M. P. Möller
Opus 11806, 1991
Spencerville Seventh-day Adventist Church
Sanctuary
16325 New Hampshire Ave.
Silver Spring, MD, US
78 Ranks - 4,478 Pipes
Instrument ID: 27549 ● Builder ID: 3912 ● Location ID: 24273
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STOPLISTS
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Movable Console
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal7 Divisions55 Stops97 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Computerized/Digital
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
Completely destroyed in a fire, 8 August 2024; the fire apparently originated in the audio-visual booth.
Jeff Scofield on May 16th, 2023:
According to the church website and a video describing work on the organ, the organ was to be extensively refurbished ca. 2020-2022, including a new console in 2021 and repairs to collapsing pipework.
Database Manager on February 22nd, 2017:
In 1989, Frank & Dolly DeHaan, former members of Spencerville Church, made a generous donation for the purchase of a fine pipe organ. In time, several families in the congregation joined together to finance the antiphonal organ, and the congregation agreed to sponsor a number of acoustical improvements to the sanctuary. In December of 1988, the M. P. Moller Company of Hagerstown, Maryland, the world's largest builder of pipe organs at the time, was chosen to build the instrument. Installation took place during the spring and summer of 1991. The organ was inaugurated on September 21, 1991, in a recital by Simon Preston of London, and dedicated by the congregation on October 26, 1991.
Database Manager on June 30th, 2012:
Updated through online information from Connor Annable.
Database Manager on April 6th, 2012:
Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield.
Database Manager on August 25th, 2007:
Identified by Jeff Scofield through information in Möller factory documents.
Webpage Links: Fire breaks out in Seventh Day Adventist Church
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