Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 401 (1902)

Candor Congregational Church: Sanctuary; front
134 Main Street
Candor, NY

OHS convention: 1980

Images

Spring 2019 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page (Deana Haner), submitted by James R. Stettner/James R. Stettner)

2022-03-04 - Organ case and keydesk (Photograph by Linden Foster/Linden Foster)

2022-03-04 - Organ case in front (Photograph by Linden Foster/Linden Foster)

2014-12-24 - Organ case in chancel (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2021-09-06 - Organ case in front (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Postmarked 1907 - Church exterior (Vintage postcard/Linden Foster)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
16 stops
16 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: Fixed Mechanical
Has combination trundles

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1980. -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Cost, $2,000.00 -Database Manager

Stoplist

Annotated stoplist from 1980 OHS Handbook Source: 1980 OHS Handbook

GREAT (61 notes, all ranks 61 pipes) Open Diapason 8 (slotted, spotted, 44 scale, 17 zinc basses in case), Dulciana 8 (slotted, spotted, 12 zinc basses in case), Melodia 8 (open wood, 12 stopped basses), Principal 4 (spotted, coned), Flute d' Amour 4 (stopped wood, inverted mouths, 12 OMT), Octave Quint 2⅔ (spotted, coned), Super Octave 2 (spotted, coned)

SWELL (61 notes, enclosed) Geigen Principal 8 (61 pipes, spotted, slotted, 12 zinc basses outside box), Aeoline 8 (61 pipes, spotted, slotted, 5 capped metal basses), Vox Celeste (TC) 8 (49 pipes, spotted, slotted), Gedackt 8 (61 pipes, stopped wood, marked "Lb, Ged.", 12 OMT), Flauto Traverso 4 (61 pipes, open wood, inverted mouths, 12 OMT), Flautino 2 (61 pipes, spotted, coned, arched mouths), Oboe Gamba (TC) 8 (49 pipes, spotted, slotted, high tin content, brass roller), Tremolo

PEDAL (30 notes) Bourdon 16 (stopped wood), Lieblich Gedackt 16 (stopped wood), Pedal Check, Bellows Signal

COUPLERS Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Swell to Great

PEDAL MOVEMENTS (Double-acting, labelled pedals) Piano Great, Mezzo Great, Forte Great, Piano Swell, Forte Swell

Source: Stoplist taken from the console June 2012

Candor, New York
Congregational Church

M.P. Moller, Opus 401, 1902 - Original Specifications


      GREAT
8'    Open Diapason
8'    Dulciana
8'    Melodia
4'    Principal
4'    Flute D'amour
2 2/3'Octave Quint
2'    Super Octave


      SWELL (Expressive)
8'    Geigen Principal
8'    Gedeckt
8'    Aeoline
8'    Vox Celeste
4'    Flauto Traverso
2'    Flautino
8'    Oboe Gamba TC
      Tremolo


      PEDAL
16'   Bourdon
16'   Lieblich Gedackt
      Pedal Check


COUPLERS (Drawknob)
Swell to Pedal
Great to Pedal

Swell to Great


FOOT TRUNDLES  (Double-acting, labelled pedals)
Piano Great -

Mezzo Great -

Forte Great -

Piano Swell -

Forte Swell -
   

PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Expression     (bal.)


ACCESSORIES
Pedal Check
Bellows Signal


NOTES
This is the organs' original location.  Original cost of $2000.00


[Received from David Jackson 2012-07-18.]