Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller (Opus 8768, 1957)

Location:

First Presbyterian Church
2344 Center Street
Bethlehem, PA 18017 US
Organ ID: 24586

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Status and Condition:

This instrument's location type is: Presbyterian Churches
The organ has been rebuilt or substantially revised.
The organ's condition is unknown.

We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

Chests: Electro-pneumatic (EP)
48 ranks. 4 divisions. 3 manuals. 53 stops. 39 registers.

Divisions

All:

Chest Type(s): Electro-pneumatic (EP) chests
Position: In side chambers at the front of the room. No visible pipes.

We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Consoles

Main:

Manuals: 3
Divisions: 4
Stops: 53
Registers: 39
Position: Console in fixed position, left.
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.

Notes

Database Manager on November 03, 2009:

Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield.  -- Casavant added an 8-stop Positiv in 1970 and a new 9-stop Great in 1971; in 1977, Möller rebuilt and enlarged the organ to 3/94 as Op. R-106.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on February 11, 2019.

Database Manager on November 10, 2006:

Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner.  -- Cost of organ was $54,000.00. A year after its installation, the pastor and his wife gave a memorial set of chimes. Shortly thereafter, an 8' Vox Humana from the 1927 Skinner Op. 662 at the Eugene Grace Mansion in Bethlehem was installed in the Swell division.

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

Database Manager on November 09, 2006:

Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner.

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

Stoplists

Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist from <i>The Diapason</i> February 1957
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Ardmore Organist Gives Recital: Open In New Tab Description of an organ dedication recital by Miss Claribel Thomson AAGO on 3/3/1957 published in The Morning Call (Allentown PA).
Document created on 1957-03-04
We received the most recent update for this document from Craig A. Otto on December 26, 2021.