Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 6556 (1937)

First Methodist Episcopal Church: Sanctuary
310 E. Bridge Street
Portland, MI

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

Images

2019-08-08 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
2 manuals
15 stops
26 registers
3 divisions
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
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 coupler toe pistons

Notes

2008-02-26 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2013-11-23 - Updated through online information from Cary Dumas. -- The organ was destroyed in a fire that significantly damaged the church in the 1980s and was replaced with a new instrument by Brian Fowler. -Database Manager

2019-08-04 - Organ case, grille, and display pipes were completed by Möller. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist from Chad Boorsma Source: Möller factory specifications from the OHS Archives Date not recorded

Portland, Michigan
FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

M. P. Möller    Opus 6556    6 ranks    1937
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GREAT:                                 SWELL:
   8' Open Diapason       61             8' Stopped Diapason    85
   8' Stopped Diapason    SW             8' Salicional          73
   8' Salicional          SW             8' Dulciana            GT
   8' Dulciana            73             4' Orchestral Flute
   4' Flute               SW             2' Piccolo
      Chimes              pf             8' Oboe                73

PEDAL:
  16' Bourdon             44             Tremolo affecting entire organ
  16' Lieblich Gedeckt    12/SW
   8' Major Flute
   8' Dolce Flute         SW

[Received online from Chad Boorsma • August 5, 2019]

Documents

(1937-04-23) Factory Documentation Factory Documentation courtesy of the OHS Archive -Roman Lizak