Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 10463 (1968)

First Baptist Church: Sanctuary
709 N. Lee Ave.
Odessa, TX

Images

1955 - Building just after completion (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2019-08-19 - Antiphonal exposed pipes (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
4 manuals
27 stops
39 registers
5 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

2009-09-05 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- The console was to have an ebony finish. -Database Manager

2022-11-16 - After completion ca. 2015 of the large new worship center, the 1955 sanctuary now serves as the chapel. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

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

       Odessa, Texas
       First Baptist Church

       Möller   Op. 10463   1968   4/32

       GREAT (3½" wind)               SWELL (4")
    8' Principal 61                8' Holzgedeckt 61
    8' Bourdon 61                  8' Viola Pomposa 61
    4' Octave 61                   8' Viola Celeste 49 tc
    4' Spitzflöte 61               8' Flute Celeste II 110
    2' Doublette 61                4' Spitzprincipal 61
II-IV  Fourniture 208              4' Orchestral Flute 61
       Tremolo                     2' Waldflöte 61
       Unison Off                 II  Mixture 122
       Super                       8' Trompette 61
       Chimes 21 (Maas)            4' Hautbois 61
                                      Tremolo
       CHOIR (4")                     Sub
    8' Rohrflöte 61                   Unison Off
    8' Erzähler 61                    Super
    8' Erzähler Celeste 49 tc
    4' Spillflöte 61                  PEDAL (3½")
    2' Gemshorn 61                16' Principal 32
1 1/3' Larigot 61                 16' Bourdon 12 GT
    8' Clarinet 61                16' Gedecktbass 12 SW (4")
       Tremolo                10 2/3' Quint SW
       Sub                         8' Octave 12
       Unison Off                  8' Bourdon GT
       Super                       8' Holzgedeckt SW
                                   4' Super Octave 12
       ANTIPHONAL (3½", exposed)   4' Holzgedeckt SW
    8' Bourdon 61                  2' Violone 12
    4' Prestant 61                16' Double Trompette 12 SW (4")
    2' Spitzflöte 61               8' Trompette SW
       Tremolo                     4' Clarion SW
       Sub
       Unison Off
       Super
       Blank
       Blank

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield September 05, 2009.]

Documents

(1968-03-25) Factory specifications, courtesy of the OHS Archives Stoplist and accessories -Jeff Scofield