Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 8870 (1957)

Fort Hill Methodist Church: Sanctuary
106 Oakridge Blvd.
Lynchburg, VA

Images

Unknown - Church interior (Photograph by Church website, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1997-08-26 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1997-08-26 - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
20 stops
28 registers
3 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

Stoplist

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

Lynchburg, Virginia
Fort Hill Methodist Church

Möller   Op. 8870   1957   3/27

       GREAT (3 1/2" wind)       CHOIR (4")
    8' Diapason 61            8' Gedeckt 61
    8' Spitzflöte 61          8' Erzähler 61
    4' Principal 61           8' Erzähler Celeste 49
2 2/3' Twelfth 61             4' Nachthorn 61
    2' Fifteenth 61       2 2/3' Nazard 61
  III  Fourniture 183         2' Blockflöte 61
       Sub                1 3/5' Tierce 61
       Unison Off             8' Cromorne (pf)
       Super                     Tremolo
       Chimes                    Sub
                                 Unison Off
       SWELL (4")                Super
    8' Rohrflöte 73              Chimes
    8' Viola da Gamba 73 
    8' Gamba Celeste 61          PEDAL (4")
    4' Principal 73          16' Principal 32
    4' Flauto Traverso 73    16' Rohrbourdon 12 SW
  III  Cymbal 183            16' Erzähler 12 CH
   16' Fagotto (pf)           8' Principal 12
    8' Trompette 73           8' Rohrflöte SW
    8' Oboe (pf)              8' Erzähler CH
    4' Rohrschalmei 73        4' Principal 12
       Tremolo               16' Bombarde 32 (5")
       Sub                   16' Fagotto (pf)
       Unison Off             8' Bombarde 12
       Super                  4' Clarion 12

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