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M. P. Möller Opus 8883 (1956)

Trinity Episcopal Church: Church
1100 Sumter Street
Columbia, SC

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
4 manuals
40 stops
53 registers
6 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: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
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

2009-03-30 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Retained Pilcher Echo. Replaced in 1998 by 3/73 Casavant Op. 3768 -Database Manager

2009-06-17 - Parts, if not all, of the organ were incorporated into a new instrument for St. Luke's, Ft. Myers, Florida. The organ was completed by Tom Helms in 2004. -Database Manager

2011-12-08 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2015-08-13 - Updated through online information from John McCraney. -- In the DIAPASON, c. 1998, the four-manual Moeller was advertised for sale for $25, 000.00. This included all of the organ except the blower. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

Columbia, South Carolina
Trinity Episcopal Church

Möller   Op. 8883   1956   4/47

The Echo division, retained from 1932 3/34 Pilcher Op. 1585, 
was to be connected to the console with no work contemplated
except for the addition of the new 4' Octave Geigen pipework 
on the former 8' Vox Humana chest.

       GREAT (3 1/2" wind)            ECHO-POSITIV
   16' Quintaton 61                8' Cor de Nuit 61 (present)        
    8' Diapason 61                 8' Viole Atheria (present)
    8' Bourdon 61                  8' Vox Angelica (present)
    8' Gemshorn 61                 4' Octave Geigen 61 (new)
    4' Principal 61                4' Fern Flute 12
    4' Rohrflöte 61                   Tremolo
2 2/3' Quinte 61                      Echo-Positiv Sub
    2' Octavin 61                     Echo-Positiv Unison Off
   IV  Fourniture 244                 Echo-Positiv Super
       Tremolo                        Chimes 21 (Deagan A)
       Great Sub                   8' Quintflöte 61
       Great Unison Off            4' Koppelflöte 61
       Great Super                 2' Blockflöte 61
       Chimes EC                   1' Sifflöte 61
                                  II  Zimbel 122
       SWELL (4")                     Tremolo
   16' Contre Gambe 61
    8' Gedeckt 61                     Positiv on 3 1/2" wind
    8' Salicional 61              
    8' Voix Celeste 49                PEDAL (4")
    4' Spitz Prinzipal 61         16' Violone 32
    4' Flute Harmonique 61        16' Quintaton GT
  III  Plein Jeu 183              16' Contre Gambe SW
   16' Bassoon 61                  8' Principal 32
    8' Trompette 61                8' Quintaton GT
    4' Clarion 61                  8' Gambe SW
       Tremolo                     8' Gedeckt SW
       Swell Sub                   4' Super Octave 12
       Swell Unison Off            4' Gedeckt SW
       Swell Super                 2' Octavin 12
                                  II  Mixture 64
       CHOIR (5")                 16' Sub Trompette 12 SW (5")
    8' Viola 61                   16' Bassoon SW
    8' Cor de Nuit 61              8' Trompette SW
    8' Erzähler 61                 4' Clarion SW
    8' Erzähler Celeste 49            Chimes EC
    4' Blockflöte 61
2 2/3' Nasat 61
    2' Sifflöte 61
1 3/5' Tierce 61
    8' Clarinet 61
       Tremolo
       Choir Sub
       Choir Unison Off
       Choir Super

 [Received on line from Jeff Scofield March 30, 2009.]

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