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M. P. Möller Opus M-9357 (1956)

Wilshire Methodist Church: Sanctuary
4350 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA

Images

1956-05-04 - Alexander Schreiner at the Console (Möller Promotional Photograph; collection of Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
4 manuals
59 stops
71 registers
6 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
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2009-02-27 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Organ originally installed as a 3-manual in 1925 as Op. 4187 in Wilshire Blvd. Congregational Church; building sold to Wilshire Methodist in 1931; rebuilt and enlarged by Möller as Op. M-9357 in 1956, becoming a 4/75 by the time of the 1994 fire. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Date not recorded

       Los Angeles, California
       Wilshire Methodist Church

       Möller   Op. 4187     1925   3/38
       Möller   Op. M-9357   1956   4/75
       __________________________________________

       GRAND ORGUE               POSITIF

   16' Violonbasse            8' Principal
    8' Montre                 8' Bourdon-en-Bois
    8' Flûte Harmonique       8' Quintaton
    8' Bourdon                8' Gemshorn
    8' Salicional             8' Gemshorn Celeste
    4' Prestant               4' Prestant
    4' Flûte à Cheminée       4' Flûte Conique
    2' Doublette              2' Doublette
    V  Fourniture             2' Flûte
    8' Trompette          1 1/3' Larigot
       Tremblant              1' Flageolet
       Sub                   IV  Cymbale
       Unison Off             8' Cromorne
       Super                     Tremblant
       Chimes                    Sub
       Blank                     Unison Off
                                 Super
       ECHO                      Blank

    8' Bourdon                   SOLO
    8' Petite Viole
    8' Voix Céleste           8' Grosse Flûte
    4' Flûte Douce            8' Gamba
    8' Voix Humaine           8' Voix Céleste
       Tremblant              4' Flûte Octaviante
       Chimes                 8' Tuba Magna
                              8' Cor Anglais
       RECIT                  8' Clarinette
                                 Tremblant
   16' Bourdon                   Unison Off
    8' Diapason                  Super
    8' Flûte à Cheminée
    8' Flûte Harmonique          ECHO
    8' Viole de Gambe
    8' Voix Céleste           8' Bourdon
    8' Dulciane               8' Petite Viole
    8' Unda Maris             8' Voix Céleste
    4' Prestant               4' Flûte Douce
    4' Flûte Octaviante       8' Voix Humaine
2 2/3' Nazard                    Tremblant
    2' Octavin                   Chimes
1 3/5' Tierce
    V  Plein Jeu                 PEDALE
   16' Basson
    8' Trompette             32' Resultant      RE
    8' Hautbois      12      16' Flûte Ouverte
    8' Voix Humaine          16' Bourdon
    4' Clairon               16' Violonbasse    GO
       Tremblant             16' Bourdon        RE
       Sub                    8' Principal
       Unison Off             8' Flûte Ouverte  12
       Super                  8' Bourdon        12
       Harp                   4' Octave
       Blank                  4' Flûte
                              2' Flûte          12
                              V  Fourniture
                             32' Contre Bombarde
                             16' Bombarde       12
                             16' Basson         RE
                              8' Trompette      12
                              4' Clairon        12
                              4' Cromorne       PO

        [Received from Jeff Scofield May 26, 2019]

Documents

(1955-09-02) Factory Production Order Document courtesy of the OHS Archive -Roman Lizak

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