Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 7909 (1949)

St. John's Episcopal Church: Church
322 South Greer
Memphis, TN

Images

1989-06-30 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2012-07-24 - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Unknown - Church Exterior (Postcard Image supplied by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
16 stops
19 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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
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

2008-04-29 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2012-05-04 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Many ranks prepared-for, as well as many pistons, couplers and the crescendo pedal that were installed but not yet activated; the organ was eventually enlarged to 3/34; replaced in 1989 by 3/40 Reuter Op. 2136, retaining 6 Möller ranks; the church has the most unusual ceiling - like a giant deep sky-blue air mattress that runs from the front wall to the back. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Memphis, Tennessee
       St. John's Episcopal Church

       Möller   Op. 7909   1949   3/16
       ________________________________________

       Stops without pipecounts were originally 
       prepared-for; they were added not too 
       much later, with some changes.

       GREAT                  SWELL
   16' Diapason           16' Bourdon
    8' Diapason I          8' Diapason
    8' Diapason II  73     8' Rohrflöte      73
    8' Hohlflöte    73     8' Salicional     73
    8' Gemshorn     73     8' Voix Celeste   61
    4' Principal    73     4' Principal      73
    4' Octave Flute 73     4' Flute Harmonic 73
2 2/3' Twelfth             2' Fifteenth
    2' Fifteenth         III  Mixture
   IV  Mixture            16' Double Trumpet
    8' Tromba              8' Trumpet        73
    4' Clarion             8' Hautboy (Oboe)
       Sub                 4' Clarion
       Unison Off             Tremolo
       Super                  Sub
                              Unison Off
       CHOIR                  Super
    8' Gamba
    8' Concert Flute          PEDAL
    8' Dulciana      73   16' Diapason
    8' Unda Maris    61   16' Bourdon        32
    4' Octave Flute       16' Dulciana    CH 12
    4' Dulcet              8' Octave         32
    8' Tuba                8' Flute          GT
    8' Clarinet            4' Octave Flute   GT
    8' English Horn  73   16' Trombone
       Tremolo             8' Tromba
       Sub                 4' Clarion
       Unison Off
       Super

[Received online from Jeff Scofield May 5, 2012]

Documents

(1949-03-31) Factory specifications, via the OHS Archives Stoplist and accessories -Jeff Scofield

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#71214* - M. P. Möller Opus A-7909 (1950)