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M. P. Möller Opus 1259 (1911)

First Methodist Episcopal Church: Sanctuary
Oak Park, IL

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

Consoles

Main

3 manuals
32 stops
36 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

2009-06-03 - Identified through information in <i>List of More than 5200 Moller Pipe Organs</i> (Hagerstown, Maryland. M. P. Möller, 1928). -Database Manager

2013-12-10 - Destroyed by fire with sanctuary in 1923; replaced in new sanctuary in 1925 by 4/43 E M Skinner Op. 528. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the factory ledger contract Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

    Oak Park, Illinois
    First Methodist Church

    Möller   Op. 1259   1911   3/34
    ____________________________________________________

    GREAT                            SWELL
16' Open Diapason   61 a         16' Bourdon          73 c
 8' Open Diapason   61            8' Open Diapason    73 c
 8' Gamba           61            8' Stopped Diapason 73 c             
 8' Doppel Floete   61            8' Salicional       73
 8' Dolce           61 b          8' Voix Celeste     73 c
 4' Octave          61 *          8' Aeolina          73 c
 4' Flute           61            8' Quintadena       73
 2' Fifteenth       61            4' Violina          73 c
 8' Trumpet         61 *          4' Flute            73 c
    Super                       III  Cornet Mixture  207 d
                                 16' Contra Fagotta   73
    CHOIR                         8' Cornopean        73 *
 8' Violin Diapason 61            8' Oboe             73 *
 8' Melodia         61 *          8' Vox Humana       73
 8' Dulciana        61 *             Tremulant
 4' Flute d'Amour   61               Sub
 2' Piccolo         61 *             Super
 8' Clarinet        61
    Tremulant                        PEDAL
    Sub                          16' Open Diapason    30 e
    Super                        16' Bourdon          30 e
                                 16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
 *  old pipework revoiced    10 2/3' Quint             7 
 a  49 old pipes, 12 new          8' Violoncello      30 *
 b  Dolce or Clarabella           8' Octave Bass      12   
 c  61 old pipes, 12 new          8' Dolce Flute      12
 d  187 old pipes, 30 new
 e  30 old pipes, 12 new

   [Received online from Jeff Scofield December 11, 2013]

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