Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 7224 (1946)

St. Paul's Episcopal Church
2216 Seventeenth Street
Bakersfield, CA

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

Images

2020-04-13 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
2 manuals
9 stops
18 registers
3 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 (Details Unknown)
Has crescendo
Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2008-03-09 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2008-10-24 - Updated through on-line information from Thomas L. DeLay. -- Organ was originally 8 ranks. Möller added a capped oboe. In 1979, the organ was completely rebuilt by the Crome Organ Company of Los Angeles adding 11 ranks and a two-manual stopkey Organ Supply console. Organ was replaced by a 3 manual Schantz in 1996. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Courtesy of the OHS Archives

    Bakersfield, California
    St. Paul's Episcopal Church

    Möller   Op. 7224   1946   2/9
    ________________________________________________

    GREAT (*)                    SWELL
 8' Open Diapason    61      16' Lieblich Gedeckt tc
 8' Flute Ouverte    61       8' Geigen Diapason  73
 8' Dulciana         61       8' Gedeckt          61
 4' Flute            12       8' Salicional       73
 4' Dulcet           12       8' Vox Celeste      61
    Tremulant                 4' Stopped Flute    12
    Sub                   2 2/3' Flute 12th        7
    Unison Off                2' Flautino          5
    Super                     8' Trumpet          73
    Chimes         prep       8' Vox Humana     prep
                                 Tremulant
    PEDAL                        Sub
16' Burdon           32          Unison Off
16' Lieblich Gedeckt 12 SW       Super
 8' Major Flute      12
 8' Still Gedeckt    SW       *  enclosed separately
    Chimes         prep

    [Received from Jeff Scofield September 6, 2022]

Documents

(1945-07-26) Factory specifications Stoplist and accessories -Jeff Scofield

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