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M. P. Möller Opus 7055 (1941)

First Methodist Church: Sanctuary
419 NE First St
Gainesville, FL

Images

2019-12-17 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
28 stops
18 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)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2007-08-29 - Identified through on-line information from Stephen Hall. -- Organ under went a major rebuild in 1979 by Bertram Kinzey. Choir was converted to Positiv with exposed pipes; most of the chamber wall was removed and replaced with screen and grill cloth. Organ is currently being renovated by Berghaus. -Database Manager

2012-04-17 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Rebuild, new console and tonal changes in 1979 as 3/37 Möller Op. R-989 -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Courtesy of the OHS Archives Date not recorded

     Gainesville, Florida
     First Methodist Church

     Möller   Op. 7055   1941   3/20
     _________________________________________________

     GREAT (encl w/Choir)          CHOIR
  8' Open Diapason     61       8' Viola            73
  8' Flute Harmonique  73       8' Concert Flute    73
  8' Gemshorn          73       8' Dulciana         61
  4' Octave            73       4' Flute a Cheminee 73
  4' Flute Harmonique  12       4' Dulciana         12
  2' Fifteenth         61   2 2/3' Dulciana 12th     7
     Tremulant                  2' Dulciana 15th     5
     Sub                        8' Clarinet         73
     Super                         Tremulant
     Chimes            21          Sub
                                   Unison Off
     SWELL                         Super
 16' Bourdon           73          Harp             49
  8' Geigen Diapason   73
  8' Stopped Diapason  12          PEDAL
  8' Saliconal         73      16' Open Diapason GT 12
  8' Vox Celeste       61      16' Bourdon          32
  4' Orchestral Flute  12      16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
III  Mixture          183       8' Flute Major      12
  8' Muted Trumpet     73       8' Dolce Flute      SW
  8' Vox Humana        73
     Tremulant
     Sub
     Unison Off
     Super

       [Received from Jeff Scofield August 20, 2022]

Documents

(1941-09-27) Factory specifications Stoplist and accessories -Jeff Scofield
Write-up from THE DIAPASON February 1942 Stoplist and description -Jeff Scofield

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