Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 8966 (1957/1964)

St. John's Baptist Church
300 Hawthorne Lane
Charlotte, NC

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

Images

1988-02-16 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1988-02-16 - Sanctuary interior and chancel (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
26 stops
36 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

2008-11-13 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2008-12-18 - Updated through online information from David Ritch. -- Replaced by Létourneau Opus 113 in 2008. -Database Manager

2009-01-26 - Updated through online information from David Ritch. -Database Manager

2009-04-05 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- 23 ranks initially installed; 14 ranks added by Möller in 1964; replaced in 2008 by Orgues Létourneau 3/44 Op. 113 -Database Manager

2022-02-04 - Relocated to Saint Mary Church, Willimantic, Connecticut. -Paul R. Marchesano

Stoplist

Stoplist from factory specs and visit on Feb. 16, 1988 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Charlotte, North Carolina
St. John's Baptist Church

Möller   Op. 8966   1957/1964   3/37

    GREAT (3 1/2" wind)             SWELL (4")
16' Quintaten 61                 8' Rohrflöte 61
 8' Diapason 61 (1964)           8' Viole de Gambe 61
 8' Bourdon 61                   8' Viole Celeste 61
 8' Gemshorn (pf)                8' Dolce Flute (pf)
 4' Principal 61                 8' Flute Celeste (pf)
II  Grave Mixture 122            4' Spitzprinzipal 61 (1964)
IV  Fourniture 244 (1964)        4' Flute Harmonique 61
    Tremolo                      2' Waldflöte 61 (1964)
    Sub                        III  Plein Jeu 183
    Unison Off                  16' Bassoon 61 L/2
    Super                        8' Trompette 61
    Chimes 21 (Deagan A)         4' Schalmei 61
                                    Tremolo
    CHOIR (4")                      Sub
 8' Nasongedeckt 61                 Unison Off
 8' Dolcan Celeste II 122 *         Super
 4' Koppelflöte 61
 2' Prinzipal 61                    PEDAL (4")
 1' Sifflöte 61 (1964)          16' Violone 32
II  Sesquialtera 122            16' Soubasse 32
 8' Krummhorn 61 (1964)         16' Quintaten GT
    Tremolo                     16' Dolcan 12 CH (1964)
    Sub                          8' Prinzipal 32 (1964)
    Unison off                   8' Soubasse 12
    Super                        8' Violone 12
                                 4' Choralbass 12 (1964)
 *  Celeste added 1964           4' Soubasse 12
                               III  Mixture 96 (1964)
**  This was a particularly     32' Trombone 12 (1964)**
    fine-sounding extension;    16' Trombone 12 (5")
    I was surprised to find     16' Bassoon SW
    out that it was half-        8' Trompette SW
    length                       4' Clarion SW

 [Received on line from Jeff Scofield April 05, 2009.]

Documents

(1956-10-10) Factory specifications, OHS Archives via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield

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