Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 8349 (1959)

First Christian Church: Sanctuary
1601 Sunset Blvd.
Houston, TX

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

Images

Unknown - Church Exterior (Vintage Postcard; image courtesy of T. Bradford Willis (1960s)/Database Manager)

2015-11-30 - Church Exterior (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
26 stops
32 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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
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

2009-04-30 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Originally installed in 1952 at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran, Oak Park, IL, as a 3/23; moved to First Christian by Möller in 1959 with additions, using the same opus number; offered for sale in 2004. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

Houston, Texas
First Christian Church

Möller   Op. 8349   1959   3/36

* New pipework

     GREAT                         SWELL
 16' Quintade 61                8' Gedeckt 61
  8' Prinzipal 61               8' Viole de Gambe 61 *
  8' Rohrflöte 61               8' Viole Celeste 61 *
  4' Oktav 61                   4' Principal 61 *
  4' Nachthorn 61               4' Koppelflöte 61 *
  2' Waldflöte 61               2' Oktav 61
 IV  Mixtur 244             1 1/3' Larigot 61 *
     Tremulant                III  Plein Jeu 183 *
     Unison Off                 8' Trompette 61
     Chimes 21 (Deagan D)       4' Rohr Schalmei 61
                                   Tremulant
     CHOIR                         Sub
  8' Nasonflöte 61 *               Unison Off
  8' Erzähler 61 *                 Super
  8' Erzähler Celeste 49 *
  4' Spitzprincipal 61 *           PEDAL
 II  Cornet 122 *              16' Subbass 32
III  Scharf 183 (former SW)    16' Quintade GT
     Tremulant                 16' Erzähler 12 CH
     Sub                        8' Oktav 32
     Super                      8' Quintade GT
                                4' Erzähler CH
                                4' Choralflöte 32
                               II  Rauschpfeife 64
                                4' Rohr Schalmei SW

 [Received on line from Jeff Scofield May 01, 2009.]

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