Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 9791 (1963)

First Church of Christ, Scientist / Potter's House Church
226 Capital Ave. NE
Battle Creek, MI

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

Images

1963-05-24 - Church Interior, Chancel, and Pipe Display (Möller Promotional Photo; collection of Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2010-08-17 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Pipe Display (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-08-17 - Pipe Display (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-08-17 - Console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-08-17 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
18 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

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

2009-05-18 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Organ installed in central chamber above and behind readers' platform, with the Great functionally exposed in front of the chamber. -Database Manager

2010-08-19 - Updated through online information from Chad Boorsma. -- The Potter's House Church purchased this building in 1997 when First Church of Christ, Scientist built a much smaller facility elsewhere in the city. The console is located in a pit to the left of the platform. -Database Manager

2019-02-15 - Online photos dating back to at least spring 2017, show that the organ is no longer in the sanctuary. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

Battle Creek, Michigan
First Church of Christ, Scientist

Möller   Op. 9791   1963   3/22

Great on 3" wind, other divisions on 3 1/2" wind

     GREAT                         CHOIR
  8' Principal 61               8' Gedeckt 61
  8' Bourdon 61                 8' Gemshorn 61
  4' Octave 61                  8' Gemshorn Celeste 49
III  Fourniture 183             4' Nachthorn 61
     Tremolo (in SW)            2' Doublette 61
     Chimes 21 (present Maas)   8' Oboe Schalmei 61
                                   Tremolo
     SWELL                         Sub
 16' Rohrbourdon 61                Unison Off
  8' Rohrflöte 12                  Super
  8' Viola 61
  8' Viola Celeste 49              PEDAL
  4' Spitzprinzipal 61         16' Sub Bass 32
III  Plein Jeu 183             16' Rohr Gedeckt SW
  8' Trompette 61               8' Geigen Principal 32
     Tremolo                    8' Rohrflöte SW
     Sub                        4' Geigen Octave 12
     Unison Off                 4' Flute SW
     Super

 [Received on line from Jeff Scofield May 18, 2009.]

Documents

(1963-04-09) Factory specifications Stoplist and accessories -Jeff Scofield