Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 11257 (1978)

St. Mary Magdalen Parish: Church
1213 52nd Street SE
Kentwood, MI

Images

2024-07-30 - Church interior and exposed pipes (Church Facebook via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022-09-27 - Church exterior (Church Facebook via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
2 manuals
32 stops
9 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

2010-02-10 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2010-07-20 - Updated through on-line information from Chad Boorsma -- The organ was rebuilt in 2006 by G. M. Buck Pipe Organs. The console was changed to solid state, some pipes were added, and many digital stops were placed on the instrument. -Database Manager

2012-07-04 - The organ and church were destroyed by fire in the early morning hours of July 1, 2012. The cause of the fire was likely fireworks that landed on the roof. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

             Kentwood, Michigan
             St. Mary Magdalen Parish

             Möller   Op. 11257   1978   2/13

             GREAT (exposed)
 1.      16' Bourdon            90 pipes
 2.       8' Principal          80 pipes
 3.       8' Gedeckt            from #1
 4.       8' Gemshorn           from #14
 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  7 top notes
 9.      II  Sesquialtera       98 pipes   tc
10.  III-IV  Mixture           183 pipes
11.       8' Trompette          from #20   
12.          Tremolo

             SWELL
13.       8' Rohrflöte          73 pipes
14.       8' Gemshorn           80 pipes
15.       8' Gemshorn Celeste   49 pipes   tc
16.       4' Spitzprinzipal     73 pipes
17.       4' Rohrflöte          from #13
18.       2' Spitzoctav         from #16
19.   1 1/3' Larigot            from #14   repeat 12 top notes
20.      16' Contre Trompette   80 pipes   1-6 half-length
21.       8' Trompette          from #20
22.       4' Clairon            from #20   repeat  5 top notes
23.          Tremolo

             PEDAL
24.      16' Contra Bass        12 pipes   20 from #2
25.      16' Bourdon            from #1
26.       8' Principal          from #2
27.       8' Gedeckt            from #1
28.       8' Gemshorn           from #14
29.       4' Octave             from #2
30.       4' Rohrflöte          from #13
31.     III  Mixture            from #9
32.      16' Contre Trompette   from #20
33.       8' Trompette          from #20
34.       4' Clairon            from #20

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield February 10, 2010.]

Documents

(1977-06-23) Factory specifications, OHS Archives via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield

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#46971†* - G.M. Buck Pipe Organs (2006)