Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 6897 (1940)

First Methodist Church: Sanctuary
1215 Jackson St.
Anderson, IN

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

Images

1960-12-23 - Church exterior after 12/22/60 fire (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Church exterior before fire (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
39 stops
23 registers
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
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 toe pistons

Notes

2008-02-29 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2009-11-20 - Updated through on-line information from Joseph Hilburt. This organ and the room were destroyed an arson fire December 23, 1960. The new room has the current Aeolian-Skinner organ. -Database Manager

2011-11-27 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Dedicatory recital September 15, 1940, by Mallory W. Bransford. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The American Organist</i> Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Anderson, Indiana
       First Methodist Church

       Möller   Op. 6897   1940   3/23
       ____________________________________________________

       As per the editorial policy of THE AMERICAN ORGANIST
       at the time, borrows and extensions have the same
       name as the parent rank.

       GREAT (encl w/CH) 5"              CHOIR  5"
    8' Dipason          61            8' Geigen Diapason 73
    8' Melodia          CH            8' Melodia         73
    8' Dulciana         CH            8' Dulciana        61
    4' Geigen Diapason  12 CH         4' Flute d'Amour   73
    4' Flute d'Amour    CH            4' Dulciana        12
2 2/3' Twelfth          61        2 2/3' Dulciana        12
    2' Fifteenth        61            2' Dulciana        12
       Sub                            8' Clarinet        73
       Unison Off                        Tremulant
       Super                             Sub
                                         Unison Off
       SWELL  5"                         Super
   16' Lieblich Gedeckt 12
    8' Diapason         73               ECHO  5"
    8' Lieblich Gedeckt 61            8' Rohrfloete      61
    8' Salicional       73            8' Muted Violin    61
    8' Voix Celeste     61            8' Viole Celeste   61
    4' Diapason         12            4' Rohrfloete      12
    4' Lieblich Gedeckt 12            4' Muted Violin    12
    2' Lieblich Gedeckt 12            8' Vox Humana      61
  III  Mixture         183               Tremulant
    8' Trumpet          73               Chimes          21
    8' Oboe             73
       Tremulant                         PEDAL
       Sub                           16' Diapason        32
       Unison Off                    16' Bourdon         32
       Super                         16' Gedeckt         SW
                                      8' Diapason        12
                                      8' Bourdon         12
                                      8' Gedeckt         SW

      [Received online from Jeff Scofield November 27, 2011]