Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 10038 (1965)

First Baptist Church: Sanctuary
23 Starling Avenue
Martinsville, VA

Images

2022-11-20 - Church interior to front (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2019-04-21 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2020-12-24 - Console and choir area (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2021-11-28 - Chancel and console (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2020-09-11 - Church interior from balcony (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1964-01-01 - Console (Moller promotional photo in private collection of Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
36 stops
53 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
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

2009-02-05 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2012-04-30 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2021-03-30 - The sanctuary, designed by Harold Wagoner, is well-known for its Willett faceted stained-glass windows. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the original contract Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Martinsville, VA
First Baptist Church

Möller   Op. 10038   1966   3/42

       GREAT (3 1/2" wind)
    8' Principal 61
    8' Holzbourdon 61
    4' Octave 61
    4' Spitzflöte 61
    2' Doublette 61
   IV  Mixture 244
       Sub
       Unison Off
       Super
       Chimes CH
    8' Bombarde CH
    4' Clarion CH

       SWELL (4" wind)
    8' Rohrflöte 61
    8' Viole de Gambe 61
    8' Viole Celeste tc 49
    4' Gemshorn 61
    4' Spillflöte 61
    2' Zauberflöte 61
   II  Scharf 122
   16' Contra Hautbois (L/2) 61
    8' Trompette 61
    8' Hautbois 12
    4' Oboe Schalmei 61
       Tremolo
       Sub
       Unison Off
       Super

       CHOIR (4" wind)
    8' Gedeckt 61
    8' Kleine Erzähler 61
    8' Erzähler Celeste tc 49
    4' Koppelflöte 61
2 2/3' Nazard 61
    2' Nachthorn 61
1 3/5' Tierce 61
    8' Cor Anglais (L/2) 61
       Tremolo
       Sub
       Unison Off
       Super
       Chimes 21 (present tubes, new action  Deagan Class "K")
    8' Bombarde 61 (6" wind)

       ANTIPHONAL (5" wind)
    8' Salicional 61 (1-17 new pipes; 18-up present)
    8' Voix Celeste tc 49 (13-15 new pipes; 16-up present)
    8' Gedeckt 61 (present pipes, wood)
    4' Principal 61 (present pipes)
    4' Flute d'Amour 61 (new pipes, wood)
    2' Flute d'Amour 12
   II  Grave Mixture 122 (new pipes)
    8' Trompette 61 (new pipes)
       Tremolo

       PEDAL (4" wind, unless otherwise noted)
   16' Violone 32
   16' Bourdon 12 GT
   16' Contra Erzähler 12 CH
    8' Principal 32
    8' Bourdon GT
    8' Cello 12
    4' Super Octave 12
    4' Blockflöte 32
    2' Blockflöte 12
   IV  Cornet --
   II  Mixture 64
   16' Bombarde 12 CH (6" wind)
   16' Contra Hautbois SW
    8' Bombarde CH
    4' Clarion CH

       ANTIPHONAL PEDAL (5" wind)
   16' Bourdon 12 ANT
    8' Gedeckt ANT
    4' Flute ANT

 [Received online from Jeff Scofield • February 5, 2009.]

Documents

(1965-10-26) Factory specifications via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield