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M. P. Möller Opus 10550 (1970)

Court Street United Methodist Church
215 North Court Street
Rockford, IL

Images

2022-06-05 - Console (Photograph by John Wigal, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Approx. 1978 - Previous 1970 console with original Moller Drawknobs and pneumatic console action (Photograph by Kent Bates/Kent Bates)

June 2015 - Antiphonal Division (Photograph by Kent Bates/Kent Bates)

June 2015 - Enclosed Choir and Unenclosed Great (L) and Enclosed Swell and Unenclosed Gt. Postiv (R) (Photograph by Kent Bates/Kent Bates)

June 2015 - Church interior, console and chambers (Photograph by Kent Bates/Kent Bates)

June 2015 - Console (Photograph by Kent Bates/Kent Bates)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Movable Console
4 manuals
44 stops
59 registers
7 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

2009-02-11 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2009-09-14 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- The church website says that the sanctuary was destroyed by fire on March 18, 1969. -Database Manager

2020-08-17 - Original Console Pnematic Action to actuate drawknobs replaced in 1990. Unfortunatly the new drawknobs have plastic faces that turn in place and even pop off at times - not the quality of original manufacture. Also, some revisionist revoicing of many flute stops in early 1990s. Trying to limit overtone series, many flute stops had their chiff removed. The Quintiton lost it's "Quint". I think they even renamed it Lieblich Flute. This revisionist voicing is unfortunate, as the head voicers at Moller did an excellent job giving Court Street's Flutes, which are in divisions spread around the sanctuary, their varied and colorful sound. Sometime between 2003 and 2015, when I last visited, they replaced the 4' Trichter Regal in the Choir division with an 8' Clarinet. Another unfortunate decision, as the Trichter Regal stop was a light reed, that gave some personality to the instrument. Also, it was a wonderful stop to couple to the pedal for a small pedal solo stop against a flute or string in either the Great Postiv, or Swell as the accompaniment. Very practical for Bach. The 7 ranks of strings spread out through the instrument still are the best combination of string tone you will find on most instruments across the country. -Kent Bates

Stoplist

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

       Rockford, Illinois
       Court Street Methodist Church

       Möller   Op. 10550   1970   4/57

       "Console to be of low, compact styling, without rolltop,
       with one-piece top; the console height from floor to top 
       will not exceed 4'2".  The width and length of the console
       will be of such dimensions as to fit within the panelled
       enclosure which presently encloses the existing console.
       The organ shall be contained within the present casework.

       GREAT (3½" wind)               SWELL (4")
   16' Quintade 61                 8' Rohrflöte 68
    8' Principal 61                8' Viol de Gambe 68
    8' Quintaton 12                8' Viole Celeste 68
    4' Octave 61                   8' Flute Celeste II 124
    2' Super Octave 61             4' Weitprinzipal 68
   IV  Fourniture 244              4' Nachthorn 68
    8' Trompete 73                 2' Flautino 61
       (double trebles)       III-IV  Plein Jeu 202
       Unison Off                 16' Fagotto 68 (1-18 L/2)
                                   8' Trompette 68
       GREAT POSITIV (3")          8' Fagotto 12
    8' Holzgedeckt 61              4' Clairon 68
    4' Spitzflöte 61                  Tremolo
2 2/3' Nazard 61                      Sub
    2' Waldflöte 61                   Unison Off
1 3/5' Tierce 61                      Super
  III  Cymbal 183
    8' Sordun 61                      PEDAL (3½")
       Tremolo                    16' Contra Bass 32
       Unison Off                 16' Bourdon 12 GP (3")
       Chimes                     16' Quintade GT
                                  16' Gemshorn 12 CH (4")
       CHOIR (4")                  8' Principal 12
    8' Bordun 61                   8' Spitzflöte 32
    8' Gemshorn 61                 8' Gedeckt GP
    8' Gemshorn Celeste 54 GG      8' Gemshorn CH
    4' Koppelflöte 61              4' Octave 32
    2' Doublette 61                4' Spitzflöte 12
1 1/3' Larigot 61                  2' Spitzflöte 12
    4' Trichterregal 61           IX  Grand Cornet 36
       Tremolo                   III  Harmonics 96
       Sub                       III  Mixture 96
       Super                      II  Acuta 24
    8' Bombarde 61 (7")           16' Posaune 12 GT
       Zimbelstern                 8' Trompette GT
       Carillon                    4' Sordun GP
                                      Chimes
       ANTIPHONAL (4")
    8' Gedeckt 61                     ANTIPHONAL PEDAL (4")
    8' Salicional 61              16' Gedeckt 12 AN
    4' Spitzprinzipal 61
    2' Flute 24
   II  Mixture 122
    8' English Horn
       Tremolo
       Sub
       Super

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield September 14, 2009.]

Documents

(1970-01-30) Original Final Design from Moller Representative January 1970 Original Final Design and purchase price from Moller Representative - sent to my dad, who was the treasurer at the church in 1969-1970. -Kent Bates
(1971-02-21) Dedicatory program, via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield

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