Relocation & rebuild w/ additions byM. P. Möller
Opus 2728, 1919

The Moller organ was a rebuild of the church’s 1891 Woodberry & Harris (see DB entry) rebuild of E. & G. G. Hook Opus 308 of 1862 (see DB entry). In a December 1938 THE AMERICAN ORGANIST article, Donald S. Barrows (the Christ Church organist at the time) had this to say about the 1919 Moller: “The Great Tuba unit . . . was placed in the open Pedal chamber . . . from whence its uncontrolled roar smothered the rest of the organ.” This differs from the 1919-07-27 published specification for Opus 2728 which states that the Tuba unit was “Enclosed in Choir Swell Box”. He also stated: “The Pedal 32’ Bourdon was a real register . . . was placed in the new <1919> Swell chamber on the third floor of the church tower. The 32’ upstairs behind the shutters could only be surely heard or felt by looking at the stopknob.” The location of the Moller Swell was acoustically disadvantageous as there is a heavy grille with narrow slits between the stone tower and the chancel. The Moller was in turn rebuilt by Buhl in 1938 (see DB entry) to correct these and other issues cited by Barrows in his TAO article.

This was a rebuild and enlargement of the existing organ; the church now has a relocated 1893 3/30 Hook & Hastings in the front and a 2008 2/37 GOArt/Yakota organ in the rear gallery.