Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 8064 (1956)

First Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
108 Washington St.
Monroe, MI

Images

2023-12-10 - Church interior (Church Facebook/Jeff Scofield)

2010-11-15 - Building exterior (Church Facebook/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
29 stops
43 registers
5 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 coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2008-05-28 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2009-02-22 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- The specifications are dated April 25, 1949, but the church website says the organ was installed in 1956; console converted to solid-state in 2004. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the original contract Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Monroe, Michigan
First Presbyterian Church

M.P. Möller   Op. 8064   1956   3/32
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    GREAT (expressive)            SWELL
 8' Diapason 61                8' Rohrflöte 73
 8' Bourdon 61                 8' Viole de Gambe 73
 8' Gemshorn 61                8' Viole Celeste tc 61
 4' Octave 61                  4' Principal 73
 4' Harmonic Flute 61          4' Flute Triangulaire 73
II  Grave Mixture 122          2' Flautino 61
    Tremulant                III  Plein Jeu 183
    Sub                        8' Trumpet 73
    Unison Off                 8' Oboe 73
    Super                      4' Clarion 12
                                  Tremulant
    ECHO                          Sub
 8' Gedeckt 73                    Unison Off
 8' Viole Sourdine 73             Super
 8' Viole Celeste tc 61
 4' Flute 12                      CHOIR
 4' Viole 12                   8' Viola 73
 8' Vox Humana 61              8' Cor de Nuit 73
    Tremulant                  8' Dulciana 73
    Chimes 21 (Deagan D)       8' Unda Maris tc 61
                               4' Nachthorn 73
    PEDAL                  2 2/3' Nasard 61
16' Diapason 12 GT             2' Piccolo 61
16' Bourdon 32                 8' Clarinet 73
16' Rohrflöte 12 SW               Tremulant
16' Gedeckt 12 EC                 Sub
 8' Octave 32                     Unison Off
 8' Bourdon 12                    Super
 8' Rohrflöte SW               8' Harp 49
 4' Super Octave 12            4' Harp -- (repeat top octave)
 4' Rohrflöte SW
16' Double Trumpet 12 SW

 [Received online from Jeff Scofield • February 23, 2009]

Websites

First Presbyterian Church of Monrow, MI: Music - Description, photograph (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)