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M. P. Möller Opus 8804 (1955)

First Presbyterian Church
400 East Carroll Street
Macomb, IL

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
24 stops
30 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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2008-07-17 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2009-03-29 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2012-04-30 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Echo division renovated by Freeport Organ Co. in 1969; repairs to main and Echo organs by Möller in 1977; renovated and enlarged to 3/31 by H. A. Howell Pipe Organs, Inc., in 1992; Trompette en Chamade, located in north balcony, added in 2006 by St. Louis Pipe Organ Co. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

Macomb, Illinois
First Presbyterian Church

Möller   Op. 8804   1955   3/27

Great on 3 1/2" wind, the rest of the organ on 4"

       GREAT                          SWELL
    8' Principal 61                8' Rohrflöte 61
    8' Bordun 61                   8' Salicional 61
    4' Octave 61                   8' Voix Celeste 49 tc
   II  Grave Mixture 122           4' Spitzprinzipal 61
       Tremolo                   III  Plein Jeu 183
       Sub                         8' Trompette 61
       Unison Off                     Tremolo
       Super                          Sub
       Chimes 21 (Maas)               Unison Off
                                      Super
       ECHO (present)
    8' Diapason 61                    CHOIR
    8' Flute 61                    8' Lochgedackt 61
    8' Echo Salicional 61          8' Gemshorn 61
    4' Gemshorn 61                 4' Koppelflöte 61
    4' Flute 12                2 2/3' Nasard 61
    2' Flautino 12                 2' Blockflöte 61
    8' Oboe 61                 1 3/5' Terz 61
                                      Tremolo
       PEDAL                          Sub
   16' Sub Bass 32                    Unison Off
   16' Quintade 12 SW                 Super
    8' Prinzipal 32
    8' Rohrflöte SW
5 1/3' Quinte 32
    4' Oktav 12
    4' Rohrflöte SW

 [Received on line from Jeff Scofield March 29, 2009.]

Websites

First Presbyterian Church of Macomb, IL - Organ - Photographs, history and description (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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