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M. P. Möller Opus 7805 (1949)

St. Paul's Methodist Church: Sanctuary
211 South Monroe Street
Monroe, MI

Images

2021 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2012-06-09 - Church interior to rear (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2019-11-21 - Chancel, console and organ chambers (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
22 stops
30 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 combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2008-04-28 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2011-12-28 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- A 5-rank chancel organ was prepared-for. -Database Manager

2021-07-09 - Updated through online information from Ronald J. Swedlund. -- The chancel division was retained from the previous instrument, and not prepared-for. The Chancel division including its two Pedal stops, incorporated 5 ranks and three windchests from the church's 1944 organ, and assembled by the Muller Pipe Organ Co. of Toledo, Ohio from pre-existing parts. The 8' Flute was prepared-for. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist copied from the factory specifications 1949

       Monroe, Michigan
       St. Paul's Methodist Church

       Möller   Op. 7805   1949   3/24
       ________________________________________

       GREAT (exp. w/CH)                       SWELL (Expressive)
8'     Diapason             73          8'     Rohrflöte            73
8'     Bourdon        (Ch)  --          8'     Gamba                73
8'     Gemshorn             73          8'     Gamba Celeste  (tc)  61
4'     Octave               73          4'     Principal            73
4'     Spitzflöte     (Ch)  --          4'     Flute Ouverte        73
2 2/3' Quint                61          2'     Flautino             61
2'     Super Octave         61          III    Plein Jeu           183
       blank                            8'     Trumpet              73
                                               Tremulant
Great 16'                                      blank
Great Unison Off                               blank
Great 4'
                                        Swell 16'
                                        Swell Unison Off
       CHOIR (Expressive)               Swell 4'                 
8'     Viola                73
8'     Bourdon              73 
8'     Dulciana             73                 PEDAL (Expressive)
8'     Unda Maris     (tc)  61          16'    Diapason       (Gt)  12
4'     Spitzflöte           73          16'    Bourdon              32
2 2/3' Nasard               61          16'    Rohrbourdon    (Sw)  12
8'     English Horn         73          8'     Principal            32
       Tremulant                        8'     Bourdon              12
       blank                            8'     Rohrflöte      (Sw)  --
                                        4'     Super Octave         12
Choir 16'                               8'     Trumpet        (Sw)  --
Choir Unison OFf                               Blank
Choir 4'                  

                                               CHANCEL PEDAL (Expressive)
       CHANCEL (Expressive)             16'    Gedeckt              32            
8'     Flute        (prep)  --          8'     Flute   (Ged., 20n)  --
8'     Violin               61
8'     Celeste        (tc)  49
4'     Violin               61
4'     Flute  [harmonic]    61
8'     Trumpet      (prep)  --
8'     Vox Humana           61
       Tremulant
 
[Received from Jeff Scofield December 6, 2013]
[Updated by James R. Stettner July 9, 2021 - with info from Ronald J. Swedlund]

Documents

Write-up from THE DIAPASON September 1948 Stoplist and commentary -Jeff Scofield
(1947-12-31) Factory Documentation Factory Documentation courtesy of the OHS Archive -Roman Lizak
Organ History to 1949 by Ronald J. Swedlund History of all preceding organs through the 1949 Moller. -Jim Stettner

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