Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 7668 (1948)

St. John's Methodist Church / Faith United Methodist Church: Sanctuary
203 Arch St.
Sunbury, PA

Images

2017 - Church interior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022-11-26 - Church interior, façade pipes, console (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Vintage postcard 01-05-1949 Postmark - Church exterior (Vintage postcard/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
18 stops
31 registers
4 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination 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

2014-02-04 - Rebuilt in 1975 as Moller Op. R-927 with no tonal changes. -Database Manager

2023-01-06 - Merged with Albright UMC in January 2011 to become Faith United Methodist Church, using the St. John's facilities. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

    Sunbury, Pennsylvania
    St. John's Methodist Church

    Möller   Op. 7668   3/18   1948
    __________________________________________________

    GREAT (encl w/CH)              SWELL
 8' Diapason        73 a       16' Lieblichgedeckt  61 c 
 8' Melodia         73 b        8' Geigen Diapason  73 d
 8' Dulciana        73 b        8' Gedeckt          12
 4' Octave          73 a        8' Salicional       73 e
 4' Harmonic Flute  73 b        8' Vox Celeste      61 f
II  Mixture        122 a        4' Principal        73 b
    Tremolo                     4' Flute d'Amour    12
    Sub                     2 2/3' Nazard            7
    Unison Off                  2' Flautino          5
    Super                       8' Trumpet          73 a
    Chimes          20          8' Vox Humana       61
                                   Tremolo
    CHOIR                          Sub
 8' Viola           73 b           Unison Off
 8' Melodia         GT             Super
 8' Dulciana        GT
 8' Unda Maris      61             PEDAL
 8' Cor Anglais     73         16' Diapason         12 GT
    Tremolo                    16' Bourdon          32 a
    Sub                        16' Lieblichgedeckt  SW
    Unison Off                  8' Principal        GT
    Super                       8' Flute            12
                                8' Gedeckt          SW
                               16' Double Trumpet   12 SW
                                8' Trumpet          SW
 a  new pipework
 b  61 present pipes, 12 new
 c  61 present pipes, 36 new
 d  44 present pipes, 29 new
 e  49 present pipes, 24 new
 f  49 present pipes, 12 new

   [Received online from Jeff Scofield February 4, 2014]

Documents

(1947-06-27) Factory Documentation Factory Documentation courtesy of the OHS Archive -Roman Lizak