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M. P. Möller Opus 7449 (1947)

Bethlehem Lutheran Church
221 S. Benton Street
Kennewick, WA

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


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Notes

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

2012-05-10 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

2016-01-24 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. <br>The church has built a new facility at a new location that includes both church and school. The organ was removed by parishioners and is being stored both on-site at the church and off-site in a parishioner's storage facility. The organ has been offered for sale on Craigslist. -Database Manager

2016-04-14 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. <br>The organ has been acquired by an unnamed, private party in Olympia, Washington who plans to install the organ in their home. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the console April 7, 1995 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Kennewick, Washington
Bethlehem Lutheran Church

M.P. MÖLLER, Opus 7449, 1947 - "Original Specifications"


GREAT (Expressive)            SWELL (Expressive)            PEDAL (Expressive)
   8     Diapason                16    Bourdon                 16    Bourdon
   8     Gedeckt                 8     Gedeckt                 8     Diapason
   8     Viol Dolce              8     Viol Dolce              8     Flute
   4     Octave                  4     Flute                   4     Octave
   4     Flute                   4     Fugara                  4     Flute
   4     Fugara                  2-2/3 Twelfth 
   2-2/3 Viole Twelfth           2     Flautino
   2     Viole Fifteenth         8     Trumpet
   8     Trumpet                 4     Clarion
                                       Tremolo


STOP / RANK / PIPE ANALYSIS
   16    Bourdon             (Sw/Ped)  12   Extension of the 8' Gedeckt. Tenor C on
                                               the Swell.
   8     Diapason            (Gt/Ped)  61
   8     Gedeckt              (Gt/Sw)  61
   8     Flute                  (Ped)  --   Same as the 8' Gedeckt.
   8     Viol Dolce           (Gt/Sw)  61
   4     Octave              (Gt/Ped)  12   Extension of the 8' Diapason.
   4     Flute            (Gt/Sw/Ped)  12   Extension of the 8' Gedeckt.
   4     Fugara               (Gt/Sw)  12   Extension of the 8' Viol Dolce.
   2-2/3 Viol Twelfth            (Gt)   7   Extension of the 8' Viol Dolce. Top 2
                                               pipes break back to 4' pitch.
   2-2/3 Twelfth                 (Sw)   7   Extension of the 8' Gedeckt. Top 2 pipes
                                               break back to 4' pitch.
   2     Viol Fifteenth          (Gt)   5   Extension of the 8' Viol Dolce. All 5
                                               pipes break back to 4' pitch.
   2     Flautino                (Sw)   5   Extension of the 8' Gedeckt. All 5 pipes
                                               break back to 4' pitch.
   8     Trumpet              (Gt/Sw)  61
   4     Clarion                 (Sw)  12   Extension of the 8' Trumpet.
         Tremolo                 (Sw)       Affects the entire instrument.


PIPE SUMMARY

Diapason                 Gedeckt                  Viol Dolce               Trumpet
  73 pipes                 97 pipes                 85 pipes                 73 pipes


ACTION: E-P unit       VOICES: 4       STOPS: 23       RANKS: 4       PIPES: 328


COUPLERS                                     FINGER PISTONS
   Swell to Pedal                  [8]          Full Organ                     1 – 4
   Great to Pedal                  [8]
   
   Swell to Great                  [8]       PEDAL MOVEMENTS
                                                Expression                    (bal.)
                                                Crescendo                     (bal.)
FOOT LEVERS
   Gt. to Ped. Reversible        (rev)


NOTES
The organ is installed in a rear gallery chamber located on the central axis of the church.
A set of Schulmerich chimes is playable from the Swell, and is controlled by its own pair
of switches. Its compass is 25 notes from tenor G (note 20) thru g 44.

Sources: MOL; JRS; extant organ

 [Received from James R. Stettner 2012-05-10.]

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