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M. P. Möller Opus M-6218 (1990)

St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church
116 E. Second St.
Frederick, MD

Images

2022-07-12 - Sanctuary and altar (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1903 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022-07-12 - Church interior to front (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022-07-12 - Church interior to rear (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
13 stops
23 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets 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)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

2012-07-01 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- This contract was for tonal changes and additions. -Database Manager

2022-07-28 - When completed in 1837, the building was the largest Roman Catholic church in the United States. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

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

        Frederick, Maryland
        St. John the Evangelist R. C. Church

        Möller   Op. 4521     1946   Originally installed Colonial Park
                                     Reformed Church (UCC), Harrisburg PA
        Unknown               1960s  Moved to Frederick MD
        Möller   Op. R-938    1975   Rebuild
        Möller   Op. M-6218   1990   Tonal changes and additions
        _____________________________________________________________________________

        GREAT (encl w/SW)            SWELL                        PEDAL
     8' Principal      61 a       8' Holzgedackt      85 c    32' Untersatz        -- f
     8' Hohlflöte      73 a       8' Salicional       73 a    16' Subbass          44 a
     8' Salicional     SW         8' Voix Celeste     61 a     8' Bassflöte        --
     4' Octave         73 b       4' Geigen Principal 73 d    32' Bombarde Cornet  -- f
     2' Super Octave   SW         4' Koppelflöte      --      16' Contre Trompette 12 
    II  Sesquialtera  122         2' Octavin          61 a     4' Schalmei         SW g
III-IV  Mixture       224 c   1 1/3' Quintflöte       --
        Super                III-IV  Scharf           36 e
                                  8' Trompette        73
                                  4' Schalmei         61 c
                                     Tremolo
                                     Sub
                                     Unison Off
                                     Super

     a  present pipes & action     
     b  new pipes
     c  new pipes & action
     d  1-61 present Geigen pipes; 62-73 new pipes
     e  36 new pipes and action; 1-49 from GT Mixture
     f  by toe lever
     g  new tilting tablet, not on combinations

       [Received online from Jeff Scofield June 30, 2012]

Documents

(1989-10-10) Factory specifications via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield

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