M. P. Möller (Opus 8539, 1953)

Location:

St. Paul's Episcopal Church
6050 N. Meridian Street
Indianapolis, IN 46208 US
Organ ID: 16079

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Episcopal and Anglican Churches
  • The organ has been rebuilt or substantially revised.
  • The organ's condition is not playable.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Paul R. Marchesano on February 14, 2023.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: EP pitman
  • 36 ranks. 2,485 pipes. 4 divisions. 3 manuals. 35 stops. 30 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): EP pitman chests
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 3
  • Divisions: 4
  • Stops: 35
  • Registers: 30
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with roll top.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in vertical rows on angled jambs.
  • Combination Action: Adjustable combination pistons.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
  • Has Crescendo Pedal
  • Has Tutti Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Tutti Reversible Toe Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Toe Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Toe Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Paul R. Marchesano on February 14, 2023:

Alterations to the organ were numerous and frequent, beginning nearly immediately after it was finished. John Schleigh of the Moller firm was dispatched to Indianapolis in the spring of 1954 to soften the voicing of the Swell principal chorus and portions of the Great and Choir divisions. The Positiv division, placed on the rear wall of the nave, proved to be so unsatisfactory that Moller agreed to pay half the cost of relocating the Sesquialtera and Zimbel to the front organ. In 1962 the remaining Positiv ranks were relocated to the front, and display pipes from stored ranks were placed on the Positiv chest for cosmetic reasons. Other ranks in storage completely disappeared. A 16' Fagot was added to the Pedal division the year preceding. Also, the Choir enclosure shades were removed, particularly so that the Great 16' Quintaton would be unenclosed. At a later date the shades were reinstalled. The Swell 8' Trornpette and Choir 8' Krummhorn were exchanged. A Swell string rank (the Echo Salicional?) was deemed "useless" and cut to 2⅔' pitch, declared unsuccessful, and removed entirely. A similar trick performed on the 8' Gemshorn Celeste yielded the same result. A new 1⅓' rank was installed instead. -- 2007 OHS Atlas

We received the most recent update for this note from Paul R. Marchesano on February 14, 2023.

Database Manager on March 15, 2009:

Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Renovated by Goulding & Wood in 1979 and replaced in 2007 by 4/90 Casavant Op. 3856.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Database Manager on April 04, 2005:

Renovated in 1979 by Goulding & Wood. (Source: Pipe Organ Registry, prepared in 1983 for the AGO regional convention by the Indianapolis Chapter, AGO.)

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist Copied from the factory specifications
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Paul R. Marchesano on February 14, 2023.

2007 OHS Atlas: Open In New Tab
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Paul R. Marchesano on February 14, 2023.

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