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M. P. Möller Opus 7610 (1948)

First Hungarian Evangelical & Reformed Church
575 West End Street
Detroit, MI

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

Images

1950's - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Detroit Historical Society, submitted by Roman Lizak/Roman Lizak)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
2 manuals
13 stops
19 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 thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2008-03-22 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2022-02-19 - Opus 7610, an instrument of 2 manuals, 22 stops, 14 ranks, and 1,938 Pipes was contracted on March 31st, 1947 at a cost of $11,059 plus $1,105.90 federal tax. On March 19th, 1948 a letter was sent to Rev. Zoltan A. Vajda informing that the price of materials and labor would see an increase between April 1947 and March 1948, so the price of the organ was to increase. The accountants at Möller had found that their cost of labor between April 1947 and March 1948 has increased by 11% and their cost of materials has increased by 16% The price of the organ was raised from $11,059 to $12,164.90 and the new excise tax was $1,216.49, but the price of the casework which was $1,484 was not to increase The church accepted the increased contract price of the organ -Roman Lizak

2023-01-08 - The organ was removed from the church sometime in the late 1970's by Möller representative Phill Robertson. It was stored at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church also in Detroit. The organ was destroyed entirely when a fire broke out sometime in the early 1980's -Roman Lizak

Stoplist

Source: Courtesy of the OHS Archives

    Detroit, Michigan
    First Hungarian Evang. & Reformed 

    Möller   7610   1948   2/14
    _____________________________________

    GREAT                SWELL
 8' Diapason    73   16' Rohrbourdon   73
 8' Rohrflöte   73    8' Rohrflöte     12
 8' Dulciana    73    8' Gamba         73
 4' Octave      73    8' Gamba Celeste 61
 4' Flute       12    4' Principal     73
II  Mixture    122    4' Flute ⌂       73
    Tremulant         2' Flautino      61
    Sub               8' Trumpet       73
    Super                Tremulant
    Chimes    prep       Sub
                         Super
    PEDAL
16' Diapason GT 12
16' Bourdon     32
16' Rohrbourdon SW
 8' Bourdon     12
 8' Rohrgedeckt SW

         [Received from Roman Lizak 
             February 19, 2022]

Documents

(1947-03-31) Portable Organ Rental correspondence Letter pertaining to the rental of a portable organ for the church to use until the completion of opus 7610 -Roman Lizak
(1948-03-15) Organ Price correspondence Correspondence between the church and M. P Möller regarding a raise in the contract price of the organ -Roman Lizak
(1947-03-31) Contract for Case Contract courtesy of the OHS Archive -Roman Lizak
(1947-03-31) Original Contract Contract courtesy of the OHS Archive -Roman Lizak

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