Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 9118 (1958)

Piedmont Community Church: Sanctuary
400 Highland Avenue
Piedmont, CA

Images

Unknown - Chancel, ca. 1958. (Moller promotional photograph, courtesy of Lanny Hochhalter/Database Manager)

1958-03-30 - Pipe Display (Moller Promotional Photo; collection of Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2010-03-16 - Church interior (Church Facebook/Jeff Scofield)

2015-12-24 - Chancel and console (Church Facebook/Jeff Scofield)

2020 - Building exterior (David Elkin/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
31 stops
23 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

2008-11-25 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2009-04-12 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

Piedmont, California
Piedmont Community Church

Möller   Op. 9118   1958   3/25

       GREAT (encl w/CH)          CHOIR
    8' Diapason 61            16' Erzähler 61
    8' Hohlflöte 61            8' Concert Flute 61
    4' Octave 61               8' Erzähler 61
2 2/3' Twelfth 61              8' Erzähler Celeste 49
    2' Fifteenth 61            4' Koppelflöte 61
       Tremulant           2 2/3' Nazard 61
       Sub                     2' Blockflöte 61
       Unison Off              8' English Horn 61
       Super                      Tremulant
       Chimes 21 (present         Sub
                 Deagan D)        Unison off
       Tower Chimes **            Super

       SWELL                      PEDAL
    8' Gedeckt 61             32' Resultant --
    8' Gamba 61               16' Diapason 32
    8' Gamba Celeste 49       16' Lieblichbourdon 12 SW
    4' Principal 61           16' Erzähler CH
    4' Flute Triangulaire 61   8' Octave 12
    2' Flautino 61             8' Gedeckt SW
  III  Plein Jeu 183           4' Super Octave 12
   16' Bassoon 61             16' Posaune 12 SW
    8' Trumpet 61             16' Bassoon SW
    8' Bassoon 12              8' Trumpet SW
    8' Vox Humana 61           8' Bassoon SW
       Tremulant               4' Clarion SW
       Sub
       Unison Off              ** 13-44 to be affected by
       Super                      Great to Pedal coupler
                                  but not by combinations

 [Received on line from Jeff Scofield April 12, 2009.]

Documents

(1957-04-11) Factory specifications, OHS Archives via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield