Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 9702A (1964)

National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception: Basilica
4th Street & Michigan Avenue, Northeast
Washington, DC

Images

Unknown - Church Exterior (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1963)/Database Manager)

Unknown - Gallery Pipe Display (Photograph by A. Orsini (1960s)/Database Manager)

1964-05-08 - Gallery Pipe Displays (Moller Promotional Photo; collection of Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1964-05-08 - Gallery Console and Pipe Display (Moller Promotional Photo; collection of Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1980-06-30 - Nave interior (Photograph from a 1981 Moller brochure in the collection of James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1980-06-30 - Gallery organ (Photograph from a 1981 Moller brochure in the collection of James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
4 manuals
103 stops
84 registers
6 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)
Combination action: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2009-01-03 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2009-05-13 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Consoles replaced in 2000-2001 by Goulding & Wood. -Database Manager

2012-11-16 - Updated through online information from Sam Cherubin. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

Washington, District of Columbia
National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

Möller   Op. 9702   1964   4/115   

       GREAT (Manuals I/II)             BOMBARDE (IV)
   16' Geigenprincipal 61            8' Diapason 61
    8' Principal 61                  8' Holzflöte 61
    8' Rohrflöte 61                  4' Octave Major 61
    8' Geigen 12                     4' Flute Octaviante 61
5 1/3' Gross Quint 61               IV  Harmonics 244
    4' Principal 61                  V  Grande Plein Jeu 305
    4' Spitzflöte 61                16' Bombarde 61
2 2/3' Octave Quint 61               8' Trompette Harmonique 61
    2' Super Octave 61               4' Clairon Harmonique 61
    2' Blockflöte 61                    Blank
II-IV  Cornet 208
   IV  Fourniture                       RUCKPOSITIV (I)
  III  Scharf 183                    8' Prinzipal 61
   16' Fagot 61                      8' Singendgedeckt 61
    8' Trompete 61                   4' Prestant 61
    4' Klarine 61                    4' Koppelflöte 61
                                 2 2/3' Nasat 61
       SWELL (III)                   2' Oktav 61
   16' Contra Viola 61               2' Spillflöte 61
    8' Principal 61              1 3/5' Terz 61
    8' Bourdon 61                1 1/3' Larigot 61
    8' Viola 12                      1' Sifflöte 61
    8' Viola Celeste 61             IV  Mixtur 244
    4' Octave 61                   III  Zimbel 183
    4' Flute Traversiere 61          8' Krummhorn 61
2 2/3' Nazard 61                        Tremulant
    2' Flageolet 61                     Cymbelstern
1 3/5' Tierce 61                        Blank
    V  Plein Jeu 305
   IV  Cymbale 244                      PEDAL
   16' Contre Hautbois 61           32' Subprincipal 32
    8' Trompette 61                 32' Soubasse 32
    8' Hautbois 12                  16' Contrebasse 32
    8' Voix Humaine 61              16' Principal 12
    4' Clarion 61                   16' Bourdon 12
       Tremulant I                  16' Geigen GT
       Tremulant Voix Humaine       16' Violone 12
       Sub                          16' Quintaton CH
       Unison Off                   16' Viola SW
       Super                    10 2/3' Gross Quint 32
       Blank                         8' Octave 32
                                     8' Flute Couverte 32
       CHOIR (I)                     8' Violoncello 12
   16' Quintaton 61                  8' Viola SW
    8' Geigenprincipal 61            8' Quintaton CH
    8' Gemshorn 61               5 1/3' Octave Quint 12
    8' Gemshorn Celeste 54 GG        4' Super Octave 32
    8' Orchestral Flute 61           4' Holzflöte 32
    4' Fugara 61                     2' Hohlpfeife 32
    4' Chimney Flute 61           VIII  Gross Cornet 164
    2' Zauberflöte 61              III  Mixture 96
  III  Carillon 183                 IV  Acuta 128
   16' Bass Clarinet 61             32' Contra Trombone 32
    8' Petite Trompette 61          16' Trombone 12
    4' Schalmei 61                  16' Bombarde BO
       Tremulant                    16' Fagot GT
       Sub                          16' Contre Hautbois SW
       Unison Off                    8' Trumpet 32
       Super                         8' Bombarde BO
       Blank                         8' Fagot GT
    8' Pontifical Trumpet 61         4' Clarion 32
                                     4' Rohrschalmei 32
                                     2' Cornettino 32

 [Received on line from Jeff Scofield May 14, 2009.]

Documents

(1965-04-25) Dedication Program pp. 1-11, via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield
(1965-04-25) Dedication program pp. 13-22, via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield

Websites

Organs - National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception - Photographs, description, stoplists (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#52965 - Goulding & Wood, Inc. (2002)