Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 8969 (1957)

First [United] Methodist Church: Sanctuary
100 Green Street NE
Wilson, NC

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
26 stops
20 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 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

2009-01-26 - Updated through on-line information from Terry Eason. -- Church destroyed in fire January 1984. Rebuilt church has Petty-Madden organ, 1989. -Database Manager

2009-04-05 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- Replaced 1904 Hook & Hastings Op. 2035 -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

Wilson, North Carolina
First Methodist Church

Möller   Op. 8969   1957   3/23

     GREAT (3 3/4")           SWELL (4")
 16' Quintaten 61          8' Gedeckt 61
  8' Diapason 61           8' Salicional 61
  8' Bourdon 61            8' Voix Celeste 61
  4' Octave 61             4' Gemshorn 61
III  Mixture 183           2' Flageolet 61
     Tremolo              16' Bassoon 61 F/L
     Sub                   8' Trompette 61
     Unison Off            4' Hautbois 61
     Super                    Tremolo
     Chimes CH                Sub
                              Unison Off
     CHOIR (4")               Super
  8' Cor de nuit 61
  8' Dulciana 61              PEDAL (4")
  4' Koppelflöte 61       16' Subbass 32
  2' Fifteenth 61         16' Quintaten GT
 II  Sesquialtera 122      8' Violone 32
     Tremolo               8' Subbass 32
     Sub                   8' Quintaten GT
     Unison off            4' Super Octave 12 (Violone)
     Super                 2' Octavin 12 (Violone)
     Chimes (present)     16' Bassoon SW

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

Documents

(1956-10-08) Factory specifications, OHS Archives via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield