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M. P. Möller Opus 9340 (1960)

First Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
423 Ford Street
Ogdensburg, NY

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
32 stops
19 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

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

2009-04-27 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2013-12-12 - Console renovated and moved in 2011 from gallery to the nave floor, to the right of the chancel. -Database Manager

2025-03-27 - From church organ history web page: Opus 9340 There seems to be a bit of a gap in the paper worship in the organ file here. January 21, 1960 there is a letter from the M.P. Moller Pipe Organ Architects and Builders along with some blue prints of the new organ, indicating the structural work that will need to be done to the building to hold the weight of the new Pipe Organ. The letter ends with stating that the shipping date for the new organ was the week of February 1. It seems that the organ was placed in the Balcony at that time. Early in 2002 the Pipe Organ was rebuilt by Kerner and Merchant Pipe Organ Builders. During that rebuild, the switching/combination system was replaced with a computerized system. The company also releathered 5 reservoir bellows, rebuilt the pneumatic expression motors, and rebuilt chime striker action and tremolo. The Pipe organ was rededicated to the service and Glory of God on November 8, 2002 with Will Headlee of Syracuse playing a rededicatory recital. Early in 2011, with the all of the new technology in fiber optics, the church saw the need to bring the organ consol back to the front of the sanctuary to help prevent the need for the choir to climb the steep spiral staircase to the balcony. Since the instrument had already been computerized in 2002, this was not a difficult nor cost prohibitive move. The Consol is now nested within the choir riser in the front right corner of the Sanctuary but has the ability to be rolled to the center of the front of the sanctuary in the event of a recital. This work was done again by Kerner and Merchant Pipe Organ Builders and they continue to maintain the church’s now 53 year old Pipe Organ today. The M.P. Moller Organ has three manuals, in addition to the pedals. There are 4 divisions, 32 stops, 19 registers, and boast 24 ranks of pipes. The manual compass is 61 notes, the pedal is 32 notes. -Paul R. Marchesano

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> April 1959 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

        Ogdensburg, New York
        First Presbyterian Church

        Möller   Op. 9340   1960   3/24
        _______________________________________________

        GREAT                       CHOIR
     8' Principal      61        8' Gemshorn         61
     8' Bourdon        61        4' Nachthorn        61
     4' Octave         61        2' Principal        61
     2' Waldflöte      61    1 1/3' Larigot          61
III-IV  Fourniture    219        1' Sifflöte         61
        Sub                      8' Rohrschalmei     61
        Unison Off                  Tremulant
        Super                       Sub
        Chimes         21           Unison Off
                                    Super
        SWELL
    16' Rohrgedeckt    12           PEDAL
     8' Rohrflöte      61       16' Contrebasse      32
     8' Viole de Gambe 61       16' Bourdon          12 GT
     8' Viole Celeste  49       16' Rohrgedeckt      SW
     4' Principal      61        8' Octave           32
     4' Koppelflöte    61        8' Bourdon          GT
   III  Plein Jeu     183        8' Rohrflöte        SW
     8' Trompette      61        4' Super Octave     12
        Tremulant                4' Rohrflöte        SW
        Sub                      2' Octavin          12
        Unison Off              16' Contre Trompette 12
        Super                    8' Trompette        SW
                                 4' Rohrschalmei     CH

    [Received online from Jeff Scofield January 1, 2012]

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