Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 7881 (1949)

First Methodist Church: Sanctuary
425 N. Broad St.
Thomasville, GA

Images

2010-03-19 - Church exterior (Photograph by UNF Digital Commons, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
2 manuals
18 stops
30 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
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 thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2008-04-29 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. Installed October 1949, according to <i>The American Organist</i>, August 1950, page 268. The Harp was prepared. The Great division was enclosed. -Database Manager

2009-05-26 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Rebuilt and enlarged to 3/32 in 1973 by Möller as Op. R-868. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Thomasville, Georgia
       First Methodist Church

       Möller   Op. 7881   1949   2/19

       GREAT (encl)             SWELL                    PEDAL
    8' Diapason 73           8' Geigen Diapason 73   16' Diapason 12 GT
    8' Flute 73              8' Gedeckt 73           16' Bourdon 32
    8' Gemshorn 73           8' Gamba 73             16' Gedeckt 12 SW
    8' Gemshorn Celeste 61   8' Gamba Celeste 61      8' Principal 32
    4' Octave 73             8' Echo Salicional 73    8' Gedeckt SW
    4' Flute 12              4' Geigenoctav 73        8' Gamba SW
2 2/3' Twelfth 61            4' Gedeckt 12            4' Principal 12
    2' Fifteenth 61         II  Grave Mixture 122
       Tremulant             8' Trompette 73
       Sub                   8' Oboe 73
       Unison Off            4' Trompette 12
       Super                 4' Oboe 12
       Chimes 21                Tremulant
       Harp (pf)                Sub
                                Unison Off
                                Super
                                Chimes GT

 [Received on line from Jeff Scofield May 26, 2009.]

Documents

(1949-01-12) Factory specifications, via the OHS Archives Stoplist and accessories -Jeff Scofield

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#40994 - M. P. Möller Opus R-868 (1973)