Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 8308 (1952)

First Methodist Church: Sanctuary
Third Avenue & 15Th Street
Corsicana, TX

Images

Unknown - Church Exterior (Vintage Postcard; image courtesy of T. Bradford Willis (1940s)/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
2 manuals
21 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
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: '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

2014-12-10 - Rebuilt by Schudi in 1978; restoration and new facade by Wicks in 2000. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

   Corsicana, Texas
   First Methodist Church

   Möller   Op. 8308   1952   2/14
   _____________________________________________________________________

   GREAT (enclosed)            SWELL                     PEDAL

8' Diapason       73        8' Rohrflöte      73     16' Bourdon      32
8' Harmonic Flute 73        8' Viole de Gambe 73     16' Rohrbourdon  12 SW
8' Dulciana       73        8' Viole Celeste  61      8' Octave       32
4' Octave         73        4' Principal      73      8' Bourdon      12
4' Flute          12        4' Flute ⌂        73      8' Rohrflöte    SW
2' Super Octave   61    2 2/3' Nazard         61      4' Super Octave 12
   Tremulant                8' Trompette      73      4' Bourdon      12
   Sub                      8' Vox Humana   prep
   Unison Off                  Tremulant
   Super                       Sub
   Chimes         21           Unison Off
                               Super

             [Received from Jeff Scofield August 12, 2016]

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