Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 7429 (1947)

First Presbyterian Church
Brookhaven, MS

Images

Unknown - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: city-data.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
2 manuals
5 stops
15 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

2008-03-20 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2022-10-22 - The congregation voted to join the Presbyterian Church in America in 1973 and a significant portion of the people left to form Faith Presbyterian Church; the First Presbyterian Church closed in 2012 and sold their building. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: Factory specifications, courtesy of the OHS Archives

    Brookhaven, Mississippi
    First Presbyterian Church

    Möller   Op. 7429   1947   2/5
    _______________________________________________

    GREAT                        SWELL
 8' Geigen Diapason  61       8' Geigen Diapason GT
 8' Gedeckt          SW       8' Gedeckt         61
 8' Dulciana         61       4' Flute           12
 4' Octave           12   2 2/3' Nazard           7
 4' Flute            SW       2' Piccolo          5
    Super                     8' Oboe            73
    Chimes         prep          Tremolo
                                 Sub
    PEDAL                        Super
16' Bourdon          32
16' Lieblich Gedeckt 12 SW
 8' Flute Forte      12
 8' Flute Dolce      SW

    [Received from Jeff Scofield October 22, 2022]

Documents

(1946-08-30) Factory specifications, courtesy of the OHS Archives Stoplist and accessories -Jeff Scofield