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M. P. Möller Opus 10469 (1968)

The Presbyterian Church of La Porte
307 Kingsbury Avenue
La Porte, IN

Images

2013-05-14 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2019-11-08 - Exposed pipes and console (Photograph by John Gouwens/Database Manager)

2019-11-08 - Console: couplers (Photograph by John Gouwens/Database Manager)

2019-11-08 - Console: pedalboard, toe studs, and pedal movements (Photograph by John Gouwens/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
2 manuals
15 stops
25 registers
3 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

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

2009-09-07 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2017-05-07 - The church website says the organ now has 22 ranks; a photo shows a Trompette en Chamade. -Database Manager

2019-12-21 - Updated thru online information from James R. Stettner. -- According to John Gouwens (present organist) before 1975 the Trompette en Chamade was added by Moller Reps Burger & Shafer of Ohio. Then ca. 1978 Fabry, Inc. of Antioch, Illinois added a Gemshorn Celeste II to the Great, but installed inside the swellbox. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Date not recorded

La Porte, Indiana
The Presbyterian Church of La Porte

M.P. MÖLLER, Opus 10469, 1968 - Original Specifications


       GREAT                                 COUPLERS
8      Principal                 61          Swell to Pedal                [8]
8      Rohrflöte                 61          Great to Pedal                [8]
4      Octave                    61
2      Blockflöte                61          Swell to Great             16,[8],4
III-IV Fourniture               220
       Tremolo
       Chimes                                FINGER PISTONS
                                             General                       1 - 5
Great 4                                      Swell                         1 - 4
                                             Great                         1 - 4
                                               Gr. to Ped.                 (rev)
       SWELL (Expressive)                    SFZ                             ?
8      Gedeckt                   61          Set                             ?
8      Viola d'Amore             61          Gen Can                         ?
8      Viola Celeste       (GG)  54
4      Nachthorn                 61
2      Prinzipal                 61          TOE STUDS
1 1/3  Larigot                   61          General                       1 - 5
II     Cymbal                   122          Pedal                         1 - 4
8      Trompette                 61          Gr. to Ped.                   (rev)
4      Trichter Regal            61          Sforz                           ?
       Tremolo

Swell 16                                     PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Unison Off                             Swell Expression             (bal.)
Swell                                        Crescendo                    (bal.)


       PEDAL
16     Contra Bass               32
16     Gedeckt             (Sw)  12          ACTION: E-P
8      Principal                 12
8      Gedeckt             (Sw)  –-          VOICES: 15
4      Octave                    12
4      Gedeckt             (Sw)  –-          STOPS: 25; inc. chimes
II     Rausch Quinte       (pf)  –-
16     Double Trumpet     (L/2)  12          RANKS: 19
8      Trumpet             (Sw)  –-
4      Clarion             (Sw)  –-          PIPES: 1,147


[Received on line from Jeff Scofield September 07, 2009]
[Updated/Corrected by James R. Stettner from posted photos December 21, 2019]

Documents

(1968-04-08) Factory specifications, via the OHS Archives Stoplist and accessories -Jeff Scofield

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