Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 6012 (1931)

First Lutheran Church
524 S. I St.
Tacoma, WA

Images

1995-01-11 - Chancel and Pipe Facades (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1995-01-11 - Left Pipe Facades (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1995-01-11 - Console (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1995-01-11 - Left Drawknobs (Swell and Pedal) (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1995-01-11 - Right Drawknobs (Great and Choir) (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
39 stops
18 registers
4 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)
Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2007-12-14 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2015-04-19 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ is installed in two chambers on either side of the chancel. The console is located in a right-side transept towards the front with the organist facing the congregation. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the console January 11, 1995 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Tacoma, Washington
First Lutheran Church

M.P. MÖLLER, Opus 6012, 1931 - Original Specifications


GREAT (Expressive w/Choir)                   SWELL (Expressive)
   16'    Geigen Principal          12          16'    Bourdon                   12 *
   8'     First Open Diapason       61          8'     Open Diapason             73
   8'     Second Open Diapason      61          8'     Stopped Diapason          61 *
   8'     Gross Flute               73          8'     Salicional                73
   8'     Concert Flute       (Ch)  --          8'     Vox Celeste         (tc)  61
   8'     Gemshorn            (Ch)  --          4'     Orchestral Flute          12 *
   4'     Principal                 12          2-2/3' Flute Twelfth              7 *
   4'     Rohr Flute          (Ch)  --          2'     Piccolo                    5 *
   8'     Tuba                      61          8'     Cornopean                 73
          Tremolo                               8'     Oboe                      73
          Chimes (Deagan: ta-f2)   (21)         8'     Vox Humana                73
                                                       Tremolo
   2      blank drawknobs
                                                Swell 16'
   Great 16'                                    Swell Unison On/Off
   Great Unison On/Off                          Swell 4'
   Great 4'

                                             CHOIR (Expressive w/Great)
PEDAL (Expressive)                              8'     Geigen Principal    (Gt)  --
   32'    Resultant                 --          8'     Concert Flute             73
   16'    Open Diapason             32          8'     Viola                     73
   16'    Geigen Principal    (Gt)  --          8'     Gemshorn                  73
   16'    Bourdon                   32          8'     Dulciana                  61
   16'    Lieblich Gedeckt    (Sw)  --          4'     Flute                     73
   8'     Octave                    12          4'     Dulciana                  12
   8'     Flute                     12          2-2/3' Dulciana Twelfth           7
   8'     Tuba                (Gt)  --          2'     Dulciana Fifteenth         5
                                                8'     Clarinet                  61
   2      blank drawknobs                              Tremolo

                                                2      blank drawknobs

                                                Choir 16'
                                                Choir Unison On/Off
                                                Choir 4'


COUPLERS                                     FINGER PISTONS
   Swell to Pedal                [8],4          General                       1 – 6
   Great to Pedal                [8],4          Swell                         1 – 6
   Choir to Pedal                [8]            Great                         1 – 6
                                                Choir                         1 – 6
   Swell to Great             16,[8],4          Pedal                         1 – 6
   Choir to Great             16,[8],4

   Swell to Choir             16,[8],4       FOOT LEVERS
                                                Gr. to Ped. Reversible        (rev)
   Choir to Swell             16,[8],4          Sforzando                     (rev)
                                                To Set Combinations

PEDAL MOVEMENTS
   Swell Expression             (bal.)
   Gt/Ch Expression             (bal.)
   Crescendo                    (bal.)


NOTES
The organ is housed in two chambers – one lining either side of the chancel. The console
is located in a side transept on the right side of the church towards the front, and the
organist faces the congregation.

The Unison Off functions take the form of On/Off finger pistons located on the top, right
side of each manual keycheek.

Sources: Möller opus list; JRS; extant organ

 [Received from James R. Stettner 2015-04-19.]