Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 2179 (1917)

First Baptist Church: Sanctuary
499 Bath Ave.
Long Branch, NJ

Consoles

Main

2 manuals
8 stops
16 registers
2 divisions
Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

2009-09-05 - Identified through information in <i>List of More than 5200 Moller Pipe Organs</i> (Hagerstown, Maryland. M. P. Möller, 1928). -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

   Long Branch, New Jersey
   First Baptist Church

   Möller   Op. 2179   1917   2/8
   ____________________________________________________________________

   GREAT                   SWELL                    PEDAL
8' Open Diapason 61    16' Bourdon       tc     16' Bourdon          30
8' Doppel Floete 61     8' Gedeckt       61     16' Lieblich Gedeckt -- *
8' Gamba         61     8' Gamba         GT      8' Bass Flute       12
8' Dulciana      61     8' Vox Celeste   49
4' Octave        12     8' Dulciana      GT
8' Oboe Horn     61     4' Flute d'Amour --
   Super                8' Oboe Horn     GT
                           Sub                   *  from 16' Bourdon
                           Super                    on soft wind

            [Received online from Jeff Scofield April 4, 2014]

Documents

(1916-06-02) Original Contract Original Contract courtesy of the OHS Archive -Roman Lizak
(1917-03-31) Baptist Recital Rich Musical Treat: Dr. Greibel and Russell H. Miles The Daily Record (Long Branch, NJ) article on the inaugural organ recital at the First Baptist Church in Long Branch on 03/30/1917 -Craig A. Otto