Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 4090 (1924)

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
483 Frederick Street
Detroit, MI

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
2 manuals
10 stops
22 registers
3 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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb 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

2018-11-28 - Updated by William M. Worden, who gave this as the source of the information: I know the history of the congregation.. <br> <br>This building fell to urban renewal at least forty years ago. The congregation built a new church nearby. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Courtesy of the OHS Archives, via Roman Lizak

    Detroit, Michigan
    Bethel A M E Church

    Möller   Op. 4090   1924   2/10
    ______________________________________________

    GREAT                     SWELL
 8' Open Diapason    73   16' Bourdon           61
 8' Doppel Floete    73    8' Open Diapason     73
 8' Viole D'Gamba    73    8' Stopped Diapason  12
 8' Dulciana         73    8' Viole d'Orchestre 73
 8' Stopped Flute    SW    8' Vox Celeste       61
 4' Principal        SW    8' Violoncello       GT
 4' Flute            SW    8' Dolce             GT
 8' Tuba           prep    4' Flute             12
    Sub                    2' Flautina          12
    Unison Off             8' Oboe              73
    Super                     Tremulant
                              Sub
    PEDAL                     Unison Off
16' Open Diapason GT 12       Super
16' Bourdon          32       Blank
16' Doppel Floete GT 12
16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
 8' Bass Flute       12

   [Received from Jeff Scofield July 11, 2023]

Documents

(1924-07-19) Memorandum of Agreement Memorandum of Agreement and specifications -Jeff Scofield