Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 7795 (1949)

First Presbyterian Church
300 Market St.
Cheraw, SC

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

Images

2022-01-22 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
2 manuals
9 stops
20 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

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

2013-08-15 - Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. -- According to the nameplate by Charles McManis, this instrument is now in St. Mark's Presbyterian Church, Altamonte Springs, Florida with a new console and a Positiv division added. -Database Manager

2023-03-02 - Replaced in 1986 by 2/25 Goulding & Wood. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: Courtesy of the OHS Archives

    Cheraw, South Carolina
    First Presbyterian Church

    Möller   Op. 7795   1949   2/9
    _____________________________________________

    GREAT                      SWELL
 8' Diapason        73     16' Lieblichgedeckt 61
 8' Melodia         73      8' Giegen Diapason 73
 8' Dulciana        73      8' Gedeckt         12
 4' Octave          SW      8' Viole de Gambe  73
 4' Flute d'Amour   SW      8' Viole Celeste   61
 4' Dulciana        12      4' Flute Traverse  GT
    Sub                 2 2/3' Nazard          19
    Unison Off              2' Flautino         5
    Super                   8' Oboe-Horn       73
    Chimes          21         Tremulant
                               Sub
    PEDAL                      Unison Off
16' Bourdon         32         Super
16' Lieblichgedeckt SW
 8' Bourdon         12         ECHO (prepared)
 8' Gedeckt         SW      5  blank stopkeys
 4' Flute d'Amour   SW

     [Received from Jeff Scofield March 2, 2023]

Documents

(1948-05-26) Factory specifications, via the OHS Archives Stoplist and accessories -Jeff Scofield