Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus M-9507 (1956)

First Congregational Church
6501 Wydown Blvd.
St. Louis, MO

Images

Unknown - Church interior (Photograph by Church website, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1990-05-14 - Console to right (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1990-05-14 - Console to left (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1990-05-14 - Church exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
4 manuals
52 stops
42 registers
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
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 combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2010-03-17 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Not sure if this was a console-only job or a rebuild by Möller. -Database Manager

2021-12-05 - This was not a total rebuild of the present Austin instrument. This was the addition of a new 4 Manual console along with a 32 note Pedal relay with 14 individual 32 note switches. The work was ordered by W. A. Brummer of Granite City, Illinois who was a representative of Möller at the time. -Roman Lizak

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the console May 14, 1990 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       St. Louis, Missouri
       First Congregatonal Church

       Austin   Op. 1607             1928
       Moller   Op. M-9507           1956
       ____________________________________________

       GREAT                       SWELL
   16' Principal               16' Contra Melodia
    8' Major Diapason           8' Geigen Principal
    8' Diapason                 8' Clarabella
    8' Gross Flute              8' Gedeckt
    8' Erzahler                 8' Salicional
    4' Octave                   8' Voix Celeste
    4' Flute Harmonique         8' Flauto Dolce
2 2/3' Twelfth                  8' Flute Celeste
    2' Fifteenth                4' Prestant
       Sub                      4' Flute Traverso
       Unison Off               2' Flageolet
       Super                   IV  Mixture
       Chimes  f               16' Posaune
       Chimes  p                8' Trompette
                                8' Hautbois
       SOLO                     8' Vox Humana
    8' Harmonic Flute              Tremolo
    8' Bombarde                    Sub
    8' French Horn                 Unison Off
    8' Orchestral Oboe             Super
       Tremolo
       Sub                         CHOIR
       Unison Off               8' Concert Flute
       Super                    8' Melodia
       Blank                    8' Kleinerzahler
       Blank                    8' Erzahler Celeste
                                4' Rohrflote
       PEDAL                2 2/3' Nasat
   32' Contra Bourdon 32        2' Flautino
   16' Diapason       32    1 3/5' Terz
   16' Bourdon        12        8' English Horn
   16' Violone        32        8' Corno di Bassetto
   16' Contra Melodia SW           Tremolo
    8' Octave         12           Sub
    8' Melodia        CH           Unison Off
    8' Gedeckt        SW           Super
    8' Salicional     SW           Harp
    4' Choralbass     32           Harp Celesta
    2' Octavin        12
   16' Contra Posaune 32
    8' Trumpet        12
       Chimes

[Received online from Jeff Scofield January 5, 2012]

Documents

(1955-11-16) Factory Documentation and Correspondence Documentation courtesy of the OHS Archive -Roman Lizak

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#4183 - Austin Organ Co. Opus 1607 (1928)