M. P. Möller Opus 7270 (1946)

Images

1946 - Gallery and organ case (Photograph by Moller promotional photo, collection of Eugene Poole, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2010-01-27 - Church exterior (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-01-27 - Church interior (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-01-27 - Organ memorial plaque (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-01-27 - Organ in rear gallery (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-02-01 - Organ in rear gallery (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-01-27 - Organ as seen entering rear gallery (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-01-27 - Great/Choir side of the case (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-01-27 - Console (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-02-01 - Console detail: Pedal/Swell stopjamb (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-02-01 - Console detail: Great/choir stopjamb (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-02-01 - Console detail: Swell stops (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-02-01 - Console detail: Great stops (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-02-01 - Console detail: Choir stops (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-01-27 - Console detail: Coupler rail (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-02-01 - Builder's nameplate (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-02-01 - Console detail: Expression & crescendo indicators (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-01-27 - Moller instrument care instructions; inside chamber door (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-01-27 - Swell pipework: 8' Trumpet, 8' Salicional, 8' Voix Celeste, 8' Stopped Flute (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-01-27 - Pipework: 8' Open Diapason, 8' Gemshorn, 8' Harmonic Flute, 4' Octave; 8' Clarabella, and 8' Clarinet (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-01-27 - Pipework: Choir unit Dulciana (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-01-27 - Pipework: Offset Open Diapason, Harmonic Flute, and Dulciana basses. (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

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Notes

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

2010-01-28 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ was a memorial gift. It is housed in side-by-side chambers in the rear gallery with a quarter-sawn oak case front comprised of three flats and two towers of gold dummy pipes arranged: 5-7-5-7-5 and each section separated by an ornamental wooden lattice grille. The Great and Choir occupy the left chamber, but share no common pipework. The Swell and Pedal occupy the right chamber. The drawknob console is placed centered in front of the facade with the organist facing the casework. -Database Manager

2010-02-04 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- In 2005, Tacoma organ technician Don Wallin added a 2-manual console located at the front of the church on the right. The Moller is playable from this console so that the choir/musicians can be down front. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the console January 27, 2010 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Tacoma, Washington Church of St. Patrick, R.C. M.P. Möller, Opus 7072, 1946 - Original Specifications GREAT (Expressive w/Ch. - Left) blank 8 Open Diapason 61 8 Harmonic Flute 73 8 Gemshorn 73 4 Octave 73 4 Flute 12 Extension of the 8 Harmonic Flute 4 Gemshorn 12 Extension of the 8 Gemshorn Tremolo Great to Great 16 Unison Off Great to Great 4 SWELL (Expressive - Right) blank 16 Bourdon 12 Extension of the 8 Stopped Flute 8 Salicional 73 8 Voix Celeste (tc) 61 8 Stopped Flute 61 4 Orchestral Flute 12 Extension of the 8 Stopped Flute 2-2/3 Nazard (SF) -- From the Stopped Flute unit 2 Flautino 12 Extension of the 8 Stopped Flute 8 Trumpet 73 Tremolo Swell to Swell 16 Unison Off Swell to Swell 4 CHOIR (Expressive w/Gt.) blank 8 Clarabella 73 8 Dulciana 61 4 Claribel Flute 12 Extension of the 8 Clarabella 4 Dulciana 12 Extension of the 8 Dulciana 2-2/3 Dulcet (Dul) -- 2 Dulcet 12 Extension of the 8 Dulciana 8 Clarinet 73 Tremolo Choir to Choir 16 Unison Off Choir to Choir 4 PEDAL (Expressive) 16 Bourdon 32 16 Lieblich Gedeckt (Sw) -- 16 Contra Dulciana (Ch) 12 Extension of the Choir 8 Dulciana 8 Major Flute 12 Extension of the 16 Bourdon 8 Stopped Flute (Sw) -- 8 Dulciana (Ch) -- COUPLERS Swell to Pedal [8],4 Great to Pedal [8],4 Choir to Pedal [8] Swell to Great 16,[8],4 Choir to Great 16,[8],4 Swell to Choir 16,[8],4 FINGER PISTONS Full Organ 1 - 6 Swell 1 - 6 Great 1 - 6 Choir 1 - 6 Pedal 1 - 6 SFZ. (rev) FOOT LEVERS Gt. To Ped. Reversible (rev) Sforzando Reversible (rev) PEDAL MOVEMENTS Gt/Ch Expression (bal.) Swell Expression (bal.) Crescendo (bal.) ACTION: E-P Pitman & Unit VOICES: 12 STOPS: 27 RANKS: 12 PIPES: 907 NOTES The organ is housed in the rear gallery in a free-standing “case” consisting of two, side-by-side chambers with a quarter-sawn oak façade-and-grille front. The façade portion consists of three flats and two towers of gold dummy pipes - each separated by a wooden lattice grille. There are 29 pipes in total arranged: 5-7-5-7-5. While the Great and Choir share the same chamber, there is no pipework shared between them. The Pedal 16 Bourdon / 8 Major Flute unit is housed along the back wall of the Swell. The Swell Stopped Flute, Choir Dulciana, and Pedal Bourdon are the only unified registers. Other duplexing like the Choir Clarabella (8/4), the Great Harmonic Flute (8/4), and the Great Gemshorn (8/4) is achieved with standard Moller shifters. The pipes for the top octave of the Great 4’ Octave, Great 4’ Flute, Great 4’ Gemshorn, Swell 2’ Flautino, and Choir 2’ Dulcet all break back an octave in pitch beginning at f# 55 for the top 7 notes. The Great 8 Harmonic Flute becomes harmonic at note g 32. The Swell 8’ Trumpet has 54 reed pipes. At an unidentified later date, an electronically amplified Maas-Rowe Carillon was added to the organ. The tone generation module is in the Swell, but the speakers are in the Great. It plays from the Great manual via a volume selector switch, and is also optionally available to be amplified outside thru speakers in the tower. The compass is 25 notes from tenor F thru f 42. SOURCE: Extant organ documented January 27, 2010 [Received on line from James R. Stettner January 28, 2010.]

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