Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2012-11-08 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by James R. Stettner, based on personal knowledge of the organ. -- The organ was a chambered installation, and is believed to have originally been installed in the rear gallery. It was relocated once within this edifice at an unspecified date, and by an unknown person or firm. The chamber had a wooden grille with five gold-painted metal dummy pipes displayed. In 1957 it was relocated to the parish's new facility. -Database Manager
2012-11-10 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager
Stoplist copied from the console June, 1994 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Wolf Point, Montana
First Evangelical Lutheran Church
M.P. MÖLLER, Opus 7597, 1948 - Original Specifications
GREAT (Expressive) SWELL (Expressive) PEDAL (Expressive)
8 Diapason 16 Bourdon 16 Bourdon
8 Gedeckt 8 Gedeckt 8 Diapason
8 Viole Dolce 8 Viole Dolce 8 Flute
4 Octave 4 Flute 4 Octave
4 Flute 4 Fugara 4 Flute
4 Fugara 2-2/3 Flute Twelfth
2-2/3 Viole Twelfth 2 Flautino
2 Viole Fifteenth 8 Trumpet
8 Trumpet blank
Chimes 4 Clarion
Tremolo
STOP / RANK / PIPE ANALYSIS
16 Bourdon (Sw/Ped) 12 Extension of the 8' Gedeckt. Tenor
C on the Swell.
8 Diapason (Gt/Ped) 61
8 Gedeckt (Gt/Sw) 61
8 Flute (Ped) -- Same as the 8' Gedeckt.
8 Viole Dolce (Gt/Sw) 61
4 Octave (Gt/Ped) 12 Extension of the 8' Diapason.
4 Flute (Gt/Sw/Ped) 12 Extension of the 8' Gedeckt.
4 Fugara (Gt/Sw) 12 Extension of the 8' Viole Dolce.
2-2/3 Flute Twelfth (Sw) 7 Extension of the 8' Gedeckt. Top
2 pipes break back.
2-2/3 Viole Twelfth (Gt) 7 Extension of the 8' Viole Dolce.
Top 2 pipes break back.
2 Flautino (Sw) 5 Extension of the 8' Gedeckt. All 5
pipes (top 7 notes) break back.
2 Viole Fifteenth (Gt) 5 Extension of the 8' Viole Dolce. All
5 pipes (top 7 notes) break back.
8 Trumpet (Gt/Sw) 61
4 Clarion (Sw) 12 Extension of the 8' Trumpet.
Tremolo (Sw) -- Affects the entire instrument.
Chimes (Gt) -- Console preparation.
PIPE SUMMARY
Diapason Gedeckt Viole Dolce Trumpet
73 pipes 97 pipes 85 pipes 73 pipes
COUPLERS FOOT LEVERS
Swell to Pedal [8] Gr. to Ped. Reversible (rev)
Great to Pedal [8]
Swell to Great [8] PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Expression (bal.)
Crescendo (bal.)
FINGER PISTONS
Full Organ 1 - 4
ACTION: E-P unit VOICES: 4 STOPS: 23 RANKS: 4 PIPES: 328
NOTES
When this congregation was seeking their first pipe organ, they made inquiries into two
companies: Möller, and the Verlinden Organ Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Verlinden
instrument was a stock model designated as V-10. It would have been a 2-manual and pedal
organ with 6 ranks, 414 pipes and only 12 speaking stops, but including an almost full
complement of intra-manual and inter-divisional couplers. The Great would have had an 8'
Open Diapason, 8' Melodia, and 8' Dulciana. The Swell would have had an 8' Salicional,
8, 4, 2-2/3 & 2' Stopped Diapason, and an 8' Vox Humana. A synthetic 8' Orchestral Oboe
was derived from the 8' Salicional and 2-2/3' Nazard. The Pedal had a 16' Bourdon exten-
sion of the Swell Stopped Diapason unit and borrowed the same at 8' pitch. The console
had preparation for future additions. The cost was given as $3,500.00 f.o.b. From
Milwaukee and did not include applicable taxes.
The Möller organ chosen was installed in a chamber in the rear gallery having a wooden
grille front containing a display of 5 gold-painted dummy facade pipes. The organ was
moved once within the original church before being relocated to the parish hall of the
new facility in 1957, which would serve as a sanctuary until the new worship space was
built in 1976 – at which time the organ was relocated once again.
Sources: M.P. Möller Opus List; Church history; JRS; Extant, relocated organ
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