Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller (1916)

St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
Hanover, PA

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
31 stops
36 registers
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
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

Notes

2011-12-20 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Announced in the January 1916 issue of THE DIAPASON for installation in 1916 but not listed in the Möller opus list. the church soon began work on a new building; the new 1924 sanctuary became the home of a new Austin that grew to 231 ranks. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> January 1916 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

     Hanover, Pennsylvania
     St. Matthew's Lutheran Church

     Möller   3/31   (not built)
     _______________________________________________

     GREAT                     CHOIR
 16' Open Diapason          8' English Open Diapason
  8' Open Diapason          8' Concert Flute
  8' Grossflöte             8' Dulciana
* 8' Melodia                8' Erzähler           CH
* 8' Erzähler               4' Flauto Traverso
* 8' Viole d'Gamba          2' Piccolo Harmonique
* 4' Octave                 8' Clarinet
* 4' Flute d'Amour             Tremolo
  8' Tuba
                               ECHO
  *  enclosed w/CH          8' Viole d'Amour
                            8' Unda Maris
     SWELL                  8' Echo Flute
 16' Bourdon                4' Fern Flute
  8' Open Diapason          8' Vox Humana
  8' Gedeckt                   Tremolo
  8' Viole d'Orchestre         Chimes
  8' Viole Celeste
  8' Aeoline                   PEDAL
  4' Flute Harmonique      16' Open Diapason
  8' Cornopean             16' Bourdon
  8' Oboe                  16' Violone            GT
     Tremolo               16' Lieblich Gedeckt   SW
                            8' Octave             12
                            8' Violoncello        GT

[Received online from Jeff Scofield December 20, 2011]

Documents

Write-up from THE DIAPASON July 1916 Stoplist and commentary -Jeff Scofield