Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 7653 (1948)

St. Margaret's Episcopal Church
1830 Connecticut Avenue
Washington, DC

Images

2015 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
2 manuals
15 stops
25 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
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 toe pistons

Notes

2008-04-11 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2012-08-17 - Updated through online information from Scott Crowell. -- Positive division added in 1979. A new 3-manual console and 7 ranks of pipes were added by Lewis & Hitchcock in 1999. -Database Manager

2016-09-13 - Updated through online information from Adam Graham. <br>Console currently sits in the center of the chancel, with 99 memory levels - each set of 25 levels can be individually locked. Console interfaced with Schulmerich Carillon. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Courtesy of the OHS Archives

    Washington, District of Columbia
    St. Margaret's Episcopal Church

    Möller   Op. 7653   1948   2/18
    _______________________________________

    GREAT (enclosed)        SWELL
 8' Diapason       61   16' Rohrbordon   73
 8' Hohlflöte      73    8' Diapason     73     
 8' Dulciana       73    8' Rohrflöte    12
 4' Octave         73    8' Salicional   73
 4' Flute          12    8' Voix Celeste 61
 4' Dulciana       12    4' Principal    73
II  Grave Mixture 122    4' Flute ⌂      73
    Tremulant          III  Plein Jeu   183
    Sub                  8' Trumpet      73
    Unison Off           8' Oboe         73
    Super                   Tremulant
    Chimes         25       Sub
                            Unison Off
    PEDAL                   Super
16' Diapason       12 GT
16' Bourdon        32
16' Rohrbourdon    SW
 8' Bourdon        12
 8' Rohrflöte      SW
 4' Flute          SW
16' Double Trumpet 12 SW
 8' Trumpet        SW

[Received from Jeff Scofield February 6, 2023]

Documents

(1948-03-20) Factory specifications, courtesy of the OHS Archives Stoplist and accessories -Jeff Scofield

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#57181 - Lewis & Hitchcock, Inc. (1999)