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M. P. Möller Opus 8289 (1950)

Meshoppen United Methodist Church: Sanctuary
128 Church Street
Meshoppen, PA

Images

2020-02-15 - Nameplate. Opus number on nameplate, 8282, differs from opus number, 8289, on Moller opus list. Photo taken by a friend. (Photograph by David Lenington, submitted by David Lenington/David Lenington)

2020-02-15 - Stop tabs. Photo taken by a friend. (Photograph by David Lenington, submitted by David Lenington/David Lenington)

2020-02-15 - Organ console. Photo taken by a friend. (Photograph by David Lenington, submitted by David Lenington/David Lenington)

2020-02-15 - Interior of Meshoppen United Methodist Church. Photo taken by a friend. (Photograph by David Lenington, submitted by David Lenington/David Lenington)

2020-02-15 - Exterior of Meshoppen United Methodist Church. Photo taken by a friend. (Photograph by David Lenington, submitted by David Lenington/David Lenington)

Consoles

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Notes

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

2020-04-25 - Photographs submitted in April 2020 show the Moller nameplate with Opus 8282. The Moller opus list states that Opus 8282 was built for Trinity Methodist in El Paso, Texas. Meshoppen Methodist was assigned Opus 8289 according to the Moller opus list. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Pipe distribution provided by comparison with other documented and extant examples of the builder's work from this period. Source: Taken from Database console photos

Meshoppen, Pennsylvania
Meshoppen United Methodist Church

M.P. MÖLLER, Opus 8289, 1950 - Artiste – Original Specifications


GREAT (Expressive)            SWELL (Expressive)            PEDAL (Expressive)
  8     Diapason                8     Gedeckt                 16    Bourdon
  8     Gedeckt                 8     Viola                   8     Gedeckt
  8     Viola                   4     Flute                   8     Viola
  4     Octave                  4     Viola                   5 1/3 Quint
  4     Flute                   2 2/3 Nazard                  4     Octave
  4     Viola                   2     Flautino                4     Flute
  2 2/3 Twelfth                       Tremolo
  2     Fifteenth
        Chimes


STOP / RANK / PIPE ANALYSIS
  16    Bourdon               (Ped)  12  Extension of the 8' Gedeckt.
  8     Diapason               (Gt)  49  1-12 from Gedeckt + Viola.
  8     Gedeckt         (Sw/Gt/Ped)  61
  8     Viola           (Sw/Gt/Ped)  61
  5 1/3 Quint                 (Ped)  –-  From the Gedeckt unit.
  4     Octave             (Gt/Ped)  12  Extension of the 8' Diapason.
  4     Flute           (Sw/Gt/Ped)  12  Extension of the 8' Gedeckt.
  4     Viola               (Sw/Gt)  12  Extension of the 8' Viola.
  2 2/3 Twelfth                (Gt)   7  Extension of the 8' Viola.         
  2 2/3 Nazard                 (Sw)   7  Extension of the 8' Gedeckt.
  2     Fifteenth              (Gt)  --  From the Viola unit. Top 5 notes
                                            repeat.
  2     Flautino               (Sw)  --  From the Gedeckt unit. Top 5 notes 
                                            repeat.
        Tremolo                (Sw)      Affects the entire instrument.
        Chimes


PIPE SUMMARY

  Diapason                        Bourdon/Gedeckt                 Viola
  61 pipes                        92 pipes                        80 pipes



COUPLERS                                     FINGER PISTONS
  Swell to Great                  [8]          None


PEDAL MOVEMENTS                              TOE STUDS
  Expression                   (bal.)          None
  Crescendo                    (bal.)


ACTION: E-P unit      VOICES: 3      STOPS: 21      RANKS: 3      PIPES: 233


NOTES
The organ was installed in chambers in the chancel.

Sources: Möller opus list; photos on the church Facebook page


Meshoppen United Methodist Church
128 Church St.
Meshoppen, PA. 18630