Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 8685 (1954)

First Methodist Church: Sanctuary
315 Fox Street
Aurora, IL

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
27 stops
44 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
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

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

2016-03-08 - The church closed June 30, 2011. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the factory specifications via the OHS Archives Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

     Aurora, Illinois
     First Methodist Church

     Möller   Op. 8685   1954   3/31
     _______________________________________________

     GREAT (enclosed)              CHOIR

 16' Gemshorn        61         8' Cor de Nuit    61
  8' Principal       61         8' Erzähler       61
  8' Bourdon         61         8' Unda Maris     49
  8' Gemshorn        12         4' Harmonic Flute 61
  4' Octave          61     2 2/3' Nasard         61
  2' Octavin         61         2' Blockflöte     61   
 IV  Fourniture     244     1 3/5' Tierce         61
     Tremolo                    8' Clarinet       61
     Sub                           Tremolo
     Unison Off                 8' Trumpet (5")   61
     Super                         Sub
     Chimes          21            Unison Off
                                   Super
     SWELL
                                   PEDAL
 16' Quintade        73
  8' Geigen Diapason 73        16' Sub Bass       32
  8' Rohrflöte       12        16' Gemshorn       GT
  8' Viole de Gambe  73        16' Quintade       SW
  8' Viole Celeste   61    10 2/3' Gemshorn Quint GT
  4' Geigen Octave   12         8' Prinzipal      32
  4' Nachthorn       61         8' Bourdon        12
  2' Flautino        12         8' Rohrflöte      SW
III  Plein Jeu      183     5 1/3' Octave Quint   32
 16' Fagotto         tc         4' Octave         12
  8' Trompette       73         4' Rohrflöte      SW
  8' Oboe            73        16' Trombone (7")  12 CH
  8' Vox Humana      73         8' Trumpet        CH
  4' Clarion         12         4' Clarion        CH
     Tremolo
     Sub
     Unison Off
     Super

       [Received from Jeff Scofield March 8, 2016]

Documents

(1954-02-02) Factory Documentation Factory Documentation courtesy of the OHS Archive -Roman Lizak