Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 11161 (1976)

St. Mary of the Assumption Roman Catholic Church
607 E. South Union St.
Bay City, MI

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

Images

2019 - Church interior (Church Facebook via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023 - Church exterior (Church Facebook via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
2 manuals
6 stops
27 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

2007-10-08 - Identified by Jeff Scofield through information in Möller factory documents. -Database Manager

2010-01-10 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2025-02-18 - This organ no longer exists in this location...it was removed and replaced with an inferior 1960s Allen that the church got for free..only the bass pipes of the Principal and Gedackt rank remain for decoration. The remaining pipework along with the console was incorporated into a new instrument in Frankenmuth, MI Information received online from Jeremy M Reis on 2025-02-16 -Paul R. Marchesano

Stoplist

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

             Bay City, Michigan
             St. Mary's R. C. Church

             Möller   Op. 11161   1976   2/8

             GREAT
 1.      16' Bourdon            92 pipes
 2.       8' Principal          80 pipes
 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.          Tremolo
11.          Chimes                        prepared for

             SWELL
12.       8' Spitzflöte         68 pipes   low octave from #13
13.       8' Gemshorn           85 pipes
14.       4' Spitzflöte         from #12
15.       2' Spitzflöte         from #12   repeat 5 top notes
16.   1 1/3' Larigot            from #13   repeat 7 top notes
17.      16' Contre Trompette   80 pipes   1-6 half-length
18.       8' Trompette          from #17
19.       4' Clarion            from #17   repeat 5 top notes
20.          Tremolo

             PEDAL
21.      16' Bourdon            from #1
22.       8' Principal          from #2
23.       8' Gedeckt            from #1
24.       8' Gemshorn           from #13
25.       4' Octave             from #2
26.       4' Spitzflöte         from #12
27.     III  Mixture            from #7 & 9
28.      16' Contre Trompette   from #17
29.       8' Trompette          from #17
30.       4' Clarion            from #17

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

Documents

(1976-04-21) Factory specifications, OHS Archives via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield