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Unknown Builder (2013 ca.)

Residence: Unidentified
Southington, CT

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
3 stops
19 registers
1 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
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: None

Notes

2021-11-07 - This organ was originally built for Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. This is a stock model, 3-rank Möller 'Portable' with the attached keydesk which can be pushed inside the case for transport. The three ranks are: Octave Conique (49p), Lieblich Gedeckt (85p), and Salicet (61p). It was for sale by the Leek Organ Co. in 2013 for $7,500.00. It was acquired by an organist in Southington, CT. ca. 2013, and then sold to the Shafer family in Willimantic, CT. in September 2017. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist taken from photos of the organ on Craigslist in November 2021 November 2021

Southington, Connecticut
Residence: Unidentified

M.P. MÖLLER, Opus 7209, 1945 - Original Specifications
Unknown Builder, ca. 2013 - Moving and re-installation


GREAT (Expressive)           SWELL (Expressive)           PEDAL (Expressive)
8     Diapason Conique       8     Lieblich Gedeckt       16    Bourdon
8     Lieblich Gedeckt       8     Salicional             8     Lieblich Gedeckt
8     Salicional             8     Quintadena (Syn.)      4     Octave
4     Octave Conique         4     Lieblich Flute         2-2/3 Quint
2-2/3 Quint                  4     Salicet                2     Super Octave
2     Super Octave           2-2/3 Nazard
                             2     Piccolo
                             8     Oboe (Syn.)
                                   Tremolo


STOP / RANK / PIPE ANALYSIS
16    Bourdon                (Ped)  12   Extension of the 8' Lieblich Gedeckt.
8     Diapason Conique        (Gt)  --   From the 4' Octave Conique. 1-12 from
                                            the 8' Lieblich Gedeckt.
8     Lieblich Gedeckt (Gt/Sw/Ped)  61
8     Salicional           (Gt/Sw)  --   From the 4' Salicet. 1-12 from the 8'
                                            Lieblich Gedeckt.
8     Quintadena (Syn.)       (Sw)  --   Synthetic. Draws the 8' Salicional and
                                            2-2/3' Nazard.
4     Octave Conique      (Gt/Ped)  49   Top octave from the Lieblich Gedeckt
                                            unit.
4     Octave                 (Ped)  –-   Same as the 4' Octave Conique.
4     Lieblich Flute          (Sw)  12   Extension of the 8' Lieblich Gedeckt.
                                            Top 5 pipes break back to 8' pitch.
4     Salicet                 (Sw)  61 
2-2/3 Nazard                  (Sw)  --   From the Lieblich Gedeckt unit. Breaks
                                            back to 4' pitch at c# 50.
2-2/3 Quint                  (Ped)  –-   From the Octave Conique unit.
2-2/3 Quint                   (Gt)  --   From the Salicet unit. Top 7 notes rpt.
2     Super Octave           (Ped)  --   From the 4' Octave Conique.
2     Super Octave            (Gt)  --   From the 4' Salicet. Top octave repeats.
2     Piccolo                 (Sw)  --   From the Lieblich Gedeckt unit. Breaks
                                            back to 4' pitch at g# 45, and to 8'
                                            pitch at g# 57.
8     Oboe (Syn.)             (Sw)  --   Synthetic. Draws the 8' Salicional, 4'
                                            Lieblich Flute, and 2-2/3' Nazard.
      Tremolo                 (Sw)       Affects the entire instrument.
      Chimes                  (Gt)       Prepared-for or removed.


PIPE SUMMARY

4' Octave Conique             16' Bourdon/Lieb. Ged.        4' Salicet
49 pipes                      85 pipes                      61 pipes


COUPLERS                                     PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell to Great                  [8]          Expression                   (bal.)
                                             Crescendo                    (bal.)


ACTION: E-P unit       VOICES: 3       STOPS: 19       RANKS: 3       PIPES: 195


NOTES
This organ was originally built for Bowling Green State University on Bowling
Green, Ohio. This is a stock model, 3-rank Möller 'Portable' with the attached
keydesk which can be pushed inside the case for transport. The three ranks are:
Octave Conique (49p), Lieblich Gedeckt (85p), and Salicet (61p). It was for sale
by the Leek Organ Co. in 2013 for $7,500.00.

It was acquired by an organist in Southington, CT., and then sold to the Shafer
family in Willimantic, CT. in September 2017.

Sources: Möller opus list; JRS; photos of the extant organ

Residence: Unidentified
Southington, CT.                             Documented: November 6, 2021

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