Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 9825 (1964)

First Lutheran Church
303 6th Ave.
Havre, MT

Images

Unknown - Displayed pipes in the rear gallery. June, 1994 (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Unknown - Exposed Great pipework and Pedal 16' Bordun behind. June, 1994 (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Unknown - Exposed Positiv pipework. June, 1994 (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Unknown - Pedal 16' Bordun and 8' Geigend Prinzipal pipes atop swellbox. June, 1994 (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Unknown - Console interior. June, 1994 (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Unknown - Console: manuals and couplers. June, 1994 (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1964-11-11 - Pipe Display (Möller sales photo from the collection of Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2008-12-23 - Pipe Display (Photo from church website; used with permission and submitted by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
19 stops
25 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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2007-09-20 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ is installed in the rear gallery against the back wall with the choir seated in front. The exposed pipework shows the Great (left) and Pedal 8'/4' Principal unit plus the Positiv (right) in front of the Swell enclosure. The Great 8' Trumpet is dead center between the divided, exposed pipes. The Pedal 16' Bourdon basses are at the extreme left - almost hidden. The balance of the Bourdon is on top of the swellbox along with the II Pedal mixture. Mayland chimes were added as a memorial gift by Meadway & Stettner Pipe Organs of Monroe, Washington ca. 2001. They were suspended from roof support trusses in front of the organ. Due to a faulty chimes keyboard, the chimes had to be regulated regularly. In 2006, they were removed to a beam over the swellbox for easier access, which necessitated reconfiguring the placement of the 16' Bourdon extension, II Pedal mixture, and their regulator. That faulty keyboard has since been replaced. The Great 2' Spillflote and Positive 2' Principal were swapped later in 2006. Otherwise, the organ is unaltered. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

Havre, Montana
First Lutheran Church

M.P. Möller, Opus 9825, 1963 - Original Specifications

GREAT
   8     Prinzipal               61
   8     Gedackt                 61   Metal.
   4     Oktav                   61
   2     Spillpfeife             61   Swapped w/Positiv 2' Prinzipal in 2006
   II-IV Mixtur                 208
   8     Trompete                61

SWELL (Expressive)
   8     Rohrflöte               61
   8     Viole de Gambe          61
   8     Viole Celeste     (tc)  49
   4     Gemshorn                61
   2     Flautino                61
   8     Hautbois                61
         Tremolo
   Swell 16
   Swell Unison Off
   Swell 4

POSITIV
   8     Zauberflöte             61   Capped metal; harmonic.
   4     Koppelflöte             61
   2     Prinzipal               61   Swapped w/Great 2' Spillpfeife in 2006
   II    Zimbel                 122   Beginning composition: 33-36.
         Tremolo
   Positiv 16
   Positiv Unison Off

PEDAL
   16    Bordun                  32
   16    Flöten Bass       (Sw)  12  
   8     Geigend Prinzipal       32
   8     Bordun                  12   Extension of the 16 Bordun.
   8     Rohrflöte         (Sw)  --
   4     Geigendoktav            12   Extension of the 8' Geigend Prinzipal.
   4     Rohrflöte         (Sw)  --
   16    Bassoon           (Sw)  12   Extension of the 8' Hautbois.
   4     Hautbois          (Sw)  --

COUPLERS
   Swell to Pedal             [8],4
   Great to Pedal             [8]
   Positiv to Pedal           [8]
   Swell to Great          16,[8],4
   Positiv to Great        16,[8]
   Swell to Positiv           [8],4
   Great to Positiv           [8]

FINGER PISTONS
   General                    1 - 4
   Swell                      1 - 4
     Sw. to Ped.              (rev)
   Great                      1 - 4
     Gr. to Ped.              (rev)
   Positiv                    1 - 4
     Pos. to Ped.             (rev)
   Tutti                      (rev)

TOE STUDS
   Pedal                      1 - 4
   Sw. to Ped.                (rev)
   Gr. to Ped.                (rev)
   Pos. to Ped.               (rev)
   Tutti                      (rev)

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

ACTION: E-P primary (pitman) & unit
VOICES: 19
STOPS: 26
RANKS: 24
PIPES: 1,348 

 [Received on line from James R. Stettner June 14, 2009.]

Websites

[Photograph from church web site] - Single photograph (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)