M. P. Möller Opus 3633 (1923)

Images

2010-01-06 - Console (Photograph by Shawn P. Keith/Database Manager)

2010-01-06 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by Shawn P. Keith/Database Manager)

2010-01-06 - Great Pipework (8' Open Diapason) (Photograph by Shawn P. Keith/Database Manager)

2010-01-06 - Great/Choir Pipework (L-R) 8' Tuba, 8' Clarinet, 8' Gamba, 8' Doppel Flute, 8' English Open Diapason, 8' Quintadena, 8' Unda Maris (Photograph by Shawn P. Keith/Database Manager)

2010-01-06 - Great/Choir Pipework (L-R) 8' Tuba (Pedal 16' Posaune behind), 8' Clarinet, 8' Gamba (Photograph by Shawn P. Keith/Database Manager)

2010-01-06 - Great/Choir Pipework: 8' Concert Flute (wooden), 8' Dulciana (Photograph by Shawn P. Keith/Database Manager)

2010-01-06 - Swell Pipework (L-R): 8' Oboe, 4' Harmonic Flute, 8' Open Diapason, 8' Voix Celeste, 8' Aeoline, 8' Salicional, 16' Bourdon (Photograph by Shawn P. Keith/Database Manager)

2010-01-06 - Swell Pipework (8' Vox Humana) (Photograph by Shawn P. Keith/Database Manager)

2010-01-06 - Swell Pipework (4' Violin) (Photograph by Shawn P. Keith/Database Manager)

2010-01-06 - Pedal Pipework (16' Posaune) (Photograph by Shawn P. Keith/Database Manager)

2010-01-06 - Pedal Pipework (16' Open Diapason) (Photograph by Shawn P. Keith/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Notes

2009-10-28 - Identified through information in <i>List of More than 5200 Moller Pipe Organs</i> (Hagerstown, Maryland. M. P. Möller, 1928). -Database Manager

2010-02-03 - Updated through online information from Eugene Walter. -Database Manager

2010-07-28 - Updated through online information from thomas buffer. -- Currently listed for sale on eBay. -Database Manager

2012-01-17 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2013-05-10 - Updated through online information from Shawn P. Keith. -- Organ purchased late in 2010 with intention of renovating and relocating to St. John's Lutheran Church in Davis WV. In April of 2013 we were called in to inspect a severely botched installation and offer our options for completion. We found the installation untenable, impossible to complete, and the organ too large for the available chamber space. Several aspects of the "restoration" were sufficiently substandard as to require being redone. The organ will be removed and broken up for parts. -Database Manager

2014-03-29 - Updated through online information from Shawn P. Keith. -- As built, the organ was 22 ranks, possibly due to a shop error. The shop orders called for the 8' Salicional to be duplexed to create the 4' Violin; as installed the Salicional had no duplex action and the 4' Violin was on two separate offset unit chests at the back of the Swell chamber. At an unknown later date a 2-2/3' Twelfth was added to the Great using pipes of undetermined origin on an electric-action chest, which also played as a 2' Fifteenth. One knob supplanted the 4' Dulcet, the other was on a new (or previously blank) knob. -Database Manager

2016-11-27 - Updated through online information from William Dunklin. <br>In July 2008 the First Unitarian congregation moved to a smaller facility. This building and the organ were subsequently sold. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Toledo, Ohio First Unitarian Church M.P. Möller Op. 3633 1923 3/22 as built ___________________________________________________ GREAT - 61 notes, enclosed with Choir except 8' Open Diapason 8' Open Diapason 61 pipes, unenclosed 8' Doppel Floete 73 pipes, 8/4 duplex pitman action 8' Gamba 61 pipes, GT/CH duplex pitman action 8' Concert Flute 73 pipes, unit action 8' Dulciana 73 pipes, unit action 4' Principal (from Choir 8' English Open Diapason) 4' Doppel Flute (from 8' Doppel Floete) 4' Dulcet (from 8' Dulciana) 8' Tuba 61 pipes (1-32 also tubed to primary box for Pedal play) SWELL - 73 notes 16' Bourdon 73 pipes, 8/4 duplex pitman action (1-32 also tubed to primary box for Pedal play) 8' Open Diapason 73 pipes 8' Stopped Diapason (from 16' Bourdon, no super octave) 8' Salicional 73 pipes 8' Voix Celeste 61 pipes, from TC 8' Aeoline 73 pipes 4' Flute Harmonic 73 pipes, 8/4 duplex pitman action 4' Violin 61 pipes, offset unit action 2' Piccolo (from 4' Flute Harmonic) 8' Oboe 73 pipes 8' Vox Humana 73 pipes (tubed to separate chest but activated by pitmans on main chest) Tremulant CHOIR - 61 notes, enclosed and expressive 8' English Open Diapason 73 pipes, GT/CH duplex pitman action 8' Quintadena 73 pipes, 8/4 duplex pitman action 8' Concert Flute (from Great) 8' Gamba (from Great) 8' Dulciana (from Great) 8' Unda Maris 49 pipes, from TC 4' Solo Flute (from 8' Concert Flute) 4' Zart Flute (from 8' Quintadena) 8' Clarinet 61 pipes Tremulant Celeste Harp 37 bars Harp Dampers PEDAL - 32 notes, unenclosed 32' Resultant (from Pedal 16' Open Diapason) 16' Open Diapason 44 pipes, unit action 16' Bourdon 44 pipes, unit action 16' Lieblich Gedeckt (from Swell 16' Bourdon) 8' Octave Bass (from Pedal 16' Open Diapason) 8' Flute (from Pedal 16' Bourdon) 16' Posaune 32 pipes, unit action 8' Tuba (from Great 8' Tuba) COUPLERS - rocker tablets over Swell manual, in coupler order, left to right Swell to Pedal 4' Swell to Pedal Choir to Pedal Great to Pedal 16' Swell to Great Swell to Great 4' Swell to Great 16' Choir to Great Choir to Great 4' Choir to Great 16' Great 4' Great 16' Swell to Choir Swell to Choir 4' Swell to Choir 16' Choir 4' Choir 16' Choir to Swell Choir to Swell 4' Choir to Swell 16' Swell 4' Swell Swell Unison On/Off pushbuttons in right key cheek Great Unison On/Off pushbuttons in right key cheek Choir Unison On/Off pushbuttons in right key cheek COMBINATION ACTION Six General (Full Organ) Thumb Pistons General Cancel ("0") Thumb Piston Six Swell Thumb Pistons Swell Cancel ("0") Thumb Piston Six Great Thumb Pistons Great Cancel ("0") Thumb Piston Six Choir Thumb Pistons Choir Cancel ("0") Thumb Piston Six Pedal Thumb Pistons, duplicated by toe Pedal Cancel ("0") Thumb Piston, duplicated by toe All Couplers Cancel Thumb Piston "Manuals to Great" On/Off Thumb Pistons "Pedal to Swell" On/Off Thumb Pistons "Pedal to Great" On/Off Thumb Pistons "Pedal to Choir" On/Off Thumb Pistons Great to Pedal Reversible Toe Piston Swell to Pedal Reversible Toe Piston Sforzando Reversible Hitchdown (Toe) Following the original construction of the organ a 2-2/3' Twelfth, 66 pipes of unknown provenance, also playable as a 2' Fifteenth, were added to the Great on an electric action chest, enclosed in the Choir box. These supplanted the Great 4' Dulcet and an additional knob that appeared original but may have been blank for the original installation. Total was then 23 ranks, which it remained until the organ was removed in 2010. The original shop specifications called for the Swell 8' Salicional to be 85 pipes duplexed to play also as the Swell 4' Violin. As built, the 8' Salicional was 73 notes, not duplexed, and the 4' Violin was a separate set of pipes on a pair of offset unit chests. Those pipes were also stamped "Salicional". Swell and Pedal drawknobs in reverse of AGO standard position, with Swell outboard and Pedal inboard. Drawknob layouts within divisions in non-standard orders, with seemingly little rhyme or reason to their position. [Received from Shawn P. Keith 2014-03-28.]

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