Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 7824 (1948)

First Methodist Church: Sanctuary
Valparaiso, IN

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
19 stops
39 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

2016-01-16 - The sanctuary was replaced in 1968 on the same site; a photo of the sanctuary seen on 1/16/16 showed a 3-manual Rodgers console in place. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the factory specifications via the OHS Archives Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

     Valparaiso, Indiana
     First Methodist Church

     Möller   Op. 7824   1948   3/23
     __________________________________________________

     GREAT (enclosed)               CHOIR

  8' Diapason         73         8' Concert Flute    73
  8' Hohlfloete       73         8' Dulciana         73
  8' Octave           73         8' Unda Maris       61
  4' Flute            12         4' Rohrfloete       61
III  Mixture         183         4' Dulciana         12
     Tremolo                 2 2/3' Rohr Nasard       7
     Sub                         2' Rohr Piccolo      5
     Unison Off                  8' Clarinet         73
     Super                          Tremolo
     Chimes                         Sub
                                    Unison Off
     SWELL                          Super
                                    Chimes
 16' Rohrbourdon      73
  8' Geigen Diapason  73            PEDAL
  8' Chimney Flute    12
  8' Salicional       73        16' Diapason         12 GT
  8' Voix Celeste     65 a      16' Bourdon          32
  4' Geigen Octave    12        16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
  4' Flute ⌂          73        16' Contra Dulciana  12 CH
  2' Flautino         --    10 2/3' Quint             7
III  Plein Jeu       183         8' Octave           GT
 16' Contra Fagotto   73         8' Bourdon           5
  8' Trumpet          73         8' Chimney Flute    SW
  8' Fagotto          12         8' Dulciana         CH
  8' Vox Humana       73         4' Rohrfloete       SW
  4' Clarion          12        16' Contra Fagotto   SW
     Tremolo
     Sub
     Unison Off
     Super                       a  to GG#

       [Received from Jeff Scofield January 16, 2016]

Documents

(1948-01-09) Factory Documentation Factory Documentation courtesy of the OHS Archive -Roman Lizak

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