Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 11446 (1980)

First United Methodist Church: Sanctuary
209 W. First St.
Reno, NV

Images

1994-05-04 - Sanctuary interior with pipe facades (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1994-05-04 - 16' Principal and 16' Bourdon extensions in front of Swell chamber (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1994-05-04 - Exposed Great pipework (left) (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1994-05-04 - Exposed Great pipework (right) (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1994-05-04 - Console (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

2024-03-29 - Church interior (Church Facebook via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2014-08-14 - Church exterior (Jon Roanhaus via Wikipedia/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
2 manuals
9 stops
30 registers
3 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)
Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons

Notes

2007-09-22 - Identified by Jeff Scofield through information in Möller factory documents. -Database Manager

2007-10-10 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Great exposed on either side of central window at the front. Principal unit and Mixture on right; Gedeckt unit and Krummhorn in left. 16' Principal extensions on left side of chancel as facade for chambered expressive Swell. No independent Pedal registers. Console has five blank tabs in preparation for an unnamed division. -Database Manager

2011-04-03 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- 5-stop Antiphonal prepared-for -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the console May 4, 1994 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Reno, Nevada
First United Methodist Church

M. P. Möller, Opus 11446, 1980 - Original Specifications

GREAT
   16     Bourdon                   12   Left
   8      Principal                 61   Right
   8      Gedeckt                   61   Left
   8      Gemshorn            (Sw)  --
   4      Octave                    12   Right 
   4      Gedeckt                   12   Left
   2      Flute                     12   Left
   III-IV Mixture                  183   Right. Begins: 15-19-22
          Krummhorn                 61   Left
          Tremolo
          Chimes                   (20)  Mayland: tenor a thru e 41

SWELL (Expressive)
   8      Rohrflöte                 61
   8      Gemshorn                  61
   8      Gemshorn Celeste    (tc)  49
   4      Spitz Principal           61
   4      Rohrflöte                 12
   2      Spitz Octave              12
   1-1/3  Larigot                   19   Repeat 12 top notes 
   16     Contre Trompette          12
   8      Trompette                 61
   4      Clairon                    7   Repeat 5 top notes
          Tremolo

PEDAL
   16     Principal           (Gt)  12
   16     Bourdon             (Gt)  --
   8      Principal           (Gt)  --
   8      Gedeckt             (Gt)  --
   8      Gemshorn            (Sw)  --
   4      Octave              (Gt)  --
   4      Rohrflöte           (Sw)  --
   III    Mixture             (Gt)  --
   16     Contre Trompette    (Sw)  --
   8      Trompette           (Sw)  --
   4      Clairon             (Sw)  --

ANTIPHONAL
   Provide five blank stop-controls only; do not provide slides

COUPLERS
   Swell to Great                  [8]

FINGER PISTONS
   Full Organ                    1 - 4

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

ACTION: E-P 
VOICES: 9
STOPS: 31; inc. chimes
RANKS: 12
PIPES: 781

NOTES
The Great is divided diatonically on either side of the window on
the front wall. The Principal unit and Mixture are on the right; and
the Gedeckt unit and Krummhorn are on the left. The 16' Bourdon and
Principal extensions are on the left wall of the chancel, and form a
facade for the swellbox. The console is on the right side of the
chancel, and has 5 blank stoptablets in preparation for an unlabeled
division. The Great III-IV Mixture is actually III for notes 1-17, IV
for the next 32 notes, back to III for the next 5 notes, and II for
the last 7 notes.

[Received on line from James R. Stettner May 16, 2010.]

Documents

(1980-01-08) Factory specifications via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield