Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 8686 (1954)

First Methodist Church: Sanctuary
125 W. Main St.
Salem, VA

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
14 stops
22 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

2009-03-23 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Replaced in 2006 by Schantz 3/51 Op. 2272. -Database Manager

2009-05-30 - Updated through online information from Eric J. Gastier -- 18 ranks and much of the mechanism from the Möller remain and were rebuilt. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

     Salem, Virginia
     First Methodist Church

     Möller   Op. 8686   1954   3/16
     _____________________________________________

     Stops without pipecounts are prepared-for
     
     GREAT                        CHOIR

 16' Quintaton                 8' Viola
  8' Diapason        61        8' Nachthorn
  8' Bourdon         61        8' Erzähler
  8' Gemshorn        61        8' Erzähler Celeste
  4' Octave          61        4' Koppelflöte
  4' Harmonic Flute  61    2 2/3' Nazard
 II  Grave Mixture  122        2' Blockflöte
 IV  Fourniture            1 3/5' Tierce
     Tremulant                 8' Cromorne
     Sub                          Tremulant
     Super                        Sub
     Chimes                       Unison Off
                                  Super
     SWELL                        Chimes

 16' Rohrbourdon     73           PEDAL
  8' Geigen Diapason 
  8' Rohrflöte       12       16' Contrebasse   
  8' Viole de Gambe  73       16' Sub Basse     32
  8' Viole Celeste            16' Rohrbourdon   SW
  4' Principal       73        8' Octave        12     
  4' Flute           12        8' Bourdon       12
III  Plein Jeu      183        8' Rohrflöte     SW
 16' Contra Oboe               4' Super Octave  12
  8' Trompette       73        4' Bourdon       12
  8' Oboe                      2' Octavin       12
  8' Vox Humana              III  Mixture
  4' Clarion         12       16' Bombarde
     Tremulant                16' Contra Oboe
     Sub                       8' Bombarde
     Unison Off                4' Clarion
     Super

    [Received from Jeff Scofield October 30, 2014]

Documents

(1954-02-20) Factory Documentation Factory Documentation courtesy of the OHS Archive -Roman Lizak

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#35280 - Schantz Organ Co. Opus 2272 (2006)