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M. P. Möller Opus 11458 (1981)

Images

2019-05-17 - Church exterior (Photograph by Chris Stroh, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1986-11-11 - Console to right (j/Database Manager)

1986-11-11 - Console to left (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2015-04-06 - Chancel and organ case (Photograph by William Barnes/Database Manager)

2015-04-06 - Nave and Balcony (Photograph by William Barnes/Database Manager)

2015-04-06 - Choir Loft and Organ Case (Photograph by William Barnes/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

• Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
• Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
• 4 manuals
• 66 stops
• 99 registers
• 6 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 combination toe pistons
• Has coupler thumb pistons
• Has coupler toe pistons
• Has tutti thumb pistons
• Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2007-08-30 - Identified by Jeff Scofield through information in Möller factory documents. -Database Manager

2009-01-24 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Some Kimball stops were retained, including the 32' Bourdon and full-length 32' Contre Bombarde. -Database Manager

2009-11-06 - Updated through online information from David Engen. -Database Manager

2011-04-04 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- 23 ranks retained from previous organ. -Database Manager

2023-06-20 - I’m the organist at Westminster and the instrument is in increasing need of repair. Hoping to use this site page as a resource. -Joseph Trucano

Stoplist

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

        Minneapolis, Minnesota
        Westminster Presbyterian Church

        Möller   Op. 11458   1980   4/85
        ______________________________________________________

      * present pipework

        GREAT (II)                     SWELL (III)(enclosed)
    16' Violone          61 *      16' Rohrbass             61
     8' Principal        61         8' Rohrflöte            12
     8' Bourdon          61         8' Hohlflöte            61 *
     8' Violone          12 *       8' Viole                61 *
     8' Harmonic Flute   61         8' Viole Celeste        61 *
     8' Erzähler         61 *       8' Spitz Viole II      115 *
     4' Octave           61         8' Flauto Dolce Cel II 110
     4' Rohrflöte        61         4' Principal            61
     4' Spitzflöte       61         4' Waldflöte            61 *
 2 2/3' Twelfth          61         2' Flötenprincipal      61
     2' Fifteenth        61    III-IV  Plein Jeu           220
 1 3/5' Seventeenth      61       III  Cymbale             183
III-IV  Fourniture      220        16' Petite Bombarde      61
   III  Scharf          183         8' Trompette            61   
    16' Kontratrompete   61         8' Hautbois             61
     8' Trompete         61         8' Voix Humaine         61 *
        Unison Off                  4' Clairon              61
     8' Festival Trumpet 73            Tremolo
        Chimes           21            Sub
                                       Unison Off
        POSITIV (I)                    Super
    16' Quintaton        61
     8' Spitzprincipal   61            PEDAL
     8' Holzgedeckt      61        32' Contre Bourdon        9
     8' Quintaton        12        32' Resultant            --
     4' Principal        61        16' Diapason       wood  32 *
     4' Spillflöte       61        16' Principal            32
     2' Octave           61        16' Bourdon              32
     2' Blockflöte       61        16' Violone              GT
 1 1/3' Quint            61        16' Quintaton            PO
     1' Klein Octave     61        16' Flauto Dolce         SW
 III-V  Zimbel          244    10 2/3' Violone Quint        GT
    16' Dulzian          61         8' Octave               32 *
     8' Trumpet          61 *       8' Bourdon              12
     8' Krummhorn        12         8' Spitzflöte           32 *
        Tremolo                     8' Rohrflöte            SW
        Sub                     6 2/5' Gross Terz           32 *
        Unison Off              5 1/3' Violone Quint        GT
     8' Festival Trumpet GT         4' Super Octave         32 *
                                    4' Spitzflöte           12 *
        CHOIR (I)(enclosed)     3 1/5' Terz                 12
     8' Koppelflöte      61 *       2' Spitzflöte           12 *
     8' Viole Cel    II 110 *     III  Mixture              96 *
     4' Gemshorn         61 *     III  Fourniture           36 *
 2 2/3' Nazard           61 *     III  Scharf               36 *
     2' Piccolo          61 *      IV  Gross Sesquialtera   --
 1 3/5' Tierce           61 *      32' Contre Bombarde      12 L/2
     8' Clarinet         61 *      16' Bombarde             32
        Tremolo                    16' Kontratrompete       GT
        Sub                        16' Dulzian              PO
        Unison Off                  8' Trompette            12
        Super                       8' Kontratrompete       GT
                                    4' Clairon              12
        SOLO (IV)(enclosed)         4' Krummhorn            PO
     8' Flauto Mirabilis 49            Chimes               GT
     8' Gamba            61         8' Festival Trumpet     GT
     8' Gamba Celeste    61
     8' Tuba             61
     8' French Horn      61
     8' English Horn     61
        Tremolo
        Sub
        Unison Off
        Super
    16' Festival Trumpet tc
     8' Festival Trumpet GT
     4' Festival Trumpet GT

Documents

• (1980-12-21) The Sanctuary Organ Westminster Prespybyterian Church A brief history of the church's organs and organists, published by the church. -William G. Barnes
• (2017-02-15) Organs of Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis: A History This is a history of the organs in the Sanctuary and the Chapel written by myself, based on my research and conversations with Dr. Edward Berryman. -William G. Barnes
• (1980-07-12) Factory specifications, via the OHS Archives Stoplist and accessories -Jeff Scofield
• Inaugural Recitals on the New Moller Organ Recital Program January 25, 1981 and January 26, 1981 -William Barnes

Websites

• Mpls, Westminster Presbyterian, Möller - Photograph, stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

• #58326 - W. W. Kimball Co. (1926)
• #60553 - W. W. Kimball Co. (1932)
• #62448 - M. P. Möller (1971)
• #62472 - M. P. Möller (1957)
• #62478 - M. P. Möller (1972ca.)

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