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M. P. Möller Opus 3835 (1924)

First Evangelical Church / Calvary United Methodist Church: Sanctuary; front
115 East 1st Street
Oil City, PA

Images

2021-05-21 - Organ case/facade [cropped] (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2021-05-21 - Chancel with organ (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Chancel

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
2 manuals
11 stops
30 registers
3 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
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

2023-12-25 - Identified through information in List of More than 5200 Moller Pipe Organs (Hagerstown, Maryland. M. P. Möller, 1928). -Jim Stettner

2024-01-04 - At time of purchase and delivery, the church was known as First Evangelical Church. -Drew Childs

Stoplist

from 1923 Möller Factory Contract Source: From 1923 Möller Factory Contract 1923

GREAT (Expressive) (73-note chest, 5" wind, pitched at A-440) Open Diapason 8 (61 pipes (scale 42)), Fute Major (Gross Flute) 8 (73 pipes), Gedacht 8 (73 pipes), Dulciana 8 (73 pipes), Viole d'Orchestre 8 (73 pipes), Octave 4 (61 notes, Sw. Vln. Diap. 8'), Flute Traverso 4 (73 pipes (indep. rank)), Oboe 8 (73 pipes (Gottfried "Keyhole")), Chimes, Great 16', Great 4', Swell to Great 16', Swell to Great 8', Swell to Great 4'

SWELL (Expressive) Violin Diapason 8 (73 pipes), Stopped Diapason 8 (73 notes, Gt. Gedacht), Dolce 8 (73 notes, Gt. Dulciana), Viole d'Orchestre 8 (73 notes, Gt.), Viole Celeste (Tenor C) 8 (61 Pipes), Flute 4 (73 notes, Gt. Flute Traverso), Oboe 8 (73 notes, Gt.), Vox Humana 8 (73 Pipes (separate swell box)), Tremulant, Swell 16', Swell 8', Unison Separation

PEDAL (Expressive) Bourdon 16 (32 pipes), Lieblich Gedeckt 16 (32 notes, Pd. Bourdon)

Unknown

Documents

Möller Contract & Specifications Made available from the archives of the Organ Historical Society -Drew Childs

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#44613 - Victor Organ, LLC (2003)