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M. P. Möller Opus 8863 (1956)

Kirk-in-the-Hills, Presbyterian: Sanctuary
1340 W. Long Lake Road
Bloomfield Hills, MI

Images

2010-03-14 - Console (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)

1994-05-19 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1994-05-19 - Church exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2010-03-14 - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)

2010-03-14 - Chancel and organ cases (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)

2010-03-14 - Aeolian-Skinner Trompette-en-Chamade (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)

2018-10-12 - Solo Trumpets (Photograph by René Troost/Database Manager)

2018-10-12 - Organ Case (Photograph by René Troost/Database Manager)

2018-10-12 - Console with Church Interior (Photograph by René Troost/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
4 manuals
97 stops
65 registers
10 divisions
Key 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 combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2007-11-14 - Identified through on-line information from Stephen Hall. -- Rebuilt by Aeolian-Skinner in 1969 as Opus 1422; but the only changes were replacing the Swell & Pedal reeds, and adding the Trompette en Chamade to the Antiphonal Great. Organ is in regular use for services (2007). -Database Manager

2008-06-22 - Updated through on-line information from Mark Funk. -Database Manager

2008-07-03 - Identified through information adapted from E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: Modified by Aeolian-Skinner as their Opus 1422, 1960s. -Database Manager

2008-07-05 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- New movable Möller console without rolltop installed 1992 -Database Manager

2023-03-07 - I have just learned that the instrument is in great disrepair, cannot be fixed. I am working on what failed. $3.5 million has been set aside for new -Mark Funk

Stoplist

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

Bloomfield Hills, Michican
Kirk in the Hills Presbyterian Church

Möller   Op. 8863   1956   4/78

       GREAT (3 1/2" wind)          SWELL (4")
   16' Quintade 61              16' Flute Conique 68
    8' Principal 61              8' Viola Pomposa 68
    8' Bordun 61                 8' Viola Celeste 68
    4' Octave 61                 8' Rohrflöte 68
    4' Rohrflöte 61              8' Flauto Dolce 12
2 2/3' Quint 61                  8' Flute Celeste 56
    2' Octavin 61                4' Prestant 68
   IV  Fourniture 244            4' Harmonic Flute 68
  III  Scharff 183               2' Flautino 61
       Tremolo                  IV  Plein Jeu 244
       Sub                      16' Bassoon 68 (English Horn)
       Unison Off                8' Trompette 68
       Super                     8' Bassoon 12
       Chimes 25                 8' Vox Humana 68
                                 4' Rohrschalmei 68
       ANTIPHONAL GREAT (4")        Tremolo
    8' Bordun 61                    Sub
    8' Dolce 61                     Unison Off
    4' Spitzprinzipal 61            Super
  III  Mixture 183
       Tremolo                      ANTIPHONAL SWELL (4")
                                 8' Chimney Flute 68
       CHOIR (4")                8' Salicional 68
    8' Lochgedackt 61            8' Voix Celeste 56
    8' Erzähler 61               4' Nachthorn 68
    8' Erzähler Celeste 49       2' Zartflöte 61
    4' Gemshorn 61               8' Fagotto 68
    4' Koppelflöte 61               Tremolo
2 2/3' Nasat 61
    2' Blockflöte 61                PEDAL (4")
1 3/5' Terz 61                  16' Contre Basse 32
    8' Krummhorn 61             16' Bourdon 32
       Tremolo                  16' Quintade GT
       Sub                      16' Flute Conique SW
       Unison Off           10 2/3' Quint 32
       Super                     8' Prinzipal 32
       Harp (pf)                 8' Bourdon 12
                                 8' Quintade GT
       POSITIV (3")              8' Flute Conique SW
    8' Quintaton 61          5 1/3' Octave Quint 12
    4' Nachthorn 61              4' Oktav 12
    2' Spitzprinzipal 61         4' Nachthorn PO
1 1/3' Larigot 61                4' Quintade GT
   II  Sesquialtera 122          2' Nachthorn PO
  III  Zimbel 183              III  Cornet 96
       Tremolo                 III  Mixtur 96
                                32' Bassoon L/2 12 SW
       SOLO (6")                16' Trombone 32 (5")
    8' Holzgedackt 61           16' Bassoon SW
    8' Viole de Gambe 61         8' Trumpet 12
    8' Viole Celeste 61          4' Clarion 12
    4' Orchestral Flute 61       4' Bassoon SW
    8' Bombarde 61                  Chimes CH
    8' English Horn 61
    4' Clairon 61                   ANTIPHONAL PEDAL (4")
       Tremolo                  16' Bordun 12 ANT GT
       Sub                      16' Gedackt ANT SW
       Unison Off                8' Prinzipal 12 ANT GT
       Super                     8' Chimney Flute ANT SW
       Chimes 25 (Deagan A)      4' Octave ANT GT

 [Received on line from Jeff Scofield March 29, 2009.]

Documents

(1955-05-31) Factory Documentation Factory Documentation courtesy of the OHS Archive -Roman Lizak

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