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M. P. Möller Opus 2718 (1919)

First Reformed Church: Sanctuary
611 Washington St.
Reading, PA

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
22 stops
34 registers
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

2009-09-23 - Identified through information in <i>List of More than 5200 Moller Pipe Organs</i> (Hagerstown, Maryland. M. P. Möller, 1928). -Database Manager

2013-01-07 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Rebuilt in 1958 as Moller 3/26 Op. R-612; rebuilt and enlarged to 3/79 in 1986 by Lehigh Organ Co. -Database Manager

2016-04-15 - The cost of the organ was $8,500 cash or $7,500 cash and the old organ; $6,500 in Liberty Bonds to be accepted at par; $450 additional for the dummy front to the Echo Organ. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the factory specifications via the OHS Archives Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

    Reading, Pennsylvania
    First Reformed Church

    Möller   Op. 2718   1919   3/22
    _________________________________________________

    GREAT (*encl in CH)           CHOIR

16' Dbl Open Diapason 73       8' Doppel Floete    GT
 8' Open Diapason     73       8' Viol d'Gamba     73
 8' Doppel Floete     73 *     8' Melodia          GT
 8' Melodia           73 *     8' Dulciana         GT
 8' Dulciana          73 *     4' Flute d'Amour    GT
 4' Flute d'Amour     73 *     8' Clarinet         73
 8' Tuba              73 *        Tremulant
    Super                         Sub
                                  Super
    SWELL                         Concert Harp     49

16' Bourdon           73          ECHO
 8' Open Diapason     73
 8' Stopped Diapason  73       8' Fern Flute       61
 8' Viole d'Orchestre 73       8' Vox Humana       61
 8' Viole Celeste     61          Tremulant
 8' Aeoline           73          Chimes
 4' Flute Harmonic    73
 2' Piccolo           --          PEDAL
16' Contra Fagotta    tc
 8' Cornopean         73      32' Resultant        --
 8' French Horn       73      16' Open Diapason    GT
 8' Oboe              73      16' Bourdon          32
    Tremulant                 16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
    Sub                        8' Octave Bass      12
    Unison Separation          8' Violoncello      CH
    Super

      [Received from Jeff Scofield April 15, 2016]

Documents

Factory specifications, courtesy of the OHS Archives Stoplist and accessories -Jeff Scofield

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#50803 - M. P. Möller Opus R-612 (1958)