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M. P. Möller Opus 3858 (1924)

St. Hyacinth Catholic Church: Sanctuary; rear gallery
3151 Farnsworth Avenue
Detroit, MI

Images

2021-08-09 - Swell 16' Posaune voicers stamp atop lead block. (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2021-08-09 - Swell 16' Posaune CCC block and reed assembly (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2021-08-09 - Swell 16' Posaune (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Unknown - Pedal 16' Open Diapason (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2021-08-09 - Swell 8' Vox Humana (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2021-08-09 - Swell pipework. III Dolce Cornet removed. (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2021-08-09 - Original 1924 Moller care label (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2021-08-09 - Organ case and facade in the rear gallery (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
25 stops
39 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)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2009-10-30 - Identified through information in <i>List of More than 5200 Moller Pipe Organs</i> (Hagerstown, Maryland. M. P. Möller, 1928). -Database Manager

2013-06-09 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Rebuilt in 1973 as Moller Op. R-884; new Moller console in 1979 as Moller Op. M-9866. -Database Manager

2013-06-27 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2021-04-29 - Contract price was $12,250 signed sometime in 1923 Instrument was to be completed by March 10th, 1924 -Roman Lizak

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

     Detroit, Michigan
     St. Hyacinth R. C. Church

     Möller   Op. 3858   1924   3/27
     ________________________________________________

     GREAT (encl w/CH)            CHOIR
 16' Dbl Open Diapason 61      8' Geigen Principal 73
  8' 1st Open Diapason 73      8' Concert Flute    73
  8' 2nd Open Diapason 12      8' Gamba            GT
  8' Doppel Floete     73      8' Dulciana         73
  8' Melodia           61      8' Unda Maris (TC)  61
  8' Viol d'Gamba      73      4' Solo Flute (CF)  --
  4' Principal         CH      8' Clarinet         73
  4' Flute Traverso    12         Tremulant
  8' Tuba              73         Sub
     Sub                          Unison Off
     Super                        Super
   
     SWELL                        PEDAL
 16' Bourdon           73     32' Resultant Bass   --
  8' Open Diapason     73     16' Open Diapason    32
  8' Stopped Diapason  12     16' Bourdon          32
  8' Salicional        73     16' Violone          GT
  8' Vox Celeste (TC)  61     16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
  8' Quintadenta       73      8' Octave Bass      12
  8' Aeoline           73      8' Dolce Flute      12
  4' Flute Harmonic    73      8' Violoncello      GT
  2' Flautina          --     16' Posaune          SW
III  Dolce Cornet     219
 16' Posaune           73
  8' Cornopean         73
  8' Oboe              73
  8' Vox Humana        61
     Tremulant
     Sub
     Unison Off
     Super

    [Received online from Jeff Scofield June 29, 2013]

Documents

(1923-11-05) Factory specifications, OHS Archives via Roman Lizak Contract, stoplist and specifications -Jeff Scofield

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