2008-07-06 - Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ was originally built for First Presbyterian of Jacksonville, IL. It was advertised for sale in the March 4, 1985 issue of "Monday Morning" (Vol. 50, No. 5). The negotiable sale price was $15,000.00. The organ was acquired by Community Presbyterian and installed by Harold Curryer with one tonal change. The Great was based on an 8' Bourdon. The pedal 8' Diapason was unified to play at 8-4-2 and had 56 pipes, so Mr. Curryer wired it to also play as the Great 8' Diapason - utilizing the Great tremolo rocker tablet. Five of the organ's registers are clearly not original to the Möller, and may be registers retained by Möller from the Jacksonvile church's former organ. These are: Great 8' Flauto Dolce and 2-2/3' Quinte; and Swell 4' Flute Harmonic, III Plein Jeu, and 4' Hautbois (which is an orchestral oboe). The organ was dedicated April 13, 1986 at 3:00 p.m. with guest organist John French. Sources: Möller opus list, extant organ documented: November 1995. -Database Manager
Stoplist copied from the console November, 1995 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Wapato, Washington
Community Presbyterian Church
M.P. MÖLLER, Opus 8848, 1955
Harold B. Curryer, 1985-86 - Re-Installation & Changes
GREAT COUPLERS
8 Diapason (Ped) -- Swell to Pedal [8],4
8 Bourdon 61 Great to Pedal [8]
8 Flauto Dolce (*) 61
4 Principal 61 Swell to Great 16,[8],4
2-2/3 Quinte (*) 61
2 Octavlein 61
Chimes (ta - f4) (21) FINGER PISTONS
Generals 1 – 3
Great 16 Swell & Pedal 1 – 3
Great Unison Sw. to Ped. (rev)
Great 4 Great & Pedal 1 – 3
Gr. to Ped. (rev)
Gen. Can
SWELL (Expressive)
8 Rohrflöte 61
8 Viole d'Gambe 61 FOOT LEVERS
8 Viole Celeste (tc) 49 Sw. to Ped. Reversible (rev)
4 Gemshorn Principal 61 Gr. to Ped. Reversible (rev)
4 Flute Harmonic (*) 61
III Plein Jeu (*) [15-19-22] 183
8 Trompette 61 PEDAL MOVEMENTS
4 Hautbois (*) 61 Swell Expression (bal.)
Tremolo Crescendo (bal.)
Swell 16
Swell Unison
Swell 4
PEDAL ACTION: E-P
16 Subbass 32
16 Quintaton (Gt) 12 VOICES: 15
8 Octave 32
8 Bourdon (Subbass) 12 STOPS: 23; inc. chimes
8 Rohrflöte (Sw) --
4 Choralbass 12 RANKS: 17
4 Flute (Sw) --
2 Octavin 12 PIPE: 1,015
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NOTES
This organ was originally built for the First Presbyterian Church of Jacksonville, IL.
It was advertised for sale in the March 4, 1985 (Vol. 50, No. 5) issue of Monday Morning
magazine published by the Presbyterian Church for ministers and church personnel. The
negotiable sale price was $ 15,000.00.
The organ was acquired by Community Presbyterian church in Wapato and was installed there
by Harold B. Curryer in 1985. It was dedicated on April 13, 1986 by John French.
Gt. 8' Diapason knob was originally the Gt. Tremolo. The Sw. 4' Hautbois is an Orchestral
Oboe. The chimes are Peterson. Stops marked with an asterisk (*) are not Möller. Some chests
are not Möller. The Swell 8' Viole Celeste automatically draws the 8' Viole d'Gambe.
Sources: Monday Morning, March 4, 1985; JRS; extant, moved organ.
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