Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 7113 (1946)

Mission Covenant Church: Sanctuary
188 W. Muskegon Avenue
Muskegon, MI

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

Images

2019-07-17 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
21 stops
31 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2008-03-07 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2010-08-18 - Updated through online information from Chad Boorsma -- The congregation left this location in 1982 and placed the organ in storage. The instrument was installed in 1983 by Bill Swem in the church's new sanctuary at 3815 Henry Street, also in Muskegon. At this time the congregation changed its name to Forest Park Covenant Church. Swem upgraded the console as part of the relocation. -Database Manager

2011-01-13 - The original cost of the organ was $19,000. -Database Manager

2022-08-26 - The W. Muskegon Ave. facility is now the home of the Mount Zion Church of God in Christ. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: Courtesy of the OHS Archives

     Muskegon, Michigan
     Mission Covenant Church

     Möller   Op. 7113   1946   3/22
     ________________________________________________

     GREAT (encl w/Choir)           CHOIR
  8' Diapason           61       8' Nasongedeckt   73
  8' Bourdon            61       8' Dulciana       73
  4' Octave             61       8' Unda Maris     61
  4' Flute Harmonic     61       4' Nachthorn      73
 II  Grave Mixture     122   2 2/3' Nasat          61
     Tremulant                   8' Clarinet       73
     Sub                            Tremulant
     Unison Off                     Sub
     Super                          Unison Off
     Chimes             21          Super

     SWELL                          PEDAL
  8' Hohlfloete         73      16' Diapason    12 GT
  8' Salicional         73      16' Quintaton   12 CH
  8' Voix Celeste       61       8' Octave         32
  4' Gemshorn Principal 73       8' Flute          GT
  4' Flute Triangulaire 73       8' Nasongedeckt   CH
III  Cymbal            183       4' Superoctave    12
  8' Fagotto            73       4' Flute Harmonic GT
     Tremulant                  16' Fagotto     SW 12
     Sub                         8' Fagotto        SW
     Unison Off                  4' Clarion        SW
     Super

      [Received from Jeff Scofield August 26, 2022]

Documents

(1944-10-12) Factory specifications Stoplist and accessories -Jeff Scofield
Write-up from THE DIAPASON March 1946 Stoplist -Jeff Scofield

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#47099 - Swem Pipe Organ Maintenance (1983)