Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 5349 (1928)

First Methodist Episcopal Church
4800 Van Dyke
Detroit, MI

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
2 manuals
7 stops
13 registers
3 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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2007-11-28 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2021-09-05 - This organ as relocated to New Mexico with three Wicks ranks added. The relocated organ later became the core of the Kelvin Smith residence organ in Paris, Idaho. -Jim Stettner

2023-02-27 - The congregation eventually closed and the building became the home of New Zion Baptist Church, which also eventually moved on. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: Courtesy of the OHS Archives, via Roman Lizak

    Detroit, Michigan
    First Methodist Episcopal Church

    Möller     Op. 5349   1928   2/7
    _____________________________________________

    GREAT                     SWELL
 8' Open Diapason    73   16' Bourdon          68
 8' Dulciana         73    8' Open Diapason    73
 8' Gedeckt          SW    8' Stopped Diapason 12
 4' Rohr Flute       SW    8' Salicional       73
    Tremulant              8' Vox Celeste      61
    Sub                    4' Flute d'Amour    12
    Super                  8' Oboe            syn
                              Tremulant
    PEDAL                     Sub
16' Bourdon          32       Unison Off
16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW       Super

   [Received from Roman Lizak February 27, 2023]

Documents

(1928-06-26) Contract and factory specifications, OHS Archives via Roman Lizak Contract, stoplist and accessories -Jeff Scofield