Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 6844 (1940)

St. Paul's Methodist Church: Sanctuary
1356 North Broadway
Wichita, KS

Images

Unknown - Console (Photograph by Jacob Kresky/Database Manager)

2014 - Church Exterior (Photograph by St. Paul's Methodist Church/Database Manager)

Unknown - 1940 Console ((2014) Photograph by Jacob Kresky/Database Manager)

Unknown - Organ Facade ((2013) Photograph by Jacob Kresky/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
36 stops
36 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)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

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

2014-04-26 - Updated through online information from Jacob. -Database Manager

2015-05-06 - Updated through online information from Jacob Kresky. -- Changes made in 1950, 1980, 1993. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Wichita, Kansas
       St. Paul's Methodist Church

       Möller   Op. 6844   1940   3/26
       _______________________________________________

       GREAT (encl w/CH)           SWELL
    8' Diapason         61     16' Bourdon          73
    8' Flute Harmonique 73      8' Geigen Diapason  73
    8' Gemshorn         73      8' Rohrfloete       73
    4' Octave           73      8' Salicional       73
    4' Flute Harmonique 12      8' Vox Celeste      73
    2' Super Octave     61      4' Principal        73
       Sub                      4' Flute ⌂          73
       Unison Off               2' Piccolo          --
       Super                  III  Dolce Cornet    183
       Chimes           21      8' Trumpet          73
                                8' Oboe             73
       CHOIR                    8' Vox Humana       73
    8' Viola            73         Tremulant
    8' Concert Flute    73         Sub
    8' Dulciana         61         Unison Off
    8' Unda Maris       61         Super
    4' Flute d'Amour    73
    4' Dulciana         12         PEDAL
2 2/3' Dulciana 12th     7     16' Diapason         32
    2' Dulciana 15th     5     16' Bourdon          32
    8' Clarinet         73     16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
       Tremulant                8' Octave           12
       Sub                      8' Flute            12
       Unison Off               8' Dulciana         CH
       Super                    4' Dulciana         CH
       Harp             49     16' Trumpet          12 SW
       Celesta                  8' Trumpet          SW

   [Received online from Jeff Scofield January 19, 2014]

Documents

Write-up from THE DIAPASON June 1940 Stoplist and description -Jeff Scofield
(1939-11-27) Factory Documentation Factory Documentation courtesy of the OHS Archive -Roman Lizak