M. P. Möller
Opus 7650, 1948
Dutch Reformed Church
11 Molteno St, Goodwood, Cape Town
Cape Town, ZA
6 Ranks
Instrument ID: 34217 ● Builder ID: 3912 ● Location ID: 30346
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Builder: M. P. Möller
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
2 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal2 Divisions6 Stops19 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Jim Stettner on August 1st, 2020:
Updated through online information by Adriaan Roux. -- When the organ was installed in the building, then named NG Elsies Rivier, in 1947 by Cooper, Gill and Tomkins of South Africa the area in which the church was built was known as Elsie's River. In subsequent years the area names or rather the borders of the suburbs moved around. The church now stands in Vrjizee, Goodwood, Cape Town, and Elsie's River is a few kilometers away from where it once was. The name of the congregation has been NG Vrjizee since about the 1950's or 60's when the area name changed The organ is very largely unaltered. The windchests and pipes are all original. The switching system of the organ was replaced in the 1990's by a SSLL system of England. The pneumatic setter system of the console was also replaced by solenoids. The console has been moved around a lot inside the church since 1947, and this must have been the reason for replacing the pneumatic motors with solenoids.
Updated through online information by Adriaan Roux. -- When the organ was installed in the building, then named NG Elsies Rivier, in 1947 by Cooper, Gill and Tomkins of South Africa the area in which the church was built was known as Elsie's River. In subsequent years the area names or rather the borders of the suburbs moved around. The church now stands in Vrjizee, Goodwood, Cape Town, and Elsie's River is a few kilometers away from where it once was. The name of the congregation has been NG Vrjizee since about the 1950's or 60's when the area name changed The organ is very largely unaltered. The windchests and pipes are all original. The switching system of the organ was replaced in the 1990's by a SSLL system of England. The pneumatic setter system of the console was also replaced by solenoids. The console has been moved around a lot inside the church since 1947, and this must have been the reason for replacing the pneumatic motors with solenoids.
Database Manager on April 11th, 2008:
Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr.
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