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M. P. Möller Opus 10673 (1971)

Chapelwood United Methodist Church: Sanctuary
11140 Greenbay Dirve
Houston, TX

Images

1971-03-21 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Pipe Display (m/Database Manager)

1985-03-01 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1971-06-30 - Chancel and exposed pipework (Photograph from a 1981 Moller brochure in the collection of James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
4 manuals
41 stops
30 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)
Combination action: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2009-02-23 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2009-09-28 - Updated through information received on line from Jeff Scofield -- Additions by Möller in the 1980s as the room was expanded. -Database Manager

2009-11-05 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- 18 additional ranks added in 1980s by Möller as A-10673 -Database Manager

2012-04-11 - Updated through online information from David Engen. -- 4 manual Moller console of this organ (plus pneumatic combination action) installed at Calvary Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, MN sometime in the late 20th Century, presumably at the time the original was rebuilt. In early 2012 we are replacing this console with a new 2-manual from Klann Organs, with a new SSOS combination action. Will be selling the console but have discarded the combination action. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Factory specifications, courtesy of the OHS Archives

        Houston, Texas
        Chapelwood United Methodist Church

        Möller   Op. 10673   1970   4/58
        _________________________________________________

        GREAT                         CHOIR
    16' Spitzflöte        61       8' Gedeckt          61
     8' Principal         61       8' Gemshorn Cel II 110
     8' Holzbourdon       61       4' Principal        61
     8' Spitzflöte        12       4' Lochgedeckt      61
     4' Octave            61       2' Octave           61
     4' Nachthorn         61   1 1/3' Larigot          61
     2' Super Octave      61  III-IV  Zimbel          208
    IV  Fourniture       244       8' Petite Trompette 61
   III  Scharff          183       8' Krummhorn        61
     8' Trompete          61          Tremolo
        Unison Off                    Sub
        Super                         Unison Off
        Chimes            21          Super

        SWELL                         ANTIPHONAL (prep)
    16' Gedecktbass       61       8' Rohrbourdon
     8' Geigen Principal  61       4' Principal
     8' Rohrgedeckt       12     III  Mixture
     8' Spitz Viol        61          Tremolo
     8' Viole Celeste     49       8' Trompette-en-Chamade
     8' Flauto Dolce      61
     8' Flute Celeste     49          PEDAL
     4' Principal         61      16' Principal        32
     4' Koppelflöte       61      16' Bourdon          32
 2 2/3' Rohrnasat         61      16' Spitzflöte       GT
     2' Waldflöte         61      16' Gedecktbass      SW
 1 3/5' Terz              49       8' Octave           32
III-IV  Plein Jeu        208       8' Bourdon          12
    16' Fagot  1-18 L/2   61       8' Spitzflöte       GT
     8' Trompette         61       8' Rohrgedeckt      SW
     8' Fagot             12       4' Choral Bass      32
     4' Clairon           12       4' Gedeckt          SW
        Tremolo                  III  Mixture          96
        Sub                       32' Contre Bombarde  12
        Unison Off                16' Bombarde         32
        Super                     16' Fagot            SW
                                   8' Trompette        12
                                   4' Clairon          12
                                   4' Fagot            SW
                                  16' Antiph Bourdon   pf 

           [Received from Jeff Scofield May 10, 2023]

Documents

Factory specifications, via the OHS Archives Stoplist and accessories -Jeff Scofield

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