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M. P. Möller (Opus 8767, 1955 ca.)

Location:

St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church / Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
35 North Ninth Street
Ashland, PA 17921 US
Sanctuary; front
Organ ID: 36181

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Lutheran Churches
  • The organ is unaltered 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 Jim Stettner on September 10, 2023.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Electro-pneumatic (EP)
  • 6 ranks. 442 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 27 stops. 30 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Electro-pneumatic (EP) chests
  • Position: In side chambers at the front of the room. No visible pipes.
  • Built by M. P. Möller
We received the most recent update for this division from Jack Umholtz on August 25, 2023.
Main:
  • Built by M. P. Möller
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 27
  • Registers: 30
  • Position: Console in fixed position, right.
  • 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: Tilting/rocking tablets above top manual.
  • Combination Action: No combination action.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
  • Has Crescendo Pedal
We received the most recent update for this console from Jack Umholtz on August 25, 2023.
Jack Umholtz on August 17, 2023:

Per the secretary of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church at 35 North Ninth Street, Good Shepherd is the result of a 1959 merger of Zion [German] Lutheran that was in the 1300 block of Market Street and St. James Lutheran at 35 North Ninth Street.

The merged churches continue to use the St. James Lutheran building at 35 North Ninth Street for worship services.

Having been a substitute organist at Good Shepherd for a Sunday morning service 35 (+) years ago, from memory I can confirm the organ is a 2/6 Moller Artiste, with the pipes installed in two, free standing cabinets in opposite corners of the front of the nave. The one cabinet housed the Principal and Bourdon, and a quint rank; the other housed a String (Salicional?), Celeste, and Trompette. I will be meeting with the church secretary in the next several weeks to photograph and better document this instrument.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on September 10, 2023.
Database Manager on July 13, 2008:

Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. Double ARTISTE.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on September 10, 2023.
Taken from Console.: Open In New Tab Originally published 08/24/23
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Jim Stettner on September 10, 2023.

Instrument Images:

Nave: Photograph by Jack Umholtz. Taken on 2023-08-24

Swell pipe enclosure, LH side of Chancel: Photograph by Jack Umholtz. Taken on 2023-08-24

Great pipe enclosure, RH side of Chancel: Photograph by Jack Umholtz. Taken on 2023-08-24

Console and Great pipe enclosure: Photograph by Jack Umholtz. Taken on 2023-08-24

Console: Photograph by Jack Umholtz. Taken on 2023-08-24

Great stoptabs: Photograph by Jack Umholtz. Taken on 2023-08-24

Swell stoptabs: Photograph by Jack Umholtz. Taken on 2023-08-24

Pedal stoptabs: Photograph by Jack Umholtz. Taken on 2023-08-24

Pedalboard and expression pedals: Photograph by Jack Umholtz. Taken on 2023-08-24

Church exterior: Photograph from an archival source: courtesy of Ashland Area Historic Preservation Society, submitted by Jack Umholtz. Taken approx. Before 1959.

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