Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 8360 (1953)

First Church Of Christ, Scientist: Sanctuary
1807 The Alameda
San Jose, CA

Images

2015-05-07 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Console (Photograph by Eugene Poole, Moller sales rep, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1953 - Church interior; those are curtains above the readers platform, not a wood grille (Photograph by Moller promotional photo, collection of Eugene Poole, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
13 stops
23 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets 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

Stoplist

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

   San Jose, California
   First Church of Christ, Scientist

   Möller   Op. 8360   1953   3/13
   _____________________________________________

   GREAT (encl w/CH)         CHOIR

8' Diapason      73       8' Concert Flute    73
8' Spitzflöte    73       8' Dulciana         73
4' Octave        73       4' Orchestral Flute 12
4' Conique Flute 12       4' Dulcet           12
2' Fifteenth     61       2' Violette         61
   Tremulant          1 3/5' Violetta Tierce   4
   Sub                    8' Oboe d'Amour     73
   Unison Off                Tremulant
   Super                     Sub
   Blank                     Unison Off           
                             Super
   SWELL
                             PEDAL
8' Gedeckt       73
8' Gamba         73      16' Bourdon          32
8' Vox Celeste   61      16' Lieblich Gedeckt 12 SW
4' Stopped Flute 12       8' Major Bass       12
4' Gambette      12       8' Gedeckt          SW
8' Trompette     73       4' Flute            SW
   Tremulant                 Blank
   Sub
   Unison Off
   Super

   [Received from Jeff Scofield August 15, 2016]

Documents

Notes by Eugene Poole, Moller sales representative Notes and photo -Jeff Scofield