Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 10861 (1972ca.)

Christ the King Lutheran Church
17400 Van Owen
Van Nuys, CA

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

1972 - Church interior, organ cabinet (Photograph by Moller promotion photo, collection of Jeff Scofield, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2015-08-26 - Sanctuary (after organ removed) (Photograph by Michael Williamson/Database Manager)

2015-08-04 - Organ Case (Photograph by Michael Williamson/Database Manager)

2015-08-04 - Console (Photograph by Michael Williamson/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
2 manuals
3 stops
17 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
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: None

Notes

2009-03-01 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2009-10-25 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2015-08-30 - Updated through online information from Michael Williamson. -- Church closed. Organ removed August 2015, and sold to Melissa Bridge, Burbank, California, awaiting cleaning, repair and re-installation in her residence. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

            Van Nuys, California
            Christ the King Lutheran Church

            Möller   Op. 10861   1972   2/3

            GREAT
 1.      8' Principal      73 pipes   1-12 from #2, #3 and #5
 2.      8' Gedeckt        80 pipes
 3.      8' Gemshorn       80 pipes
 4.      4' Octave         from #1
 5.      4' Flute          from #2
 6.      2' Super Octave   from #1
 7.         Chimes                    prepared for

            SWELL
 8.      8' Gedeckt        from #2
 9.      8' Gemshorn       from #3
10.      4' Flute          from #2
11.      4' Gemshorn       from #3
12.      2' Flute          from #2    repeat 5 top notes
13.  1 1/3' Quintflöte     from #3    repeat 12 top notes
14.         Tremolo

            PEDAL
15.     16' Bourdon        12 pipes   20 from #2
16.      8' Gedeckt        from #2
17.      8' Gemshorn       from #3
18.      4' Principal      from #1
19.      4' Flute          from #2

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield October 25, 2009.]

Documents

(1972-04-13) Factory specifications, OHS Archives via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#56539 - Williamson-Warne & Associates (2015)