Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 9874 (1964)

St. John's Lutheran Church
1617 East Emerson Street
Bloomington, IL

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

Images

1964-05-01 - Balcony and Pipe Display (Möller Promotional Photo; collection of Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
2 manuals
10 stops
21 registers
3 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

2009-01-05 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. Renovated in 1993, perhaps enlarged to 19 ranks, 14 stops. Offered for sale on churchorgantrader.com in July of 2004, for removal by January 1, 2005. Offered for sale in The American Organist, September 2004. -Database Manager

2013-05-10 - Updated through online information from Scott Crowell. -- Replaced by 3-manual, 46-rank Berghaus organ in 2005 with French-style console. -Database Manager

2014-02-07 - Updated through online information from Rodney J. Weed. -- This organ was sold and relocated to St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Green Bay, Wisconsin. After rebuilding, and enlarging by Berghaus Organ Company, it was installed in 2005 in St. Paul's church in Green Bay. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from the factory specifications via the OHS Archives Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

     Bloomington, Illinois
     St. John's Lutheran Church

     Möller   Op. 9874   1964   2/17
     _____________________________________________________________________

     GREAT                 SWELL                        PEDAL

  8' Principal   61     8' Rohrflöte         61     16' Violone         32
  8' Bourdon     61     8' Gemshorn          61     16' Rohrbourdon     12 SW
  8' Gemshorn    61     8' Gemshorn Celeste  49      8' Geigenprinzipal 12
  4' Octave      61     4' Spitzprinzipal    61      8' Rohrflöte       SW
III  Fourniture 183     2' Harmonic Piccolo  61      4' Geigen Octave   12
     Tremolo           II  Cymbel           122     II  Rauschquinte    64
     Super              8' Trompette         61     16' Double Trumpet  12 SW
     Chimes      21     4' Clarion           12      4' Trompette       SW
                           Tremolo
                           Sub
                           Super

               [Received from Jeff Scofield February 16, 2015]

Documents

(1963-06-17) Factory Documentation Factory Documentation courtesy of the OHS Archive -Roman Lizak

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#52212 - Berghaus Organ Co. (2005)