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M. P. Möller Opus 8835 (1956)

Main Street Methodist Church: Sanctuary
190 East Franklin Boulevard
Gastonia, NC

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
22 stops
31 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

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

2008-11-22 - Updated through online information from David Ritch. -- The original installation of the organ included 25 ranks with provisions made for an additional 15. With modifications to the console, 20 additional ranks were added during two phases after the original installation. In 1997, Daniel Angerstein completed a substantial renovation of the organ including a new console, reworking of the windchests, leathers and other parts and the addition of 19 new ranks of pipes. -Database Manager

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

Stoplist

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

Gastonia, North Carolina
Main Street Methodist Church

Möller   Op. 8835   1956   3/25

        GREAT (3 3/4" wind)               SWELL (4")
    16' Quintaton (pf)                16' Bourdon 61
     8' Diapason 61                    8' Rohrflöte 61
     8' Bourdon 61                     8' Viole de Gambe 61
     8' Erzähler (pf)                  8' Viole Celeste 61
     4' Principal 61                   8' Dolce Flute (pf)
     4' Flute Harmonic (pf)            8' Dolce Flute Celeste (pf)
 2 2/3' Twelfth 61                     4' Spitz Prinzipal 61
     2' Fifteenth 61                   4' Flute Triangulaire 61
    IV  Fourniture 244                IV  Plein Jeu (pf)
        Tremolo                       16' Krummhorn (pf)
        Sub                            8' Trompette 61
        Unison Off                     4' Hautbois 61
        Super                             Tremolo
        Chimes CH                         Sub
        Carillonic Bells                  Unison Off
                                          Super
        PEDAL (4")
    16' Contrebasse (pf)                  CHOIR (4")
    16' Subbass 32                    16' Contre Viole Dolce 61
    16' Bourdon SW                     8' Viola (pf)
    16' Contre Viole Dolce CH          8' Concert Flute 61
10 2/3' Quint 7                        8' Dulciana 61
     8' Principal (pf)                 8' Unda Maris (pf)
     8' Contrebass (pf)                4' Koppelflöte 61
     8' Subbass 5                  2 2/3' Nasard 61
     8' Bourdon SW                     2' Cor de Nuit 61
 5 1/3' Octave Quint (pf)          1 3/5' Tierce (pf)
     4' Choral Bass 32                    Tremolo
     2' Octavin 12                        Sub
    16' Sub Trompette 12 SW (5")          Unison Off
     8' Trompette SW                      Super
     4' Hautbois SW                       Chimes 21 (Deagan D)
       

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

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