Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 5909 (1931)

Westminster Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
1420 W. Moss Ave.
Peoria, IL

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

Images

1931 & 1975 - Westminster Presbyterian Church, soon after the installation of Möller opus 5909, a 3/11 in 1931. The inset picture is of my parents wedding, 1975 (Photograph from an archival source: Mark Demmin II via Facebook, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
11 stops
25 registers
4 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 coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

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

2023-02-01 - **Updated with information from Mark Demmin II via Facebook:** Sadly, this sanctuary, organ, rose window and the entire roof were lost in 1985 to arson. -Paul R. Marchesano

Stoplist

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

       Peoria, Illinois
       Westminster Presbyterian Church

       Möller   Op. 5909   1931   3/11
       ______________________________________________

       Stops without pipecounts are prepared-for

       GREAT                      CHOIR
    8' Open Diapason   73      8' Diapason         73
    8' Clarabella      73      8' Clarabella       GT
    8' Gamba                   8' Gamba
    8' Dulciana        73      8' Dulciana         GT
    4' octave          CH      4' Flute            GT
    4' Flute           12      2' Piccolo          GT
    8' Tuba Harmonic   73      8' Clarinet
       Tremolo                    Tremolo
       Sub                        Sub
       Unison Off                 Unison Off
       Super                      Super
       Chimes                     Chimes
       Harp                       Harp

       SWELL                      ECHO
   16' Bourdon         61         Blank   
    8' Open Diapason   73         Blank
    8' Sotpped Flute   12         Blank
    8' Salicional      73         Blank
    8' Vox Celeste     61         Blank
    8' Aeoline                    Blank
    4' Flute d'Amour   12
    4' Violina         12         PEDAL
2 2/3' Nazard           7     32' Resultant        --
    2' Flautina         5     16' Open Diapason    32
    8' Orchestral Oboe 73     16' Contra Bass
    8' Vox Humana             16' Bourdon          32
       Tremolo                16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
       Sub                     8' Octave           12
       Unison Off              8' Flute            12
       Super                   8' Cello

    Inasmuch as this console sets in an exposed position
    it shall be built with a screen around the pedal key-
    board and the organist's seat with a gate. Stop con-
    trols shall be of oscillating tablets of stop knobs.

   [Received online from Jeff Scofield December 8, 2013]

Documents

(1930-11-06) Factory Documentation Factory Documentation courtesy of the OHS Archive -Roman Lizak