Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 7894 (1949)

First Methodist Church: Sanctuary
1305 S. Main St.
Hopkinsville, KY

Images

2007-03-09 - Church exterior (Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2007-03-09 - Builder nameplate (Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2007-03-09 - Organ cases (Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2007-03-09 - Church interior (Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2007-03-09 - Interior to rear (Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2007-03-09 - Church interior to front (Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Church Exterior (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1951)/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
32 stops
16 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)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
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. -Database Manager

2012-04-21 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Renovated and enlarged by Milnar Organ Co. in 2001. -Database Manager

2013-08-02 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Hopkinsville, Kentucky
       First Methodist Church

       Möller   Op. 7894   1949   3/16
       _________________________________________________

       GREAT (encl w/CH)              SWELL
    8' Diapason         61         8' Geigen Diapason 73
    8' Flute Harmonic   CH         8' Rohrflöte       61
    8' Dulciana         CH         8' Gamba           73
    4' Octave           61         8' Gamba Celeste   pf
    4' Flute            CH         4' Octave Geigen   73
2 2/3' Twelfth          pf         4' Chimney Flute   12
    2' Fifteenth        61     2 2/3' Nasard           7
    8' Trumpet          61         2' Flautino         5
       Tremolo (a)               III  Mixture         pf
       Sub                         8' Oboe            73
       Unison Off                     Tremolo
       Super                          Sub
       Blank                          Unison Off
                                      Super
       CHOIR
    8' Viola            pf            PEDAL
    8' Flute Harmonic   61        16' Diapason        12 GT
    8' Dulciana         73        16' Bourdon         32
    8' Dulciana Celeste 61        16' Rohrbourdon     12 SW
    4' Flute            12         8' Principal       32
2 2/3' Quint             7         8' Rohrflöte       SW
    2' Piccolo          61         4' Super Octave    12
    8' English Horn     73         4' Chimney Flute   SW
       Tremolo                    16' Trombone        12 GT
       Sub                         8' Trumpet         GT
       Unison Off                  4' Clarion         GT
       Super
       Blank

    a  duplicates action of Choir Tremolo

      [Received online from Jeff Scofield July 30, 2013]

Documents

(1948-06-15) Factory specifications Factory Documentation courtesy of the OHS Archive -Roman Lizak

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#49560 - Milnar Organ Co. (2001)