Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 8029 (1950)

First Presbyterian Church
21 Church Street
Lockport, NY

Images

2018-10-17 - Church interior (Church Facebook/Jeff Scofield)

2023 - Building exterior (Mark Kemper/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console on Lift
3 manuals
38 stops
46 registers
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

Notes

2008-05-28 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. Each of the three manual divisions were enclosed, Swell, Great, and Choir. An antiphonal division was prepared at the console. The organ was first used on World Communion Sunday, October 1, 1950. Antiphonal division installed in 1991 by the Heritage Pipe Organs of Buffalo, consisting of 5 stops, 7 ranks. -Database Manager

2011-10-01 - Updated through online information from James van den Brink. -- The "Trumpet en Chamade" in the Antiphonal division is actually a hooded trumpet. -Database Manager

2011-12-26 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> June 1949 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Lockport, New York
       First Presbyterian Church

       Möller   Op. 8029   1950   3/43
       _______________________________________________

       GREAT                     SWELL
   16' Quintaton      61     16' Lieblich Gedeckt   73
    8' Diapason       61      8' Geigen Principal   73
    8' Bourdon        61      8' Rohrflöte          73
    8' Gemshorn       61      8' Gamba              73
    4' Octave         61      8' Gamba Celeste      61
    4' Harmonic Flute 61      8' Spitzflöte         73
2 2/3' Octave Quint   61      8' Spitzflöte Celeste 61
    2' Super Octave   61      4' Geigen Octave      73
  III  Mixture       183      4' Flute Triangulaire 73
       Tremolo               IV  Plein Jeu         244
       Sub                   16' Fagotto            73 
       Unison Off             8' Trumpet            73
       Super                  8' Oboe               73
       Chimes         21      8' Vox Humana         61
                              4' Clarion            73
       CHOIR                     Tremolo
    8' Viola          73         Sub
    8' Concert Flute  73         Unison Off
    8' Dulciana       73         Super
    8' Unda Maris     61
    4' Nachthorn      73         PEDAL
    4' Gemshorn       73     16' Diapason           32
2 2/3' Nasard         61     16' Bourdon            32
    2' Flautino       61     16' Quintaton          GT
    8' Clarinet       73     16' Lieblich Gedeckt   SW
    8' Cor Anglais    73      8' Principal          32
       Tremolo                8' Flute              12
       Sub                    8' Gedeckt            SW
       Unison Off             4' Octave Principal   12
       Super                 16' Trombone           32
                             16' Fagotto            SW
                              8' Tromba             12
                              4' Clarion            12

[Received online from Jeff Scofield  December 25, 2011]

Documents

(1949-01-26) Factory Documentation Factory documentation courtesy of the OHS Archive -Roman Lizak

Websites

Moller Pipe Organ < 1st Church - Summary history (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#49981 - Heritage Pipe Organs (2007)