Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 10492 (1969)

First Baptist Church: Sanctuary
418 East Bute Street
Norfolk, VA

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

Images

2013-09-02 - Church exterior (Photograph by Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2020-01-20 - Console and chancel (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2020-04-04 - Church interior and exposed pipes (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2018-03-25 - Church interior and exposed pipes (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
16 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)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons

Notes

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

2024-09-24 - The church was gutted and remodeled into a contemporary space. The organ is no longer extant. Information received online from Colton Barber on 2024-09-24 -Paul R. Marchesano

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from a factory stoplist Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Norfolk, Virginia
       First Baptist Church

       Möller   Op. 10492   1969   2/21

       GREAT                SWELL                  PEDAL
    8' Principal 61     16' Gedeckt 61         16' Contra Bass 32
    8' Rohrflöte 61 *    8' Gedeckt 12         16' Gedeckt SW
    8' Erzähler 61 *     8' Viole de Gambe 61   8' Contra Bass 12
    4' Octave 61         8' Viole Celeste 49    8' Gedeckt SW
    4' Spitzflöte 61 *   4' Principal 61        4' Octave 12
    2' Doublette 61      4' Gedeckt 12          4' Gedeckt SW
II-IV  Mixture 208       2' Blockflöte 61      16' Contre Trompette 12
    8' Krummhorn 61 *  III  Plein Jeu 183       4' Trompette SW
       Tremulant         8' Trompette 61
                            Tremulant
    *  Enclosed

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield September 08, 2009.]