Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 9216 (1959)

First Baptist Church: Sanctuary
Hammon Place & 10th Street
Minneapolis, MN

Images

2019 - Church exterior (Photograph by W. Pendarvis, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Interior to rear and Antiphonal chamber grillework (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1986-11-11 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
4 manuals
46 stops
63 registers
8 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
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

2008-12-05 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2009-01-24 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2022-12-19 - The towers were blown off in a 1967 windstorm; the church was renamed River City Church in 2020; the buildings were sold to Eagle Brook Church in 2022. -Jeff Scofield

2022-12-19 - The main organ was originally a Hope-Jones that was rebuilt and enlarged to twice its original size in 1924 by Harry Oliver Iverson of Minneapolis; the Antiphonal was made up of stops from the Steere organ that came from the old building, except for the new Trompette. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: Courtesy of the OHS Archives

       Minneapolis, Minnesota
       First Baptist Church

       Möller   Op. 9216   1959   4/49
       _______________________________________________

       GREAT                      SWELL
    8' Diapason         61    16' Gedeckt           68
    8' Bourdon          61     8' Geigen Diapason   68
    4' Octave           61     8' Gedeckt           12
   II  Rauschquinte    122     8' Viole de Gambe    68
  III  Fourniture      183     8' Viole Celeste  tc 56
       Sub                     4' Principal         68
       Unison Off              4' Flauto Traverso   68
       Super                   2' Flauto Traverso   12
       Chimes                III  Plein Jeu        183
       Harp                   16' Hautbois  L/2     12
       Blank                   8' Trompette         68
                               8' Hautbois          68
       ANTIPHONAL GREAT        8' Vox Humana        pf
    8' Diapason         61     4' Clarion           68
    8' Gedeckt          61        Tremulant
    8' Voix Celeste II 122        Sub
    4' Octave           61        Unison Off
                                  Super
       CHOIR
    8' Koppelflöte      61        ANTIPHONAL SWELL
    8' Erzähler         61     8' Doppelflöte       73
    8' Erzähler Celeste 49     8' Viole Celeste II 146
    4' Nachthorn        61     4' Flute             73
2 2/3' Nazard           61     8' Trompette (new)   73
    2' Blockflöte       61     8' Vox Humana        73
1 3/5' Tierce           61     4' Clarion           73
       Tremulant                  Tremulant
       Sub
       Unison Off                 PEDAL
       Super                  32' Resultant         --
       Harp                   16' Diapason        a 32
       Blank                  16' Bourdon           32
                              16' Erzähler       CH 12
       BOMBARDE-SOLO          16' Gedeckt           SW
    8' Diapason         61     8' Principal         32
    4' Octave           61     8' Bourdon           12
  III  Mixture         183     8' Gedeckt           SW
    8' Bombarde         61     4' Octave            12
    4' Clarion          61     4' Gedeckt           SW
    8' Major Flute tc   pf     2' Octavin           12
    8' Gamba            pf     2' Gedeckt           SW
    8' Gamba Celeste    pf    16' Bombarde       BO 12
    8' French Horn      pf    16' Hautbois          SW
    8' English Horn     pf     8' Bombarde          BO
       Tremulant               4' Bombarde          BO
       Sub                        Blank
       Super                      Blank
       Chimes           pf
                                  ANTIPHONAL PEDAL
   pf  prepared for           16' Diapason          pf
    *  1-16 wood;             16' Bourdon           pf
       17-32 metal

       [Received from Jeff Scofield December 19, 2022]

Documents

(1958-08-29) Factory specifications, courtesy of the OHS Archives Stoplist and accessories -Jeff Scofield