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Burger & Schafer (1975)

The Presbyterian Church of La Porte
307 Kingsbury Ave.
La Porte, IN

Images

2019-11-08 - Organ pipe display and choir gallery (Photograph by John Gouwens/Database Manager)

2019-11-08 - Added Great 8' Trompette En Chamade (Photograph by John Gouwens/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
2 manuals
16 stops
26 registers
3 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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

2019-12-21 - Burger & Shafer were the Moller reps. This was the addition of an 8' Trompette en Chamade to the Great. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist from James R. Stettner Source: Stoplist from factory specifications; updated from OHS Database console photos Date not recorded

La Porte, Indiana
First Presbyterian Church

M.P. MÖLLER, Opus 10469, 1968
Burger & Shafer, Before 1975 - Added Trompette En Chamade


GREAT                                        COUPLERS
8      Principal                 61          Swell to Pedal                [8]
8      Rohrflöte                 61          Great to Pedal                [8]
4      Octave                    61
2      Blockflöte                61          Swell to Great             16,[8],4
III-IV Fourniture               220
8      Trompette En Chamade      61
       Tremolo                               FINGER PISTONS
       Chimes                                General                       1 - 5
                                             Swell                         1 - 4      
Great 4                                      Great                         1 - 4
                                               Gr. to Ped.                 (rev)
                                             SFZ                             ?
SWELL (Expressive)                           Set                             ?
8      Gedeckt                   61          Gen Can                         ?
8      Viola d'Amore             61
8      Viola Celeste       (GG)  54
4      Nachthorn                 61          TOE STUDS
2      Prinzipal                 61          General                       1 - 5
1 1/3  Larigot                   61          Pedal                         1 - 4
II     Cymbal                   122          Gr. to Ped.                   (rev)
8      Trompette                 61          Sforz                           ?
4      Trichter Regal            61
       Tremolo
                                             PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell 16                                     Swell Expression             (bal.)
Swell Unison Off                             Crescendo                    (bal.)
Swell


PEDAL
16     Contra Bass               32
16     Gedeckt             (Sw)  12          ACTION: E-P
8      Principal                 12
8      Gedeckt             (Sw)  –-          VOICES: 16
4      Octave                    12
4      Gedeckt             (Sw)  –-          STOPS: 26; inc. chimes
II     Rausch Quinte       (pf)  –-
16     Double Trumpet     (L/2)  12          RANKS: 20
8      Trumpet             (Sw)  –-
4      Clarion             (Sw)  –-          PIPES: 1,208


NOTES
The organ is installed in front on the left side. The console is in fixed
position with the organist facing into the room – organ to their right.
Sometime before 1975, the Great Trompette En Chamade was added by Burger &
Shafer who were the Möller Reps. The organ had later additions.

Sources: M.P. Möller opus list; Factory specifications on OHS Database;
                photos added to OHS Database


First Presbyterian Church
307 Kingsbury Ave.
La Porte, IN. 46350

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