Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 8842 (1956)

First Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
111 West Morgan Street
Raleigh, NC

Images

2024-04-15 - Console (Tanner Winchester/Tanner Winchester)

2024-04-16 - Great Division (Tanner Winchester/Tanner Winchester)

2024-04-16 - Swell Division (Tanner Winchester/Tanner Winchester)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
18 stops
24 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

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

2024-04-17 - Photos indicate the console was rebuilt at some point with the addition of a Krummhorn on the Choir and borrowing the Swell Trompette to the Great. -Paul R. Marchesano

Stoplist

Source: Received on line from Jeff Scofield March 29, 2009

GREAT Quintaton 16, Bourdon 8, Principal 4, Mixture II, Tremolo, Blank, Trompette 8

SWELL Gambe 8, Gedeckt 8, Gambe Celeste 8, Flute Harmonique 4, Bassoon 16 (half-length), Mixture III, Trompette 8, Tremolo, Blank

CHOIR Nason Gedeckt 8, Koppelflöte 4, Prinzipal 2, Dolcan 8, Sesquialtera II, Tremolo, Krummhorn 8, Blank

PEDAL Violone 16, Bourdon 16, Quintaton 16, Violone 8, Bourdon 8, Quintaton 8, Violone 4, Bourdon 4, Blank, Blank, Blank, Blank

Documents

(1955-07-22) Factory Documentation Factory Documentation courtesy of the OHS Archive -Roman Lizak