Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 11273 (1978)

West Des Moines Christian Church
4501 Mills Civic Pkwy.
West Des Moines, IA

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
2 manuals
7 stops
29 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons

Notes

2007-10-06 - Identified by Jeff Scofield through information in Möller factory documents. -Database Manager

2010-02-16 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Congregation moved to new facility in 1999; current Facebook photos of the sanctuary show no sign of the organ. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

             West Des Moines, Iowa
             West Des Moines Christian Church

             Möller   Op. 11273   1978   2/9

             GREAT (unenclosed)
 1.      16' Bourdon            92 pipes
 2.       8' Principal          80 pipes   partially exposed
 3.       8' Gedeckt            from #1
 4.       8' Gemshorn           from #13
 5.       4' Octave             from #2
 6.       4' Gedeckt            from #1
 7.       2' Super Octave       from #2    repeat 5 top notes
 8.       2' Flute              from #1    repeat 5 top notes
 9.  II-III  Mixture            126 pipes
10.       8' Trompette          from #18
11.          Tremolo
11a.         Chimes             21 tubes   Mayland

             SWELL
12.       8' Rohrflöte          73 pipes
13.       8' Gemshorn           80 pipes
14.       4' Spitzprincipal     73 pipes
15.       4' Rohrflöte          from #12
16.       2' Spitzoctave        from #14
17.   1 1/3' Larigot            from #13
18.      16' Contre Trompette   80 pipes   1-6 half-length
19.       8' Trompette          from #18
20.       4' Clairon            from #18   repeat 5 top notes
21.          Tremolo

             PEDAL
22.      16' Bourdon            from #1
23.       8' Principal          from #2
24.       8' Gedeckt            from #1
25.       8' Gemshorn           from #13
26.       4' Octave             from #2
27.       4' Rohrflöte          from #12
28.     III  Mixture            from #7 & 9
29.      16' Contre Trompette   from #18
30.       8' Trompette          from #18
31.       4' Clairon            from #18

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield February 16, 2010.]

Documents

(1977-09-01) Factory specifications, OHS Archives via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield