Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 1043 (1910)

First Christian / Congregational Christian Church: Sanctuary
46 Main St.
Lubec, ME

Images

2013-06-06 - Organ facade (Photograph by David E. Wallace/Database Manager)

2013-06-06 - Keydesk from right side (Photograph by David E. Wallace/Database Manager)

2013-06-06 - Builder's name and coupler drawknobs (Photograph by David E. Wallace/Database Manager)

2013-06-06 - Facade stenciling detail (Photograph by David E. Wallace/Database Manager)

2013-06-06 - Great pipework with swellbox behind (Photograph by David E. Wallace/Database Manager)

2013-06-06 - Great pipework (f - b) (Photograph by David E. Wallace/Database Manager)

2013-06-06 - Lead tubing runs from keydesk to windchest primaries (Photograph by David E. Wallace/Database Manager)

2013-06-06 - One of the regulators (Photograph by David E. Wallace/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

2 manuals
Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

2008-07-08 - Identified through information received from George Bozeman via e-mail -- $700 from Carnegie grant. opening recital by Everett Hall of Bangor Me with Miss Margaret Ross, soloist of Bangor. Church was known as Disciples of Christ when organ was installed; it is now Congregational Christian Church. Organ has Möller tubular-pneumatic membrane chests which are notorious for not working, but this organ has never been releathered and still works almost perfectly, with one dead note in the Pedal stop. It appears to have never been hand pumped but has feeders that were operated by a water motor. There is a wind indicator dial and a crescendo indicator dial The crescendo pedal is on the left(!) and balanced swell on right, centered on pedal board. There are two pistons for Swell and Pedal, and two for Great. They are set by drawing the desired stops and pulling the appropriate 'Adjustable Comb.' knob. There is also a Great to Pedal Reversible Pedal which does not work because the rod connecting the pedal to the reverser mechanism is missing. -Database Manager

2009-05-19 - This organ appears on the Möller lists as Opus 1043; Opus 1046 is listed for Charlotte, North Carolina. -Database Manager

2009-11-02 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist from George Bozeman, console layout Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Congregational Christian Church
Lubec, Maine

Möller Opus 1046, 1910


Oblique stopknobs in terraces:

Left side:
   Top row: Adjustable Comb. 1; Adjustable Comb. 2
   3rd row: Sw. Flauto Traverso 4'; Sw. Oboe D'Orchestre 8' [labial]; Tremulant
   2nd row: Sw. Violin Diapason 8'; Sw. Stopped Diapason 8'; Sw. Aeoline 8'
   Bottom row: Ped. Bourdon 16'

Right side:
   Top row: Adjustable Comb. 3; Adjustable Comb. 4
   3rd Row: Gr. Flute d'Amour 4'; Gr. Principal 4'
   2nd Row: Gr. Dulciana 8'; Gr. Melodia 8'; Gr. Open Diapason 8'
   Bottom row: no stops
 
Above Swell keyboard: Great to Pedal; Swell to Pedal; Swell to Great; Swell to Great 16'; 
   Swell to Great 4'; Swell 4'

Below Swell keyboard: Pistons 1 & 2

Below Great keyboard: Pistons 3 & 4

Wind Indicator Dial; Crescendo Indicator Dial
Gr. to Ped. Reversible Toe Stud

Balanced Crescendo Pedal: Balanced Swell Pedal (note reversed location)

[Received via e-mail from George Bozeman December 2, 2008]