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M. P. Möller Opus 7058 (1944)

St. John's Lutheran Church: Sanctuary
215 St Johns Road
Elizabethville (Berrysburg), PA

Images

Before 1950 - Building exterior with original 40 foot steeple (Photograph from an archival source: Library of Congress Collection, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

2022-05-31 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2018-04-11 - Console and organ case (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2017-11-22 - Organ case and console (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
2 manuals
9 stops
22 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

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

2012-11-02 - Updated through online information from William Dunklin. -- The Moller records show this church as St John's Berrysburg PA. Though the congregation has not moved, the street address is now given as part of Elizabethville PA. The mailing address is P.O. Box 270, Berrysburg, PA 17005. -Database Manager

2012-12-12 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2022-11-11 - Builder of original organ and case unknown. Pipes were reused in the 1944 organ. -Paul R. Marchesano

Stoplist

Source: Courtesy of the OHS Archives

    Berrysburg, Pennsylvania
    St. John's Lutheran Church

    Möller   Op. 7058   1944   2/9
    ________________________________________________

    GREAT                        SWELL
 8' Diapason         73      16' Lieblich Bourdon 61
 8' Dulciana         73       8' Open Diapason    73
 8' Salicional       SW       8' Lieblich Gedeckt 12
 8' Lieblich Gedeckt SW       8' Salicional       73
 4' Octave           73       8' Vox Celeste      61
 4' Dulciana         12       4' Lieblich Flute   12
 4' Lieblich Flute   SW   2 2/3' Flute Nazard      7
    Sub                       2' Flautina          5
    Unison Off                8' Muted Trumpet    73 *
    Super                        Tremulant
                                 Sub
    PEDAL                        Unison Off
16' Bourdon          32          Super
16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
 8' Flute            12
 8' Gedeckt          SW
 8' Salicional       SW
 4' Flute            SW

 *  new; use reed made for So. Africa organ, revoice

     [Received from Jeff Scofield January 20 2022]

Documents

(1944-06-13) Factory specifications Stoplist and accessories -Jeff Scofield

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