Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 11355 (1979)

First Baptist Church: Sanctuary
302 W. Main St.
Carbondale, IL

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
2 manuals
8 stops
30 registers
2 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons

Notes

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

2011-03-09 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2024-09-03 - The congregation moved to a new location as The View First Baptist Church in 2008; the old building was sold to Memorial Hospital of Carbondale to be used as a memorial garden; the old church building was demolished in August 2009; the View Church apparently later became the Redeemer Community Church. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

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

        Carbondale, Illinois
        First Baptist Church

        Möller   Op. 11355   1979   2/11
        _______________________________________________________________

        GREAT                 SWELL                     PEDAL
    16' Bourdon   92       8' Rohrflöte        73   16' Principal    12 GT
     8' Principal 80       8' Gemshorn         80   16' Bourdon
     8' Gedeckt            8' Gemshorn Celeste 49    8' Principal
     8' Gemshorn           4' Spitzprincipal   73    8' Gedeckt
     4' Octave             4' Rohrflöte              8' Gemshorn
     4' Gedeckt            2' Spitzoctave            4' Octave
     2' Super Octave   1 1/3' Larigot              III  Mixture
     2' Flute             16' Contre Trompette 80   16' Contre Trompette
III-IV  Mixture  183         (1-6 half-length)       8' Trompette
     8' Trompette          8' Trompette              4' Clairon
        Tremolo            4' Clairon
                              Tremolo

       [Received online from Jeff Scofield  March 10, 2011]

Documents

(1978-08-07) Factory specifications, OHS Archives via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield

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