Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 10814 (1972)

First Baptist Church: Sanctuary
120 N Lafayette St.
Shelby, NC

Images

1972 - Chancel, choirloft, organ chambers and exposed pipes (Photograph by Moller ad in THE AMERICAN ORGANIST July 1974, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-10-05 - Church exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-10-05 - Builder nameplate (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-10-05 - Interior to rear (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-10-05 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-10-05 - Choirloft, chambers and exposed pipes (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-10-05 - Chancel and exposed pipes (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-10-05 - Interior from floor (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-10-05 - Interior from balcony (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
27 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2009-02-27 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2009-10-19 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Great and portion of Pedal exposed above and behind the choir; Swell and Choir and remainder of Pedal in chambers to either side. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

     Shelby, North Carolina
     First Baptist Church

     Möller   Op. 10814   1972   3/38

     GREAT                       CHOIR
  8' Principal 61             8' Holzgedackt 61
  8' Bordun 61                8' Erzähler Celeste II 110
  4' Octave 61                4' Koppelflöte 61
  2' Super Octave 61          2' Principal 61
 IV  Mixture 244             II  Sesquialtera 98 tc
  8' Trompete 61            III  Zimbel 183
     Chimes 25                8' Krummhorn 61
     (Deagan M)                  Tremulant
                                 Carillon (existing Schulmerich)
     SWELL
  8' Rohrflöte 61                PEDAL
  8' Viole 61                16' Subbass 32
  8' Viole Celeste 49 tc     16' Rohrgedackt 12 SW
  4' Principal 61             8' Principal 32
  2' Flachflöte 61            8' Rohrflöte SW
III  Scharf 183               4' Choralbass 32
 16' Regal 61               III  Mixture 96
  8' Trompette 61            16' Posaune 32 (half-length)
  4' Schalmei 61              4' Clarion 24
     Tremulant
     Sub
     Unison Off
     Super

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield October 19, 2009.]

Documents

(1973-08-17) Factory specifications via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield