Unknown Builder
Opus 7816, 1992ca.

Identified through on-line information from Timothy Foster. -- Two manual Moller Artiste, Opus 7818, 1948. Originally installed in Christ Episcopal Church in Kalispell, Montana. Sold in 1983 and moved to Pomona, California. It was "wedded" to a larger two manual Moller, also from Montana, in 1992, all being played from the Artiste console. Dismantled in 1999 and moved back to Montana where it is currently stored. The footprint of the case measures three feet deep, plus the extension of the pedalboard, eight feet long, and eight feet high. The six lowest pipes of the principal were at one time taken from the inside of the case and mounted on the left and right sides of the manuals. In this configuration it will fit under an eight foot ceiling. A Rohrshalmei and Contra Fagotto were preparred for but never installed. The pipework numbers approximately 290. The 8 foot manual stops share a common bass octave taken from the Bourdon rank. The organ contains some remains of early solid state switching, and it also includes a homemade chest and rank of small scale pipes to produce a separate Celeste rank, making a total of four ranks. It is suggested that the new owner have a pipe organ technician reassemble this instrument and include new solid state switching. Since we have never heard or played this organ, we have no knowledge of any missing parts. We have heard from a senior member of the Episcopal Church that she remembers this organ from her childhood and was enthralled with its "sweetness".