Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 10873 (1974)

Moffett Memorial Baptist Church: Sanctuary
1026 North Main Street
Danville, VA

Images

2014-07-09 - Console (Photograph by Joshua Starnes/Jeff Scofield)

2014-07-09 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Chamber Grillework (Photograph by Joshua Starnes/Jeff Scofield)

2023-04-04 - Church interior (Church Facebook/Jeff Scofield)

April 1973 - Church exterior (Building dedication Program/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
18 stops
28 registers
3 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

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

2009-10-26 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Replaced 1946 Möller Op. 7214 that was destroyed when the sanctuary burned on 6/29/71 due to lightning striking the roof. -Database Manager

2014-08-06 - Updated through online information from Joshua Starnes. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Danville, Virginia
       Moffett Memorial Baptist Church

       Möller   Op. 10873   1974   2/22

       GREAT (unenclosed)           SWELL
    8' Principal 61             16' Rohrbourdon 61
    4' Octave 61                 8' Rohrflöte 12
II-IV  Mixture 208               8' Viole de Gambe 61
                                 8' Viole Celeste 49 tc
       GREAT (enclosed)          4' Nachthorn 61
    8' Holzgedeckt 61            2' Principal 61
    8' Erzähler 61           1 1/3' Larigot 61
    4' Spitzflöte 61             8' Trompette 61
    2' Blockflöte 61             4' Clairon 12
    8' Krummhorn 61                 Tremolo
       Tremolo                      Sub
       Super                        Unison Off
       Chimes 25 (Mayland)          Super

       PEDAL
   32' Resultant --
   16' Principal 32
   16' Bourdon 32
   16' Rohrbourdon SW
    8' Octave 12
    8' Gedeckt 12
    4' Super Octave 12
    4' Rohrflöte SW
   II  Mixture 64
   16' Contre Trompette 12 SW
    4' Clairon SW

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield October 26, 2009.]

Documents

(1972-11-07) Factory specifications, OHS Archives via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield