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M. P. Möller Opus 2992 (1920)

St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church
Wilmington, DE

Images

Unknown - Building exterior (Photograph by villageofsaintjohn.org, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
4 manuals
33 stops
50 registers
6 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)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons

Notes

2009-09-24 - Identified through information in <i>List of More than 5200 Moller Pipe Organs</i> (Hagerstown, Maryland. M. P. Möller, 1928). -Database Manager

2012-06-03 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2013-01-23 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Rebuilt and new console in 1952 as Moller Op. R-427; rebuilt again in 1967 as 3/48 Moller Op. R-776; Noack 3/44 Op. 98 installed in rear gallery in 1982, with the Noack website mentioning the 'existence of a Romantic style organ in the chancel; Cathedral closed due to financial reasons July 31, 2013; according to the Cathedral website, the Noack was removed for refurbishing and relocation to a church on the West Coast; no mention was made about the aforementioned Romantic organ. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from <i>The Diapason</i> July 1920 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

    Wilmington, Delaware
    St. John's Episcopal Church

    Möller   Op. 2992   1920   4/35
    __________________________________________________

    GREAT  5"                     CHOIR  5"
16' Bourdon           61       8' English Diapason  73
 8' 1st Open Diapason 61       8' Concert Flute     61
 8' 2nd Open Diapason 61       8' Flute Celeste     61
 8' Gross Flute       SO       8' Dulciana          73
 8' Gross Gamba       SO       8' Unda Maris        61
 8' Gemshorn          73       4' Orchestral Flute  12
 4' Principal         12       2' Piccolo           12
 4' Wald Flute        73       8' Clarinet          73
 8' Trumpet           61          Tremulant
    Sub                           Sub
    Unison Off                    Unison Off
    Super                         Super
    Chimes            SO       8' Concert Harp Sub
                               4' Concert Harp      61
    SWELL  5"              
16' Bourdon           73          SOLO  15"
 8' Diapason Phonon   73 *     8' Stentorphone      73
 8' Stopped Diapason  73 *     8' Gross Flute       73
 8' Salicional        73 *     8' Gross Gamba       73
 8' Viole d'Orchestre 73 *     8' Gamba Celeste     73
 8' Viole Celeste     73 *     8' Tuba Mirabilis    73
 4' Harmonic Flute    73 *     8' Cor Anglais       61
 4' Violina           73          Tremulant
 2' Flageolet         61          Sub
III Dolce Cornet     183          Unison Off
16' Contra Fagotto    73          Super
 8' Cornopean         73          Cathedral Chimes  20
 8' Oboe              12 *
 8' Vox Humana        61          PEDAL
 4' Clarion           12      32' Resultant         --
    Tremulant                 16' Diapason          32
    Sub                       16' Bourdon           GT
    Unison off                16' Lieblich          SW *
    Super                      8' Octave            12
                               8' Bass Flute        GT
    ECHO-ANTIPHONAL            8' Cello             SO
 8' Quintadena        61      16' Tuba Profunda     12 SO
 8' Vox Humana        61      16' Fagotto           SW
    Tremulant                  8' Tuba Mirabilis    SO

 *  playable from two-manual Chapel console

   [Received online from Jeff Scofield May 31, 2012]

Documents

Write-up from THE DIAPASON July 1920 Stoplist and commentary -Jeff Scofield

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#50869†* - M. P. Möller Opus R-776 (1967)