Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 8163 (1951)

First Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
1540 M Streeet
Fresno, CA

Images

1951 - Reverse postcard - appears to be something of a promotional item prepared in partnership between Möller and the parish (Photograph by Postcard, submitted by Zenas Savage/Zenas Savage)

c. 1951 - Chancel and organ chamber grille (Photograph by Postcard, submitted by Zenas Savage/Zenas Savage)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
15 stops
33 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 (Details Unknown)
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

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

2008-10-24 - Updated through online information from Thomas L. DeLay. -- Organ was substantially added to by a local organ expert in 2000. In 2005, the Rodgers Instrument Company added a 3 manual digital console with another 40 digital "ranks". -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the factory specifications via the OHS Archives Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Fresno, California
       First Presbyterian Church

       Möller   Op. 8163   1951   3/15
       _____________________________________________

       GREAT (encl w/CH)          SWELL

    8' Diapason      73       16' Lieblichbourdon 61
    8' Bourdon       73        8' Geigen Diapason 73
    8' Gemshorn      CH        8' Gedeckt         12
    4' Octave        73        8' Gemba           73
    4' Bourdon       12        8' Voix Celeste    61
    4' Gemshorn      CH        4' Harmonic Flute  73
2 2/3' Twelfth       61        4' Lieblichflöte   12
    2' Fifteenth     61    2 2/3' Nasard           7
       Tremulant               2' Flautino         5
       Sub                     8' Trumpet         73
       Unison Off              4' Clarion         12
       Super                      Tremulant
                                  Sub
       CHOIR                      Unison Off
                                  Super
    8' Concert Flute 73
    8' Gemshorn      61           PEDAL
    4' Flute         12
    4' Gemshorn      12       16' Bourdon         32
2 2/3' Gemshorn       7       16' Lieblichbourdon SW
    2' Gemshorn       5       16' Gemshorn        12 CH
    8' Bassethorn    73        8' Major Flute     12
       Tremulant               8' Gedeckt         SW
       Sub                     8' Gemshorn        CH
       Unison Off              4' Lieblichflöte   SW
       Super                      Blank
                                  Blank

        [Received from Jeff Scofield July 21, 2016]