Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 6809 (1939)

St. Martin's Roman Catholic Church
1908 N. Capitol St. NW
Washington, DC

Images

2010-11-15 - Console and Organ Case (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Horseshoe
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
26 stops
38 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys in Horseshoe Curves
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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2008-02-28 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2015-07-07 - Reportedly designed and finished by Richard O. Whitelegg. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the factory specifications via the OHS Archives Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

        Washington, District of Columbia
        St. Martin's R. C. church

        Möller   Op. 6809   1939   3/21
        _____________________________________________

        GREAT                         CHOIR

     8' Diapason      61           8' Viola        73
     8' Clarabella    61           8' Melodia      73
     8' Gemshorn      61           8' Dulciana     73
     4' Octave        61           4' Rohr Flute   73
II-III  Plein Jeu    159           8' Clarinet     73
        Tremolo                       Tremolo

        SWELL                         PEDAL

     8' Diapason      73          16' Violone      32
     8' Rohrgedeckt   73          16' Bourdon  **  12 SW
     8' Gamba         73      10 2/3' Quint        SW
     8' Voix Celeste  61           8' Octave       12
     4' Rohr Flute    12           8' Flute        GT
     2' Flautina      61           8' Gedeckt      SW
III-IV  Mixture      [pf]          8' Dulciana     CH
     8' Trumpet       73          16' Trombone    [pf]
     8' Oboe          73
     8' Vox Humana    61 *
        Tremolo

     *  added at a later date by the Newcomer Organ Co.
    **  enclosed in Choir swell box

          [Received from Jeff Scofield July 7, 2015]

Documents

(1939-07-31) Original Contract Original Contract courtesy of the OHS Archive -Roman Lizak