Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 4911 (1927)

St. James Methodist Church: Sanctuary
504 N. Vermilion St.
Danville, IL

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

Images

Unknown - Church Exterior (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1961)/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
27 stops
44 registers
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys 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
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2007-11-25 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2009-08-11 - Updated through information from Jonathan Myers: -- The church now has a Buzard Opus 5 4/69 (1988), which incorporates some pipework from this organ. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the factory specifications via the OHS Archives Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

    Danville, Illinois
    St. James Methodist Church

    Möller   Op. 4911   1927   3/27
    ___________________________________________________

    GREAT (encl w/CH)             SWELL

16' Dbl Open Diapason  73     16' Bourdon            61
 8' 1st Open Diapason  73      8' Open Diapason      73
 8' 2nd Open Diapason  12      8' Stopped Diapason   12
 8' Doppel Floete      73      8' Viole d'Orchestre  73
 8' Viole d'Gamba      73      8' Salicional         73
 8' Lieblich Gedeckt   73      8' Vox Celeste        61
 4' Principal          CH      8' Aeoline            73
 4' Solo Flute (LGed)  --      4' Flute d'Amour      12
 8' Tuba               73      4' Violin (Salic)     --
    Tremulant                  2' Piccolo            12
    Sub                        8' Cornopean          73
    Unison Off                 8' Oboe               73
    Super                      8' Vox Humana         61
                                  Tremulant
    ECHO                          Sub
                                  Unison Off
 8' Gedeckt            61         Super
 8' Muted Viole        61
 8' Vox Angelica       61         CHOIR
 4' Forest Flute       12
 8' Vox Humana         61      8' Eng. Open Diapason 73
    Tremulant                  8' Concert Flute      73
    Chimes             20      8' Viole d'Gamba      GT
                               8' Dulciana           73
    PEDAL                      8' Unda Maris         61
                               4' Flute Traverso     --
32' Diapason Resultant --      4' Dulcet             --
16' 1st Open Diapason  32      8' French Horn        73
16' 2nd Open Diapason  GT      8' Clarinet           73
16' Bourdon            32         Tremulant
16' Lieblich Gedeckt   SW         Sub
 8' Octave Bass        12         Unison Off
 8' Bass Flute         12         Super
16' Tuba               12 GT      Chimes             EC
                                  Celeste Harp       49

       [Received from Jeff Scofield March 5, 2016]

Documents

(1927-01-12) Factory Documentation Factory Documentation courtesy of the OHS Archive -Roman Lizak

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#51885 - John-Paul Buzard Opus 5 (1988)