Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 10823 (1972)

Main Street United Methodist Church: Sanctuary
202 N. Main St.
Suffolk, VA

Images

1972-06-30 - Sanctuary interior with exposed pipes in front (Photograph from a 1981 Moller brochure in the collection of James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

2022-02-10 - Stained-glass window (Church Facebook/Jeff Scofield)

2013-06-21 - Building exterior (Church Facebook/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
4 manuals
45 stops
56 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: 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

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

2009-10-20 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- Replaced 1949 4m Standaart; utilized 1961 gallery Möller Artiste Op. 9559 as the Gallery division; renovated with digital additions in 1996. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Suffolk, Virginia
       Main Street United Methodist Church

       Möller   Op. 10823   1972   4/59

       GREAT                        GALLERY (existing)
   16' Violone 61                8' Gedeckt
    8' Principal 61              8' Gamba
    8' Spitzflöte 61             8' Gamba Celeste
    4' Octave 61                 8' Dulciana
    4' Rohrflöte 61              4' Octave
    2' Weitprinzipal 61          2' Nachthorn
   IV  Fourniture 244           II  Mixture
  III  Cymbel 183                8' Trompette
    8' Trompete 61                  Unison Off
       Unison Off                   Chimes 21
    8' Spanish Trumpet 61        8' Spanish Trumpet GT

       SWELL                        GALLERY PEDAL (existing)
    8' Rohrpfeife 61            16' Bourdon
    8' Gambe 61                  8' Diapason
    8' Gambe Celeste 49 tc       8' Gedeckt
    4' Principal 61              4' Octave
    4' Nachthorn 61             II  Mixture
2 2/3' Nazard 61                16' Trompette
    2' Blockflöte 61
1 3/5' Tierce 61                    PEDAL
   IV  Plein Jeu 244            32' Resultant (Principal/Subbass)
   16' Fagott 61  (L/2)         16' Principal 32
    8' Trompette 61             16' Subbass 32
    8' Hautbois 12              16' Violone GT
    4' Clairon 61                8' Octavebass 32
       Tremulant                 8' Pommer 32
       Sub                       8' Subbass 12
       Unison Off                4' Octave 12
       Super                     4' Hohlflöte 32
                                 2' Hohlflöte 12
       POSITIV                  IV  Mixture 128
    8' Holzgedeckt 61           16' Posaune 32
    4' Principal 61             16' Fagott SW
    4' Koppelflöte 61            8' Posaune 12
    2' Octav 61                  4' Krummhorn PO
1 1/3' Quinte 61                 8' Spanish Trumpet GT
    1' Sifflöte 61
  III  Scharff 183
    8' Krummhorn 61
       Tremulant
       Unison Off

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield October 20, 2009.]

Documents

(1972-03-14) Factory specifications, OHS Archives via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#37735 - M. P. Möller Opus 9559 (1961)