Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 8286 (1951)

First/Wesley United Methodist: Sanctuary
311 Market Street
Bloomsburg, PA

Images

2020-12-09 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2020-05-29 - Balcony stained-glass window (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1951-06-03 - Chancel and Chamber Grillework (Möller Promotional Photo; collection of Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
35 stops
23 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 (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
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

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

2009-04-05 - Updated through on-line information from Cody Mead. -- Heavily Altered. Austin Console. -Database Manager

2009-04-06 - Updated through on-line information from Cody Mead. -Database Manager

2012-06-22 - Updated through online information from Scott Crowell. -- Organ rebuilt in 1986. Major work/repairs by Patrick Murphy in 2010. -Database Manager

2012-06-30 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Church renamed Wesley United Methodist Church on June 5, 1968; church website says an organ renovation program began May 27, 1986, at which time the Austin console was probably installed. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

     Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
     First (Wesley) Methodist Church

     Möller   Op. 8286   1951   3/26
     _______________________________________________

     GREAT  3 3/4" wind            CHOIR  4½"
  8' Diapason         61        8' Viola          73
  8' Bourdon          61        8' Nachthorn      61
  8' Gemshorn         61        8' Dulciana       73
  4' Octave           61        8' Unda Maris     61
  4' Harmonic Flute   61        4' Flute          12
 II  Grave Mixture   122    2 2/3' Nazard         61
     Tremulant                  2' Blockflöte     12
     Sub                    1 1/3' Larigot        12
     Unison Off                 8' Clarinet       73
     Super                         Tremulant
     Carillonic Bells 25           Sub
     Harp             CH           Unison Off
                                   Super
     SWELL  4½"                    Harp           49
 16' Rohrbourdon      73
  8' Rohrflöte        12           PEDAL  4½"
  8' Viole de Gambe   73       16' Diapason       12 GT
  8' Viole Celeste    61       16' Bourdon        32
  4' Principal        73       16' Rohrbourdon    SW
  4' Flute ⌂          73        8' Octave         32
III  Mixture         183        8' Bourdon        12
  8' Trompette        73        8' Rohrflöte      SW
  8' Oboe             73        4' Super Octave   12
  8' Vox Humana       61        4' Bourdon        12
     Tremulant                 16' Double Trumpet 12 SW 5½"
     Sub                        8' Trompette      SW
     Unison Off
     Super

    [Received online from Jeff Scofield Nune 29, 2012]