2'     Spitzflöte                12   Extension of the 4' Spitzflote.
   1-1/3' Larigot                   24   Extension of the 8' Gemshorn.
   16'    Contre Trompette          12   Extension of the 8' Trompette.
   8'     Trompette                 61
   4'     Clarion                    7   Extension of the 8' Trompette.
          Tremolo

PEDAL (Expressive)
   16'    Principal           (Gt)  12   Extension of the Great 8' Principal.
   16'    Bourdon             (Gt)  --
   8'     Principal           (Gt)  --
   8'     Gedeckt             (Gt)  --
   8'     Gemshorn            (Sw)  --
   4'     Octave              (Gt)  --
   III    Mixture             (Gt)  --   Composition: 15-19-22.
   16'    Contre Trompette    (Sw)  --
   8'     Trompette           (Sw)  --
   4'     Clarion             (Sw)  --

COUPLERS
   Swell to Great                  [8]

FINGER PISTONS
   General                       1 - 4

TOE STUDS
   None

PEDAL MOVEMENTS
   Swell Expression             (bal.)
   Great Expression             (bal.)
   Crescendo                    (bal.)

ACTION: Electro-Pneumatic unit
VOICES: 7
STOPS: 29; inc. chimes
RANKS: 9
PIPES: 597

NOTES
The organ was sold and installed by Harold B. Curryer of Spokane, WA.
when he was the one-time Moller Rep.  The organ is installed at the
rear of the A-frame building across a ledge supported by the roof
beams. The expressive Swell is installed behind the exposed Great.

The Great II-III Mixture is actually II-III-II-I as follows:

        1 - 37.....II ranks....74 pipes
        38 - 49....III ranks...36 pipes
        50 - 53....II ranks.....8 pipes
        54 - 61....I rank.......8 pipes

The Bourdon/Gedeckt unit is stopped wood for the 16' and 8' octaves,
then becomes capped metal. The 2' Super Octave and 2' Flute repeat for
the top 5 notes.

The Swell 1-1/3' Larigot is an extension of the 8' Gemshorn and repeats
for the top 7 notes. The 4' Clarion repeats for the top 5 notes.

The Pedal III Mixture is the Great II-III Mixture with the 2' pitch
taken from the Principal unit.

[Received on line from James R. Stettner June 28, 2009.]

Documents

(1979-08-08) Factory specifications, OHS Archives via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield