Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 11723 (1987)

Northbrook Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
22055 W. Fourteen Mile Rd.
Birmingham, MI

Images

2014 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1994-05-18 - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1994-05-18 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
27 stops
39 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: Computerized/Digital
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2007-08-28 - Identified by Jeff Scofield through information in Möller factory documents. -Database Manager

2008-07-05 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Church website says "MIDI and a host of electronic additions added since the organ installed." -Database Manager

2022-11-10 - The organ received the discarded 32' Quintaton from Moller Op. 8888, St. James Episcopal in New York City, when that organ was removed in 2005 and replaced by a Schoenstein. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

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

        Birmingham, Michigan
        Northbrook Presbyterian Church

        Möller   Op. 11723   1987   3/38
        _________________________________________________

        GREAT                         CHOIR
    16' Gedacktbass      12 CH     8' Holzgedeckt      61
     8' Principal        61        8' Flute Celeste II pf
     8' Koppelbordun     61        4' Spitzflöte       61   
     4' Octave           61        2' Flötenprinzipal  61
     2' Super Octave     61    1 1/3' Quintflöte       61
III-IV  Mixture         208   III-IV  Zimbel          208
     8' Trumpet          61        8' Krummhorn        61
        Sub                           Tremulant
        Super                         Unison Off
     8' Royal Trumpet    CH           Super
        Chimes           25       16' Royal Trumpet    tc
                                   8' Royal Trumpet    61
        SWELL
     8' Flute a Cheminee 61           PEDAL
     8' Viole de Gambe   61       32' Grosspommerbass  32 a
     8' Viole Celeste    61       16' Principal        32
     4' Prestant Conique 61       16' Pommerbass       12
     2' Octavin          61       16' Gedecktbass   CH/GT
    II  Cornet           98        8' Octave           12
III-IV  Plein Jeu       208        8' Pommer           12
    16' Basson    L/2    12        4' Choralbass       32
     8' Petite Trompette 61      III  Mixture          96
     4' Clairon          61       32' Cornet           -- b
        Tremulant                 16' Bombarde         32
        Sub                       16' Basson           SW
        Unison Off                 8' Trompette        12
        Super                      4' Petite Clairon   SW

     a  Pommer pipes and related chestwork from existing material
     b  chamber space & blower capacity to be reserved for 32'
        Bombarde pipes, 1-9 L/2 and 10-12 F/L, for future addition
        using this drawknob

       [Received online from Jeff Scofield January 28, 2012]

Documents

(1986-06-19) Factory specifications, via Roman Lizak Stoplist and accessories -Jeff Scofield