Pipe Organ Database

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M. P. Möller (Opus 11723, 1987)

Location:

Northbrook Presbyterian Church
22055 W. Fourteen Mile Rd.
Birmingham, MI 48025 US
Sanctuary
Organ ID: 27675

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Presbyterian Churches
  • The organ has been altered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is good, in regular use.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Roman Lizak on May 04, 2023.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: EP pitman
  • 38 ranks. 2,116 pipes. 4 divisions. 3 manuals. 27 stops. 39 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): EP pitman 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.
Main:
  • Manuals: 3
  • Divisions: 4
  • Stops: 27
  • Registers: 39
  • Position: Movable console.
  • 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 without cover.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in vertical rows on angled jambs.
  • Combination Action: Computerized/Digital system.
  • 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.
Jeff Scofield on November 10, 2022:

The organ received the discarded 32' Quintaton from Moller Op. 8888, St. James Episcopal in New York City, when that organ was removed in 2005 and replaced by a Schoenstein.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jeff Scofield on November 10, 2022.
Database Manager on July 05, 2008:

Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Church website says "MIDI and a host of electronic additions added since the organ installed."

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on August 28, 2007:

Identified by Jeff Scofield through information in Möller factory documents.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on February 11, 2019.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist copied from the factory specifications
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Factory specifications, via Roman Lizak: Open In New Tab Stoplist and accessories
Document created on 1986-06-19
We received the most recent update for this document from Jeff Scofield on May 02, 2023.

Instrument Images:

Sanctuary interior: Photograph by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 1994-05-18

Console: Photograph by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 1994-05-18

Church exterior: Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken approx. 2014