Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 8506 (1953)

Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church
202 South 11th Street
Escanaba, MI

Images

1944 - Sanctuary interior with front organ chambers (Photograph from an archival source: Vintage postcard (lower half), submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

1944 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Vintage postcard (upper half), submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
19 stops
38 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)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2008-07-12 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2009-03-04 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2016-05-22 - Updated through online information from Jim Miller. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

Escanaba, Michigan
Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church

Möller   Op. 8506   1953   3/23

       GREAT (encl w/CH)             SWELL
    8' Principal 73              16' Quintaton 73
    8' Bourdon 73                 8' Geigen Diapason 73
    8' Spitzflöte CH              8' Rohrflöte 12
    4' Octave 61                  8' Viole de Gambe 73
    4' Bourdon 12                 8' Viole Celeste tc 61
  III  Mixture 183                4' Geigen Octave 12
   16' Krummhorn tc CH            4' Nachthorn 61
       Tremolo                    2' Flautino 12
       Sub                      III  Plein Jeu 183
       Unison Off                16' Fagotto tc
       Super                      8' Trompette 73
       Chimes (pf)                8' Oboe 73
                                  4' Clarion 12
       CHOIR                         Tremolo
    8' Spitzflöte 61                 Sub
    8' Erzähler 73                   Unison Off
    8' Erzähler Celeste tc 61        Super
    4' Koppelflöte 61
    4' Erzähler 12                   PEDAL
2 2/3' Nasard 7                  16' Soubasse 32
    2' Koppelflöte 12            16' Spitzflöte 12 CH
    8' Krummhorn 73              16' Quintaton SW
       Tremolo               10 2/3' Spitzquinte CH
       Sub                        8' Spitzprinzipal 32
       Unison Off                 8' Spitzflöte CH
       Super                      8' Rohrflöte SW             
                                  4' Octave 12
                                 16' Double Trumpet 12 SW
                                  4' Clarion SW

 [Received on line from Jeff Scofield March 04, 2009.]

Documents

(1952-11-07) Factory specifications Stoplist and accessories -Jeff Scofield