Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 7000 (1941)

First Baptist Church
304 Buffalo St.
Gilmer, TX

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
2 manuals
6 stops
28 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
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

2008-03-05 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2011-04-30 - Updated through on-line information from John Gill. -- This organ was destroyed by fire when the sanctuary burned in 1966. Replaced by a Reuter instrument in new building. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Factory specifications, courtesy of the OHS Archives

       Gilmer, Texas
       First Baptist Church

       Möller   Op. 7000   1941   2/6
       _____________________________________________

       GREAT                        SWELL
    8' Diapason         73      16' Erzähler      tc
    8' Rohrflöte        85       8' Rohrflöte     GT
    8' Erzähler         61       8' Erzähler      GT
    8' Erzähler Celeste 61       8' Erzähler Cel  GT
    4' Octave           12       4' Rohrflöte     GT
    4' Erzähler         12       4' Erzähler      GT
2 2/3' Twelfth           7   2 2/3' Rohrnasat     GT
    2' Fifteenth         5       2' Fifteenth     GT
  III  Cymbale          --   1 3/5' Seventeenth   GT
    8' Muted Trumpet    85       8' Muted Trumpet GT
       Sub                       4' Clarion       GT
       Super                        Tremulant
       Chimes         prep          Sub
                                    Unison Off
       PEDAL                        Super
   16' Sub Bass         32
   16' Rohrbourdon   GT 12
    8' Octave Bass      12
    8' Rohrflöte        GT
    8' Erzähler         GT
    8' Trumpet          GT
    4' Trumpet          GT

      [Received from Jeff Scofield August 16, 2022]

Documents

(1941-04-09) Factory specifications, courtesy of the OHS Archives Stoplist and accessories -Jeff Scofield