Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 8390 (1952)

First Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
220 East Hickory Road
Mankato, MN

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

2009-08-05 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
25 stops
12 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 (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
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

2009-02-05 - Updated through on-line information from Richard C Greene. -Database Manager

2009-02-10 - Updated through on-line information from Mark Thompson. -- Original Möller rebuilt and enlarged to 3/33 by Richard Lurth in 1971. Organ was removed, late 80s or early 90s, replaced by Rodgers 3manual analog with 12 partial ranks of pipes. The organ was apparently sold to a church in another Minnesota city. Present status unknown to this writer. -Database Manager

2009-03-03 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Courtesy of the OHS Archives

    Mankato, Minnesota
    First Presbyterian Church

    Möller   Op. 8390   1952   3/13
    ________________________________________

    GREAT (encl w/CH)     SWELL
 8' Diapason    61    16' Bourdon         73
 8' Gedeckt     CH     8' Geigen Diapason 73
 4' Octave      12     8' Flute           12
II  Mixture    122     8' Salicional      73
    Sub                8' Vox Celeste     61
    Unison Off         4' Flute           12
    Super              4' Salicet         12
    Chimes    prep     8' Trumpet         73
    Blank              4' Clarion         12
                          Tremulant
    CHOIR                 Sub
 8' Viola       73        Unison Off
 8' Gedeckt     73        Super
 8' Spitzflöte  73        Blank
 8' Unda Maris  61
 4' Viola       12        PEDAL
 4' Spitzflöte  12    32' Resultant       --
    Tremulant         16' Contra Bass     32
    Sub               16' Bourdon         SW
    Unison Off         8' Principal       12
    Super              8' Flute           SW
    Blank              4' Choral Bass     12
                          Blank

   [Received from Jeff Scofield May 17, 2021]

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