M. P. Möller Opus 281 (1900)

c. 1900 - Organ facade (Photograph from an archival source: Vintage postcard, submitted by Rick Erickson/Rick Erickson)

1901-01-02 - Sanctuary & Sunday School Auditorium Pipe Facades (Photograph from the Church Archives; image courtesy of Timothy E. Conyers/Database Manager)

Unknown - Chancel and Pipe Facade ((ca. 1961) Photograph from a bulletin in the Church Archives; image courtesy of Timothy E. Conyers/Database Manager)

Unknown - Keydesk ((ca. 1950) Photograph from the Church Archives; image courtesy of Timothy E. Conyers/Database Manager)

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2015-02-01 - Updated through online information from Timothy E. Conyers. -- The sanctuary had semi-circular seating with the pulpit platform and pipe organ located in the southeast corner. The choir was seated behind the pulpit. The instrument had an inverted "L" shaped pipe facade with the two halves separated by an architectural ceiling support pier. The larger facade faced into the sanctuary and the smaller facade into the Sunday School auditorium. The two rooms could be separated by partitions that pulled down from the ceiling. Both pipe facades had attached keydesks. In old photographs, the Sunday School console appears to be smaller with fewer stops. It evidently had limited access to the main organ. The Sunday School auditorium keydesk and facade were removed ca. 1967 when the sanctuary was remodeled. A portion of the old Sunday School area then became the new choir loft. The pulpit platform was remodeled into a formal chancel arrangement with pulpit, lectern, and altar table. The organ was completely removed from this corner and a large cross was placed on a newly constructed wall where the pipe facade had originally been. The old pipe chamber became part of the new hallway between the old and new wings of the church building. Contrary to popular belief, the instrument was not trashed! This misunderstanding is possibly due to the removal of the pipe facades and two keydesks. Church archives indicate a portion of this instrument was rebuilt in 1969 and incorporated into a newer and larger instrument for the congregation, (M.P. Möller, Opus 10450). -Database Manager

2015-05-06 - Updated through online information from Timothy E. Conyers. -- "Winchester Journal" Newspaper clipping dated January 2, 1901. "...Main Organ, two manuals Compass CC to C4-61 notes. Pedals, Compass CCC to F-30 notes. Annex organ, one manual, Compass CC to C4 - 61 notes. Pedals, Compass CCC to F-30 notes. Summary: Great Organ, 8 stops, 488 pipes, Swell, 9 stops, 476 pipes, Pedal, 2 stops, 60 pipes. Mechanical registers, 6. Total: Stops 25, Pipes 1024 <br> The power for pumping the bellows is furnished by a Ross Engine which is perfectly automatic....this instrument which weighs five tons and contains 1024 speaking pipes and three manuals and 25 stops with mechanical accessories for regulation and adjustment. <br> The opening of the new Pipe Organ on the evening of Friday, December 28, [1900], was one of the most highly entertaining and pleasing events of the season. The services of Prof. C. F. Hansen, the blind organist, had been secured...with the announcement that Miss Irma Moyer, of Troy, Ohio, and Mrs. Cheney and Mrs. Kennon, of this city, would favor the people with vocal selections was sufficient to bring out between four hundred and fifty and five hundred people." -Database Manager

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