Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 8627 (1954)

Smith Funeral Home / Benito & Azzaro Pacific Gardens Chapel: Chapel of the Four Seasons
1050 Cayuga St
Santa Cruz, CA

Images

Unknown - Chapel interior and console (Photograph by Via Eugene Poole, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Console (Image from Dedication Program; courtesy of Jim Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
19 stops
16 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

2008-07-13 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2012-01-15 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2012-07-08 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

2013-11-20 - Updated through online information from John Haskey. -- I visited this organ approx 10 months ago and at the time there were many wind leaks due to failed leather on resevoirs. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stopilst copied from <i>The Diapason</i> February 1954 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Santa Cruz, California
       Smith Funeral Home

       Möller   Op. 8627   1954   3/16
       _____________________________________________

       GREAT                        SWELL
    8' Principal         61      8' Gedeckt       73
    8' Gemshorn          61      8' Viola         73
    4' Octave            61      8' Viola Celeste 66
    2' Fifteenth         61      4' Koppelflöte   73
       Sub                       2' Blockflöte    61
       Unison Off                8' Oboe d'Amour  73
       Super                        Tremulant
       Chimes            pf         Sub
                                    Unison Off
       CHOIR                        Super
    8' Concert Flute     73
    4' Italian Prinzipal 73         PEDAL
2 2/3' Rohrnazard        66     16' Violone       32
    2' Rohrflöte         61     16' Bourdon       32
       Tremulant                 8' Violone       12
       Sub                       8' Bourdon       12
       Unison Off                4' Bourdon       12
       Super

[Received online from Jeff Scofield January 16, 2012]

Documents

Notes by Eugene Poole, Moller sales rep, p.1 Commentary and photos -Jeff Scofield
Notes by Eugene Poole, Moller sales rep, p.1 Commentary and photos -Jeff Scofield
(1954-06-01) Dedication program, via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield