Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 1694 (1914)

Detroit Masonic Temple: Greek Ionic Lodge Room
500 Temple St.
Detroit, MI

Note: Not playable. (in this location)

Images

1885 - Russell A. Alger House, where organ was originally installed (Photograph from an archival source: Detroit Public Library Digital Collections, submitted by Brandon Langford/Brandon Langford)

2020-09-15 - Curtains drawn showing complete organ installation (Photograph by Brandon Langford/Brandon Langford)

2020-09-15 - Original Kinetic Blower (Photograph by Brandon Langford/Brandon Langford)

2020-09-15 - Inside Swell (Photograph by Brandon Langford/Brandon Langford)

2020-09-15 - Great stop jamb (Photograph by Brandon Langford/Brandon Langford)

2020-09-15 - Swell & Pedal stop jamb (Photograph by Brandon Langford/Brandon Langford)

2020-09-15 - Console (Photograph by Brandon Langford/Brandon Langford)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
2 manuals
11 stops
18 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons

Notes

2009-08-27 - Identified through information in <i>List of More than 5200 Moller Pipe Organs</i> (Hagerstown, Maryland. M. P. Möller, 1928). -Database Manager

2019-02-06 - Updated by Brandon Langford, who has heard or played the organ. <br> <br> -Database Manager

2020-09-14 - M. P. Möller Opus 1694 was originally purchased for and installed in the Russell A. Alger house at 150 W. Fort St. in 1914. Palestine Lodge No. 357, F&AM purchased the home in 1913 and converted it into a lodge building, signing the organ contract shortly thereafter. The lodge met here until 1935 when they moved to the Detroit Masonic Temple. Palestine took the organ with them and had it re-installed in the Greek Ionic lodge room on the 5th floor where it has remained since. -William M. Worden

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist copied from console photos; pipe counts from original contract September 23, 2020

Detroit, Michigan
Detroit Masonic Temple - Greek Ionic Lodge Room

M.P. MÖLLER, Opus 1694, 1914 - Original Specifications


GREAT                                        COUPLERS
Gr.  8'  Open Diapason           61          Swell to Pedal                [8]
Gr.  8'  Open Diapason     (Sw)  –-          Great to Pedal                [8]
Gr.  8'  Concert Flute     (Sw)  –-
Gr.  8'  Viole d'Orchest'e (Sw)  –-          Swell to Great             16,[8],4
Gr.  8'  Echo Salicional   (Sw)  –-
Gr.  4'  Flute Harmonic    (Sw)  –-
Gr.      Chimes                 (20)         FINGER PISTONS
                                             Swell & Pedal                 1 - 3
Great 16'                                    Great & Pedal                 1 - 3
Great 4'

                                             FOOT LEVERS
SWELL (Expressive)                           Gr. to Ped. Reversible        (rev)
Sw.  8'  Open Diapason           61
Sw.  8'  Concert Flute           61
Sw.  8'  Viole d'Orchest'e       61          PEDAL MOVEMENTS (Labeled; l-r)
Sw.  8'  Echo Salicional         61          Crescendo                    (bal.)
Sw.  8'  Aeoline                 61          Swell Expression             (bal.)
Sw.  8'  Aeoline Celeste   (tc)  49
Sw.  4'  Flute Harmonic          61
Sw.  8'  Oboe                    61
Sw.  8'  Vox Humana              61
         Tremul'nt
                                             ACTION: T-P Key & Ventil Stop

PEDAL                                        VOICES: 11      STOPS: 18; inc. chimes
Ped. 16' Bourdon                 30
Ped. 16' Lieblich Gedeckt        –-          RANKS: 11       PIPES: 628


NOTES
M. P. Möller Opus 1694 was originally purchased for and installed in the Russell
A. Alger house at 150 W. Fort St. in 1914. Palestine Lodge No. 357, F&AM purchased
the home in 1913 and converted it into a lodge building, signing the organ contract
shortly thereafter. The lodge met here until 1935 when they moved to the Detroit
Masonic Temple. Palestine took the organ with them and had it re-installed in the
Greek Ionic lodge room on the 5th floor where it has remained since.

Sources: Möller opus list; OHS Database with copy of contract


Detroit Masonic Temple - Greek Ionic Lodge Room
500 Temple St.
Detroit, MI 48201
(313) 832-7100                               Documented: September 23, 2020

Documents

(1913-12-08) Möller Opus 1694 Contract Möller Opus 1694 contract (original installation) -Brandon Langford