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M. P. Möller Opus 5943 (1931)

Fuller Avenue Christian Reformed Church: Sanctuary
1239 Fuller Avenue SE
Grand Rapids, MI

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
2 manuals
23 stops
33 registers
3 divisions
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 tutti toe pistons

Notes

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

2010-02-11 - Updated through on-line information from Chad Boorsma. -- The organ was enlarged in 1958 by the Kilgen Organ Company. Kilgen discarded one rank and added 10 ranks, bringing the total to 21 ranks. -Database Manager

2019-08-04 - Möller built the organ case, grilles, front pipes, and front partition of the the chamber (information from the factor specifications). -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist from Chad Boorsma Source: Stoplist from Möller factory specifications Date not recorded

Grand Rapids, Michigan
FULLER AVENUE CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH

M. P. Möller   Opus 5943    12 ranks    1931
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GREAT:                                SWELL:
   8' Open Diapason        61            16' Bourdon              97
   8' Concert Flute        73             8' Principal Diapason   73
   8' Violin Diapason      73             8' Stopped Diapason
   8' Dulciana             73             8' Salicional           73
   4' Principal                           8' Voix Celeste [TC]    61
   4' Flute Traverse                      4' Flute d'Amour
   8' Tuba                 73             4' Violin 
      Chimes               pf         2 2/3' Nazard
      Tremolo                             2' Flautino
                                          8' Oboe                 73
PEDAL:                                    8' Orchestral Oboe       *
  16' Bourdon              44             8' Vox Humana           61
  16' Lieblich Gedeckt     SW                Silent Stops [2]
   8' Bass Flute                             Tremolo
   8' Dolce Flute          SW

* draws Salicional, Voix Celeste, and Nazard

[Submitted online by Chad Boorsma • August 5, 2019]

Documents

(1931-02-02) Factory Documentation Factory Documentation courtesy of the OHS Archive -Roman Lizak

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