Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 5856 (1931)

First Christian Church
301 W. Second St.
Ottumwa, IA

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
2 manuals
10 stops
16 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
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 coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2007-12-07 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2018-07-26 - Destroyed by fire ca.1939 and replaced in 1940 by 3/17 Moller Op. 6962. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

    Ottumwa, Iowa
    First Christian Church

    Möller   Op. 5856   1931   2/10
    ________________________________________________

    Entire organ under single expression

    GREAT                        SWELL
 8' Open Diapason    73      16' Bourdon          73
 8' Melodia          73       8' Stopped Diapason 12
 8' Gamba            73       8' Salicional       73
 8' Dulciana         73 a     8' Vox Celeste      61
 4' Flute Traverso   12       8' Dulciana         GT
    Sub                       4' Flute d'Amour    12
    Unison Off                8' Oboe             73
    Super                     8' Vox Humana       61
                                 Tremulant
    PEDAL                        Sub
16' Sub Bass         32          Unison Off
16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW          Super
 8' Bass Flute       12

 a  almost Aeoline

[Received online from Jeff Scofield October 23, 2013]

Documents

(1931-01-01) Factory Specifications courtesy of the OHS Archive -Roman Lizak