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M. P. Möller Opus 6500 (1937)

Johnson Memorial Methodist Church: Sanctuary
315 Tenth St.
Huntington, WV

Images

2017-12-11 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2013-01-16 - Organ chamber grille (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2018-02-18 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

ca. 2012 - Console (Photograph by Nicholas Stackpole, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
23 stops
35 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2008-02-21 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2013-12-08 - Renovation, tonal changes in 1985 by Peebles-Herzog, along with a new Schantz console; further renovation and tonal changes in 2012 by Peebles-Herzog. -Database Manager

2015-02-17 - Updated through online information from Nicholas Stackpole. -- The organ is used weekly for services, and used at other times for concerts. The organ is in great condition, and is tuned a couple times a year. -Database Manager

2015-03-05 - Updated through online information from Nicholas Stackpole. -Database Manager

2015-03-06 - Updated through online information from Nicholas Stackpole. -- The organ is in great condition, and is in regular use. It is used weekly for services, and often for concerts. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

Huntington, West Virginia
Johnson Memorial Methodist Church

M.P. Möller   Op. 6500   1937   3/25
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GREAT (Expressive)                      CHOIR (Expressive)
8'     Open Diapason        73          8'     Geigen Diapason      73
8'     Clarabella           73          8'     Concert Flute        73
8'     Gemshorn             73          8'     Dulciana             61
4'     Octave               73          8'     Dulciana Celeste     61
2 2/3' Twelfth              61          4'     Flute d'Amour        73
2'     Fifteenth            61          4'     Dulciana             12
       Tremolo                          2 2/3' Dulciana 12th         7
       Chimes              (21)         2'     Dulciana 15th         5
                                        2'     Piccolo              61
Sub                                     8'     Clarinet             73
Unison Off                                     Tremolo
Super                                          Chimes         (Gt)  --

                                        Sub
SWELL (Expressive)                      Unison Off
16'    Bourdon              61          Super
8'     Open Diapason        73            
8'     Gedeckt              12
8'     Salicional           73          PEDAL
8'     Vox Celeste    (tc)  61          16'    Open Diapason        32
4'     Flute                12          16'    Bourdon              32
2'     Flautina             12          16'    Lieblich Gedeckt     SW
III    Cornet              183          8'     Octave               12
8'     Trumpet              73          8'     Flute Forte          12
8'     Oboe                 73          8'     Flute Dolce          SW
8'     Vox Humana           61          4'     Flute                SW
       Tremolo                          16'    Trumpet          Sw  12

Sub
Unison Off
Super

   [Received online from Jeff Scofield December 8, 2013]

Documents

(1936-12-18) Factory Documentation Factory Documentation courtesy of the OHS Archive -Roman Lizak

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