Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 4687 (1926)

Dilworth Methodist Church: Sanctuary
605 East Blvd.
Charlotte, NC

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

Images

Unknown - Church Exterior (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1934)/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
45 stops
25 registers
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys on Angled Jambs
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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2007-11-15 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2008-11-17 - Updated through on-line information from David Ritch. -- In 1926, the congregation of Dilworth Methodist Episcopal Church moved to a new sanctuary and this instrument was installed there. The Möller organ was replaced in 1993 by Visser-Rowland Opus 100. -Database Manager

2013-07-03 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Rebuilt by Moller with a new console in 1961; new reeds supplied by Moller in 1967; replaced in 1993 by Visser-Rowland 3/47 Op. 100, retaining only the Pedal 16' Open Wood from the Moller. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

    Charlotte, North Carolina
    Dilworth Methodist Church

    Möller   Op. 4687   1926   3/25
    _________________________________________________________

    GREAT (encl w/CH)                    SWELL
16' Double Open Diapason  61         16' Bourdon           61
 8' First Open Diapason   61          8' Open Diapason     61
 8' Second Open Diapason  12          8' Flute Harmonique  73
 8' Doppel Floete         73          8' Gedeckt           12
 8' Claribel Flute        73          8' Violin Diapason   73
 8' Viola da Gamba        73          8' Viole d'Orchestre 73
 8' Gemshorn              73          8' Salicional        73   
 4' Octave                CH          8' Vox Celeste       73
 4' Flute Harmonique      73          4' Principal (VDiap) --
 8' Tuba                  73          4' Orchestral Flute  12
    Tremulant                         4' Salicet           --
    Sub                           2 2/3' Flute Twelfth      7
    Unison Off                        2' Flautina           5
    Super                             8' Cornopean         73
    Chimes                25          8' Oboe              73
                                      8' Vox Humana        73
    CHOIR                                Tremulant
 8' English Open Diapason 73             Sub
 8' Concert Flute         73             Unison Off
 8' Dulciana              73             Super
 8' Unda Maris            61             Concert Harp      37
 8' Doppel Floete         GT
 8' Gemshorn              GT             PEDAL
 8' Viola da Gamba        GT         32' Resultant         --
 4' Solo Flute (ConcFlte) --         16' 1st Open Diapason 32
 4' Dulcet                --         16' 2nd Open Diapason GT
 2' Piccolo               GT         16' Bourdon           32
 8' Clarinet              73         16' Lieblich Gedeckt  SW
    Tremulant                         8' Octave            12
    Sub                               8' Flute             12
    Unison Off                        8' Violoncello       GT
    Super                            16' Tuba              12 GT

   [Received online from Jeff Scofield July 3, 2013]

Documents

(1926-04-27) Factory Documentation Factory Documentation courtesy of the OHS Archive -Roman Lizak