Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 3374 (1922)

Central Methodist Episcopal Church
Huron and Perry Streets
Pontiac, MI

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

Images

Unknown - Church Exterior (Photograph by H. George Studio (1920s)/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
26 stops
49 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
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
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2009-09-30 - Identified through information in <i>List of More than 5200 Moller Pipe Organs</i> (Hagerstown, Maryland. M. P. Möller, 1928). -Database Manager

2022-04-02 - The organ was used until 1962, when the congregation moved to Waterford, where a 3/37 Casavant was installed. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: Courtesy of the OHS Archives

    Pontiac, Michigan
    Central Methodist Church

    Möller   Op. 3374   1922   3/28
    ________________________________________________

    GREAT        5" wind        SWELL        5" wind
16' Dbl Open Diapason 61    16' Bourdon           61
 8' 1st Open Diapason 73     8' Open Diapason     73
 8' 2nd Open Diapason 12     8' Stopped Diapason  12
 8' Doppel Floete     73     8' Quintadena        73
 8' Melodia           73     8' Viole d'Orchestre 73
 8' Gemshorn          73     8' Vox Celeste       61
 8' Dulciana          CH     8' Aeoline           73
 4' Octave            12     8' Salicional        73
 4' Flute Harmonic    73     4' Principal         --
    Sub                      4' Zart Flute        --
    Unison Off               2' Flautina       +  61
    Super                  III  Dolce Cornet   + 146
16' Tuba Major  12"   61     8' Cornopean         73
 8' Tuba        12"   12     8' Oboe & Bassoon    73
 4' Clarion     12"   12     8' Vox Humana        61
    Harp              37        Tremulant
                                Sub
    CHOIR        5" wind        Unison Off
 8' Geigen Principal  73        Super
 8' Concert Flute     73
 8' Gamba             73        PEDAL
 8' Dulciana          73    32' Resultant Bass    --
 8' Unda Maris        61    16' Open Diapason     32
 4' Flute Traverso    GT    16' Bourdon           32
 2' Piccolo Harmonic  GT    16' Violone           GT
 8' Clarinet          73    16' Lieblich Gedeckt  SW
    Tremulant                8' Octave Bass       12
    Sub                      8' Gedeckt           12
    Unison Off               8' Violoncello       CH
    Super                   16' Tuba Major        GT
16' Tuba Major        GT     8' Tuba              GT
 8' Tuba              GT     4' Clarion           GT
 4' Clarion           GT
    Chimes            20

      [Received from Jeff Scofield April 2, 2022]

Documents

(2022-03-16) Factory specifications Factory specifications -Jeff Scofield