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M. P. Möller Opus 8353 (1952)

Grace Methodist Church
6199 Waterman Blvd.
St. Louis, MO

Images

1990-05-14 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1990-05-14 - Sanctuary Interior and Chancel (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1990-05-14 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Chamber Grillework (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1990-05-14 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
4 manuals
43 stops
61 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

2004-10-30 - Rebuilt 2000 by Robert Dial. -Database Manager

2009-02-28 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Rebuilt, enlarged and revised by Robert G. Dial in 2001, retaining all pipework. -Database Manager

2016-08-14 - The factory specification contains two full single-spaced pages of requirements by the church's organist, Howard Kelsey, who was also at Washington University; an example: "It is desired by the purchaser that light, clean upper voices of the soft registers shall provide mystical effects, free of fuzziness of tone." -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

St. Louis, Missouri
Grace Methodist Church

Möller   Op. 8353   1952   4/56

       GREAT (4 1/2" wind)         SWELL (4" wind)
   16' Violone 61              16' Flute Conique 73
    8' Diapason 61              8' Geigenprincipal 73
    8' Hohlflöte 61             8' Gedeckt 73
    8' Gemshorn 61              8' Flute Conique 12
    4' Principal 61             8' Flute Celeste tc 61
    4' Rohrflöte 61             8' Viole de Gambe 73
2 2/3' Quinte 61                8' Viole Celeste tc 61
    2' Super Octave 61          8' Echo Salicional (pf)
  III  Fourniture 183           4' Octave 73
       Super                    4' Traverse Flute 73
       Chimes                   2' Octavin 61
       Tower Carillon         III  Plein Jeu 183
                               16' Fagotto 73
       GREAT POSITIV (pf)       8' Trumpet 73
    8' Bordun                   8' Oboe 12
    4' Oktav                    8' Vox Humana 73 (in own box)
2 2/3' Nasat                    4' Clarion 73
    2' Spillflöte                  Tremolo
1 1/3' Spitzquint                  Sub
    1' Sifflöte                    Unison off
  III  Zimbel                      Super

       CHOIR (4 1/2" wind)         BOMBARDE (10" wind)
   16' Erzähler 73              4' Prestant (pf)
    8' Keraulophon 73          IV  Grand Mixture 244
    8' Nachthorn 73            16' Contre Trompette 73
    8' Erzähler 12              8' Trompette Harmonique 73
    8' Erzähler Celeste tc 61   4' Clairon Harmonique 73
    4' Spitzprincipal 73           Super
    4' Koppelflöte 73
    4' Erzähler 12                 PEDAL (5" wind)
    4' Erzähler Celeste 12     32' Contra Violone 12
2 2/3' Nazard 61               16' Contra Bass 32
    2' Waldflöte 61            16' Bourdon 32
1 3/5' Terz 61                 16' Violone GT
    8' Clarinet 73             16' Flute Conique SW
    8' English Horn (pf)       16' Erzähler CH
    8' French Horn (pf)    10 2/3' Quint GT (Violone)
       Tremolo                  8' Octave 32
       Sub                      8' Bourdon 12
       Unison Off               8' Violone GT
       Super                    8' Flute Conique SW
       Harp                     8' Erzähler CH
       Celesta                  4' Choralbass 32
                               II  Sesquialtera 64
       CHOIR POSITIV           32' Contra Fagotto (pf)
    8' Bordun                  16' Bombarde 32 (8" wind)
    4' Oktav                   16' Fagotto SW
2 2/3' Nasat                    8' Bombarde 12
    2' Spillflöte               8' Fagotto SW
1 1/3' Spitzquint               4' Bombarde 12
    1' Sifflöte
  III  Zimbel

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield March 01, 2009.]

 [Received on line from Jeff Scofield March 01, 2009.]

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