Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 3499 (1923)

Bethany Methodist Episcopal Church
10101 Gratiot Avenue
Detroit, MI

Images

2022-07-15 - Church exterior (Photograph by Benjamin Gravel, via Roman Lizak, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
2 manuals
9 stops
12 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets 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

2009-10-29 - Identified through information in <i>List of More than 5200 Moller Pipe Organs</i> (Hagerstown, Maryland. M. P. Möller, 1928). -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Courtesy of the OHS Archives, via Roman Lizak

    Detroit, Michigan
    Bethany Methodist Episcopal Church
    Möller   Op. 3499   1923   2/9
    _____________________________________________

    GREAT                    SWELL
 8' Open Diapason    61   8' Violin Diapason   61
 8' Melodia          61   8' Stopped Diapason  73
 8' Dulciana (soft)  61   8' Salicional (soft) 61
 4' Flute d'Amour    12   4' Flute Traverso    GT
    Sub                   8' Oboe              61
    Super                 8' Vox Humana        61
                             Tremolo
                             Sub
    PEDAL                    Super
16' Bourdon  (big)   32
16' Lieblich Gedeckt ** (Bourdon on soft wind)

     [Received from Jeff Scofield July 25, 2023]

Documents

(2022-10-02) Memorandum of Agreement Memorandum of Agreement and specifications -Jeff Scofield