Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus R-521 (1955)

Evangelical and Reformed Church / Myerstown U.C.C.: Sanctuary
306 W Main Ave.
Myerstown, PA

Images

2017-09-24 - Sanctuary chancel with organ chambers in front (Church Facebook page/Jim Stettner)

2021-11-07 - Front choir gallery with pipe chambers (Church Facebook page/Jim Stettner)

2024-06-30 - Church interior (Church Facebook via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
33 stops
25 registers
4 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)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2012-06-03 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Rebuild of existing organ. -Database Manager

2012-12-31 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Originally installed as Moller op. 4251 in 1925, the contract was for a rebuild with tonal changes and a new console. -Database Manager

2013-06-13 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2024-04-17 - Updated through online information from Scott Siciliano: The church's congregation is in process of closing and the building was recently purchased by another congregation. I do not know if the current Moller organ will remain with the building or not, though I am inquiring into this with our conference. -Jim Stettner

2025-01-07 - The building was sold to the Evangelical Christian Baptist Church, a mostly Ukrainian-Russian congregation. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the factory specifications via the OHS Archives Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

 Stoplist copied from the factory specifications

       Myerstown, Pennsylvania
       Myerstown Evangelical & Reformed Church

       Moller   Op. 4251   1925
       Moller   Op. R-521  1955
       ________________________________________________

       GREAT (unencl)              SWELL
    8' Diapason        73      16' Quintaton         73 n
    8' Bourdon         73 n     8' Geigen Diapason   73
    4' Principal       73       8' Stopped Flute     73
    4' Flute Harmonic  73       8' Viole d'Orchestre 73
   II  Grave Mixture  122 n     8' Viole Celeste     61
       Tremolo                  4' Principal         73
       Sub                      4' Orchestral Flute  12
       Unison Off             III  Plein Jeu        183 n
       Super                    8' Trompette         73 n
       Chimes          20       8' Vox Humana        61
                                4' Oboe Clarion      73
       CHOIR                       Tremolo
    8' Concert Flute   73          Sub
    8' Gemshorn        73          Unison Off
    8' Dulciana        73          Super
    4' Rohrflote       73
2 2/3' Nazard          61 n        PEDAL
    2' Flautino        --      16' Principal         32
    8' Clarinet        61      16' Bourdon           32
       Tremolo                 16' Quintaton         GT
       Sub                      8' Principal         12
       Unison Off               8' Bourdon           12
       Super                    4' Super Octave      12
       Harp            49       4' Flute Harmonic    GT
                                2' Fifteenth         12
    n  New pipework            II  Sesquialtera      64

   [Received online from Jeff Scofield December 30, 2012]

Documents

(1955-01-28) Factory specifications via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield