Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 10003 (1965)

First Church of Christ, Scientist
416 Wildwood Avenue
Jackson, MI

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

Images

January 2021 - Builder nameplate (Photograph by Becky Onnen via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

January 2021 - Right stopjamb (Photograph by Becky Onnen via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

January 2021 - Console (Photograph by Becky Onnen via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2011-12-12 - Church exterior (Panoramio via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
28 stops
44 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)
Combination action: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2009-01-12 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2009-08-02 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2011-04-26 - Updated through online information from Connor Annable. -Database Manager

2019-02-18 - The building is currently listed for sale. The congregation is meeting in a smaller location next to the reading room in downtown Jackson. -Database Manager

2021-01-20 - Facebook post shows new building owner is giving away instrument. Must be removed asap. Posted by Becky Onnen 1.19.21: M.P. Moller organ in a church that was bought recently will be torn out and sent to a landfill if we can’t find a home for it. The contractor is passionate about finding someone to take it so that it won’t be trashed. It plays! I have more pictures but the post limits me to 10. Please help me find a home for it!!! Note: this is MASSIVE! I was climbing in the wall, it's a good 10 feet deep, and went up ladders to get some of these pictures. It's going to take quite the space to house it. -david ruler

2021-06-12 - The organ was broken up for parts June 2021. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

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

    Jackson, Michigan
    First Church of Christ, Scientist

    Möller   Op. 10003   1965   3/35

    GREAT (3½" wind)              SWELL (4")
16' Gedecktpommer 61           8' Rohrflöte 61
 8' Principal 61               8' Viole de Gambe 61
 8' Holzgedeckt 12             8' Viole Celeste 49 tc
 4' Octave 61                  8' Flauto Dolce Celeste II 110
 4' Spillflöte 61              4' Principal 61
 2' Waldflöte 61               4' Rohrflöte 12
IV  Mixture 244                2' Schweizerpfeif 61
    Tremolo                   II  Sesquialtera 98 tc
    Sub                       II  Mixture 122
    Unison Off                16' Hautbois 49 tc 
    Super                      8' Trompette 61
                               4' Hautbois 24
    PEDAL (3½" wind)              Tremolo
16' Principal 32                  Sub
16' Subbass 32                    Unison Off
16' Gedacktpommer GT              Super
16' Erzähler 12 CH
 8' Octave 32                     CHOIR (3½")
 8' Flute 12                   8' Singendgedeckt 61
 8' Gedeckt GT                 8' Erzähler 61
 8' Erzähler CH                8' Erzähler Celeste 49 tc
 4' Super Octave 12            4' Nachthorn 61
 4' Gedeckt GT                 2' Principal 61
 2' Gedeckt GT             1 1/3' Quinte 61
II  Rauschquint 64            16' Rohrschalmei 61
II  Mixture 24                 8' English Horn 61
16' Hautbois 12 SW (4")           Tremolo
 8' Hautbois SW                   Sub
 4' Hautbois SW                   Unison Off
 4' Rohrschalmei CH               Super
                                  Chimes 21 (Deagan M)

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield August 02, 2009.]

Documents

(1964-11-03) Factory specifications via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield
(1964-06-04) Factory stoplist via Roman Lizak -Jeff Scofield