Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 10346 (1967)

First Church of Christ (UCC): Meeting House
689 Hopmeadow Road
Simsbury, CT

Images

2021-11-25 - Church exterior; facade (Church Facebook page/Jim Stettner)

2022-01-14 - Church interior (Church Facebook via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2021-11-05 - Church interior balcony and organ (Church Facebook via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
38 stops
28 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

2009-01-24 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2009-08-29 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- Replaced an organ destroyed by fire in 1965 -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Simsbury, Connecticut
       First Church of Christ and Ecclesiastical Society

       Möller   Op. 10346   1967   3/37

       GREAT                        POSITIV
   16' Quintaton 61              8' Holzgedeckt 61
    8' Principal 61              8' Dolce 61
    8' Bourdon 61                4' Nachthorn 61
    4' Octave 61                 2' Weitprinzipal 61
    4' Spitzflöte 61         1 1/3' Larigot 61
    2' Fifteenth 61             II  Sesquialtera 98 tc
IV-VI  Fourniture 282            8' Krummhorn 61
                                    Tremolo
       SWELL                        Sub
   16' Rohr Bourdon 61              Unison Off
    8' Rohrgedeckt 12               Super
    8' Viola 61
    8' Viola Celeste 54 GG          PEDAL
    4' Prestant 61              16' Violone 32
    4' Koppelflöte 61           16' Bourdon 32
    2' Blockflöte 61            16' Quintaton GT
  III  Plein Jeu 183            16' Rohrgedeckt SW
   16' Fagotto 61 (1-18 L/2)     8' Principal 12
    8' Trompette 61              8' Bourdon 12
    4' Schalmei (pf)             4' Octave 12
       Tremolo                   4' Waldflöte 32
       Sub                       2' Waldflöte 12
       Unison Off               II  Rauschpfeife 64
       Super                    16' Contra Turmpet 32
                                16' Fagotto SW
                                 8' Trumpet 12
                                 4' Fagotto SW

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield August 29, 2009.]

Documents

(1967-11-19) Dedication program, via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield
(1967-05-24) Factory specifications, via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield