Pipe Organ Database

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M. P. Möller (Opus 9446, 1960)

Location:

Residence: Henry K. Beard
49 Hawthorne Rd
Barrington, IL 60010 US
Organ ID: 37657

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Private Residences
  • The organ has been relocated.
  • 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)
  • 17 ranks. 1,010 pipes. 4 divisions. 2 manuals. 24 stops. 14 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Electro-pneumatic (EP) chests
  • Position: Pipes exposed (in whole or in part) at the front of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 4
  • Stops: 24
  • Registers: 14
  • 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: 'Hold and Set' pneumatic/mechanical system.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
  • 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.
Database Manager on January 26, 2012:

Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on December 12, 2008:

Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. Organ relocated and rebuilt in 1990's by Fabry, Inc., for Barrington United Methodist Church, Barrington, Illinois. Organ burned with the church.

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 <i>The Diapason</i> September 1961
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Console: Möller Promotional Photo; collection of Jeff Scofield. Taken on 1958-05-23

Console and Pipe Display: Möller Promotional Photo; collection of Jeff Scofield. Taken on 1958-05-23

Pipe Display and Swell Box: Möller Promotional Photo; collection of Jeff Scofield. Taken on 1958-05-23