Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus R-533 (1956)

First Baptist Church: Sanctuary
1328 Sixteenth St. NW
Washington, DC

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

Images

2016-10-09 - Church exterior (Jim Cook/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
2 manuals
27 stops
18 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2012-06-16 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Rebuild of existing organ of 1949. Replaced in 2012 by 5/118 Austin Op. 2795. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Washington, District of Columbia
       First Baptist Church

       Möller   Op. R-533   1949/1956   2/25
       __________________________________________________________________________

       GREAT                    SWELL                      GREAT
    8' Diapason      61 *    8' Rohrflöte       73 *   16' Contrebasse         32 a
    8' Bourdon       61      8' Viole de Gambe  73     16' Bourdon             32 b
    8' Gemshorn      61 *    8' Viole Celeste   61     16' Gedeckt             12 SW
    4' Octave        61      4' Principal       73 *    8' Octave              12
    4' Flute         12      4' Harmonic Flute  73      8' Bourdon             12
2 2/3' Octave Quint  61 *  III  Plein Jeu      183 *    8' Gedeckt             GT
    2' Super Octave  61      8' Trompette       73 *    4' Super Octave        12
   IV  Fourniture   183 *    4' Clarion         73 *    4' Bourdon             12
  III  Cymbel       183 *       Tremolo                 2' Octavin             12
       Tremolo                  Sub                    16' Double Trompette 12 SW
       Sub                      Unison Off
       Unison Off               Super
       Super
       Chimes        25      *  new pipework

    a  1-12 new pipes; 13-up present GT 8' Diapason
    b  1-44 present pipes; 45-up new pipes

                  [Received online from Jeff Scofield June 16, 2012]

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