1939 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS , submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2008-01-21 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager
2008-05-17 - Rebuilt as Aeolian-Skinner Opus 1173, 1952. -Database Manager
2022-04-28 - When oil was discovered on the church property, the congregation relocated to the present building in 1939; the Moller was moved to the new sanctuary; it was soon rebuilt and enlarged by Aeolian-Skinner. -Jeff Scofield
Typed stoplist (Source: The Tracker, Vol. 57, No. 3) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Kilgore, Texas
First Presbyterian Church
M.P. Möller, Inc. Opus 6323 1932 3 manuals, 23 stops, 26 ranks
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GREAT SWELL
8 Principal*................61 pipes 16 Bourdon*..................97 pipes
8 Harmonic Flute*...........73 pipes 8 Violin Diapason*..........73 pipes
8 Dulciana..................73 pipes 8 Salicional*...............73 pipes
4 Harmonic Flute (ext)......61 notes 8 Vox Celeste TC............61 pipes
8 Diapason..................85 pipes 8 Stopped Diapason (ext)....61 notes
4 Octave (ext)..............61 notes 4 Stopped Flute (ext).......61 notes
2-2/3 Grave Mixture II.........122 pipes 2 Piccolo (ext).............61 notes
8 Tromba....................73 pipes Mixture III..............183 pipes
8 French Horn...............73 pipes 16 Contra Fagotta (ext, TC)..61 notes
Chimes* 8 Trumpet...................73 pipes
Tremolo 4 Clarion...................73 pipes
8 Oboe da Cassia............73 pipes
CHOIR 8 Vox Humana................73 pipes
8 Open Diapason.............73 pipes Tremolo
8 Gamba.....................73 pipes
8 Gamba Celeste TC..........61 pipes PEDAL
8 Spitz Flote...............85 pipes 16 Gamba (ext from Ch).......12 pipes
8 Spitz Flote Celeste TC....61 pipes 16 Subbass...................32 pipes
4 Spitz Flote (ext).........73 notes 16 Flute* [1]................32 notes
2-2/3 Nazard (ext)..............61 notes 8 Stopped Flute (Sw)........32 notes
2 Flautina (ext)............61 notes 8 Flute (Ch)................32 notes
1-3/5 Tierce (ext)..............61 notes 8 Bass Flute (Ch) [2].......32 notes
8 Basset Horn...............73 pipes 16 Trombone (ext Gt).........12 pipes
NOTES
* Existing pipes from previous Pilcher organ.
1 1-12 from Swell Bourdon; 25-32 from Choir Spitz Flute.
2 Probably a typographical error; this was more likely extended from the
Subbass.
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