Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 5501 (1929)

East Congregational Church: Parish Hall
1005 Giddings Ave. SE
Grand Rapids, MI

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
2 manuals
12 stops
36 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2007-12-04 - This entry represents the installation of a new organ. Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2010-11-20 - The church's Parish Hall served as the congregation's area of worship until 1955 when the sanctuary was completed. The organ was sold in 1957 and installed in First Congregational Church in Greenville, Michigan. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist from factory specifications 1929

Grand Rapids, Michigan
EAST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

M. P. Möller     Opus 5501    14 ranks      1929
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       GREAT (Expressive)
8'     Open Diapason             73
8'     Violin Diapason           73
8'     Flute               (Sw)  --
8'     Dulciana                  73
4'     Principal           (Sw)  --
8'     Tuba                      73


       SWELL (Expressive)
16'    Bourdon                   12
8'     English Open Diapason     73
8'     Stopped Diapason          61
8'     Salicional                61
8'     Voix Celeste        (tc)  61  
8'     Dulciana            (Gt)  --
4'     Flute                     12
4'     Violin                    12
2 2/3' Nazard                     7  
2'     Piccolo                    5
III    Mixture    [12-15-17]    183
8'     Trumpet                   73
8'     Oboe      [synthetic]     --
       Tremolo


       PEDAL
16'    Open Diapason             32  
16'    Bourdon                   32
16'    String              (Sw)  12
16'    Lieblich Gedeckt    (Sw)  --
8'     Bass Flute          (Sw)  --
16'    Tuba                (Gt)  12


[Received online from Chad Boorsma • June 14, 2012]

Documents

(1929-12-14) Factory Documentation Original Factory Documentation courtesy of the OHS Archives -Roman Lizak

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