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M. P. Möller Opus 10216 (1967)

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

Consoles

Main

• Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
• 3 manuals
• 25 stops
• 38 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: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
• 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

2009-01-22 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2009-08-13 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- "Great to be exposed functionally as possible." -Database Manager

2013-12-15 - Congregation merged into Second Congregational; Presbyterian facility sold 2012 to Mendelssohn Performing Arts Center and used as Mendelssohn Hall. -Database Manager

2016-01-12 - Information about weddings at Mendelssohn Hall mentions a pipe organ, and a pipe facade can be seen in online photographs, as well as a console in the balcony. -Database Manager

2024-09-08 - Updated through online information from Wayne P. Hatwich (September 7, 2024) This instrument was removed and sold several years ago. The building is no longer a church. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

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

        Rockford, Illinois
        First United Presbyterian Church

        Möller   Op. 10216   1967   3/34

        GREAT                           CHOIR
    16' Quintade 61                  8' Gedeckt 61
     8' Principal 61                 8' Gemshorn Celeste II 110
     8' Rohrfloete 61                4' Koppelflöte 61
     4' Octave 61                    2' Prinzipal 61
     4' Gedeckt 24               1 1/3' Larigot 61
     2' Doublette 61                 4' Trichterregal 61 
    II  Sesquialtera 98 tc              Tremolo
    IV  Fourniture 244                  Sub
     8' Trumpet 61                      Unison Off
        Tremolo (flutes)                Super
        Chimes 21 (Maas)                Zimbelstern 4 (not on combons)

        SWELL                           PEDAL
     8' Bordun 68                   16' Contra Bass 32
     8' Viola Pomposa 68            16' Bourdon 12 GT
     8' Viola Celeste 63 FF         16' Quintade GT
     4' Spitzprinzipal 68       10 2/3' Quint GT (Quintade)
     2' Piccolo 61                   8' Principal 12
III-IV  Scharf 226                   8' Rohrfloete GT
    16' Bassoon 68                   8' Gedeckt GT (Quintade)
     8' Trompette 68                 4' Octave 12
     4' Clairon 12                   4' Nachthorn 32
        Tremolo                     II  Mixture 64
        Sub                         II  Acuta 24
        Unison Off                  16' Bombarde 12 GT
        Super                        8' Trumpet GT
                                     4' Clarion GT

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield August 13, 2009.]

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