Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 7443 (1947)

First Baptist Church
Eldorado, IL

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
2 manuals
5 stops
24 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

2022-10-27 - The congregation moved to another location at some point; not known if the organ went along. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Accurate stoplist from memory Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Eldorado, Illinois
       First Baptist Church

       Möller   Op. 7443   1947   2/5
       _____________________________________

       GREAT                 SWELL
    8' Diapason    73    16' Bourdon      tc
    8' Gedeckt     85     8' Gedeckt
    8' Viole Dolce 85     8' Viole Dolce
    4' Octave             8' Voix Celeste 49
    4' Flute              4' Flute
    4' Fugara             4' Fugara
2 2/3' Viole 12th     2 2/3' Flute 12th
    2' Viole 15th         2' Flautino
    8' Fagotto            8' Fagotto      73
       Chimes      21     4' Clarion
                             Tremulant
       PEDAL
   16' Bourdon     12
    8' Diapason
    8' Flute
    4' Octave
    4' Flute

Couplers              Disposition

Swell to Great        Flute            16,8,4,2 2/3,2
Swell to Pedal        String           16,8,4,2 2/3,2
Great to Pedal        String Celeste   8 (from tenor c)
                      Diapason         8,4
                      Reed             8,4

 [Received from Thomas Beck 2015-05-17 
     and Jeff Scofield 2022-10-27]

Documents

(1946-09-05) Factory specifications, courtesy of the OHS Archives Stoplist and description -Jeff Scofield