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M. P. Möller Opus 6385 (1936)

Covenant First Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
Washington, DC

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

Images

Early 1950's - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: ggwash.org, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Church interior (Photograph from an archival source: Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1937-09-04 - Console (Photograph from <i>The Diapason</i> (September 1937); image courtesy of Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
4 manuals
48 stops
71 registers
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2008-01-21 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2014-02-24 - Designed and finished by Richard O. Whitelegg; now known as the National Presbyterian Church, the congregation relocated and the Moller was sold in 1967 to Capitol Hill Methodist Church and moved by the Newcomer Organ Co., minus some stops that didn't fit into the new organ chambers; renovated by David Storey, Inc., 2007-2009, with judicious tonal changes in keeping with the Whitelegg design. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

        Washington, District of Columbia
        Covenant First Presbyterian Church

        Möller   Op. 6385   1936   4/57
        __________________________________________________

        GREAT                          CHOIR
    16' Violon           61        16' Dulciana         61
     8' Principal        61         8' English Diapason 73
     8' Diapason         61         8' Concert Flute    73
     8' Claribel Flute   61         8' Dulciana         12
     8' Gemshorn         61         8' Unda Maris       61
     4' Octave           61         4' Principal        73
     4' Harmonic Flute   61         4' Flute d'Amour    73
     4' Gemshorn         12         4' Unda Maris II    --
 2 2/3' Twelfth          61         4' Dulciana         12
     2' Fifteenth        61     2 2/3' Rohr Nazard      61
   III  Diapason Chorus  SO     2 2/3' Dulciana 12th     7
III-IV  Fourniture      244         2' Piccolo          61
     8' Tromba           SO         2' Dulciana          5
     4' Clarion          SO         8' Clarinet         73
        Super                          Tremolo
        Chimes           25            Sub
        Harp             CH            Unison Off
        Celesta          CH            Super
                                    8' Harp
        SWELL                       4' Celesta          61
    16' Lieblich Bourdon 73
     8' Diapason         73            ECHO (prepared)
     8' Melodia          73        16' Lieblich Gedeckt
     8' Salicional       73         8' Chimney Flute
     8' Voix Celeste     73         8' Viole
     8' Viole Sourdine   73         8' Viole Celeste
     8' Viole Celeste    73         4' Wald Flute
     4' Principal        73       III  Dolce Cornet
     4' Flute ⌂          73         8' Flugel Horn
     2' Fifteenth        61         8' Vox Humana
    IV  Plein Jeu       244            Tremolo
    16' Waldhorn         73
     8' Trumpet          73            PEDAL
     8' Oboe             73        32' Resultant        --
     8' Vox Humana       73        16' Diapason         32
     4' Clarion          73        16' Bourdon          32
        Tremolo                    16' Violon           GT
        Sub                        16' Lieblich Bourdon SW
        Unison Off                 16' Dulciana         CH
        Super                  10 2/3' Quint (Violon)   GT
                                    8' Octave           32
        SOLo                        8' Bourdon Flute    12
     8' Gamba            73         8' Claribel Flute   GT
     8' Gamba Celeste    73         8' Gamba            SO
     4' Orchestral Flute 73         8' Dulciana         CH
     4' Gamba            12         4' Flute (Bourdon)  12
   III  Diapason Chorus 183        II  Mixture          64
     8' Tromba           73        16' Trombone         32
     8' French Horn      73        16' Waldhorn         SW
     8' English Horn     73         8' Trombo           SO
     8' Orchestral Oboe  73         8' Tromba           12
     4' Clarion          12         4' Clarion          12
        Tremolo                        Chimes           GT
        Sub                        16' Bourdon (Echo)   pf
        Unison Off                  8' Flute   (Echo)   pf
        Super

    [Received online from Jeff Scofield February 25, 2014]

Documents

Write-up from THE AMERICAN ORGANIST November 1937 Stoplist and description -Jeff Scofield
(1936-02-17) Factory Documentation Factory Documentation courtesy of the OHS Archive -Roman Lizak

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#50970 - David M. Storey (2006)