Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller (1989)

First Presbyterian Church
1215 Virginia Episcopal School Rd.
Lynchburg, VA

Images

1997-08-26 - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1997-08-26 - Antiphonal exposed pipes (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1997-08-26 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1997-08-26 - Church exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2017-05-31 - Console (Photograph by Cory Whittier/Database Manager)

2017-05-31 - Organ Chambers (Photograph by Cory Whittier/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
36 stops
53 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

2012-04-29 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Originally installed in 1952 as Möller 3/36 Op. 8303; Antiphonal added in 1979 as Möller Op. A-8303. -Database Manager

2012-04-30 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2017-06-01 - Updated by Cory Whittier, who has heard or played the organ. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Date not recorded

     Lynchburg, Virginia
     First Presbyterian Church

     Möller   Op. 8303    1951   3/36
     Möller   Op. R-204   1989   3/53
     ___________________________________________________

       GREAT                                   CHOIR (Expressive)
16'    Erzähler      CH/PD  --          8'     Concert Flute        73
8'     Principal            61 *        8'     Erzähler             73
8'     Harmonic Flute       61          8'     Erzähler Celeste     73
8'     Gemshorn             61          4'     Principal            61 *
4'     Octave               61 *        4'     Nachthorn            73
4'     Harmonic Flute       12          2 2/3' Nasard               61
2'     Fifteenth            61 *        2'     Octave               61 *
IV     Fourniture          244 *        1 3/5' Tierce               61
III    Cymbale             183 a        IV     Scharf              244
                                        8'     Krummhorn            73
Sub                                     8'     Harmonic Trumpet     73
Unison Off                                     Tremulant
Super                           
                                         Sub
                                         Unison Off
       SWELL (Expressive)                Super
8'     Rohrflöte            73
8'     Viola da Gamba       73
8'     Viola Celeste        73                  PEDAL
8'     Flauto Dolce         73          32'     Bourdon         el  --
8'     Flute Celeste        73          16'     Principal           32
4'     Principal            73 *        16'     Gamba         (Sw)  12
4'     Flauto Traverso      73          16'     Rohrbourdon   (Sw)  12
2'     Piccolo              12          16'     Erzähler      (Ch)  12
III    Plein Jeu           183 *        8'      Principal           12
III    Cymbale             183          8'      Viola da Gamba (Sw) --
16'    Fagotto              73          8'      Rohrbourdon    (Sw) --
8'     Trompette            73          4'      Principal           32
8'     Oboe                 12          IV      Mixture            128
4'     Clairon              73          32'     Bombarde      (el)  --
       Tremulant                        16'     Trombone      (Ch)  12
                                        16'     Fagotto       (Sw)  --
Sub                                     8'      Trumpet       (Sw)  --                         
Unison Off                              4'      Clarion          SW
Super                                   4'      Harmonic Clarion CH

       ANTIPHONAL (exposed)
8'     Bourdon              61
4'     Principal            61
III    Mixture             183

  *  new pipework
  a  61 miscellaneous present pipes, 122 new pipes

    [Received online from Jeff Scofield April 30, 2012]

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