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M. P. Möller (Opus 3355, 1922)

Location:

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
Lamont St. and Veterans Way
Johnson City, TN 37604 US
Protestant Chapel
Organ ID: 43959

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Hospitals, retirement/nursing homes, etc.
  • The organ has an unknown or unreported status.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jim Stettner on December 04, 2021.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Information unknown or not applicable
  • 7 ranks. 386 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 7 stops. 12 registers.
All:
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 7
  • Registers: 12
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Tubular-pneumatic connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with roll top.
  • Stop Controls: Stop keys above top manual.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
  • Has Crescendo Pedal
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Toe Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from Jeff Scofield on November 28, 2021.
William Dunklin on December 02, 2021:

Moller opus 3355 and 3356 were ordered as a pair. The facility is a protestant chapel and a Roman Catholic chapel which, in effect, share a common narthex. Opus 3355 was installed in the protestant chapel's chancel. Opus 3356 was installed in the Roman Catholic chapel's rear balcony.

Organ 3355 has 1-15 of the Open Diapason in the center flat of the facade. All other facade pipes are dummies.

Both organs are slated for removal during a major facility renovation in 2022.

Both organs were originally tubular pneumatic. Both were given new consoles and electro-pneumatic primaries on the original chests during the 1960s. Both organs appear to have become dereletic in the 1980s.

The plan as of this writing is for 3355 to be removed to expose central window in the chancel. Ultimate fate of this organ TBD.

We received the most recent update for this note from William Dunklin on December 02, 2021.
Jeff Scofield on November 28, 2021:

The Home is still in operation and is part of the Quillen College of Medicine at East Tennessee State University, Johnson City.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jeff Scofield on November 28, 2021.
Database Manager on September 30, 2009:

Identified through information in List of More than 5200 Moller Pipe Organs (Hagerstown, Maryland. M. P. Möller, 1928).

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Courtesy of the OHS Archives: Open In New Tab
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Jim Stettner on December 04, 2021.
Factory Specifications: Open In New Tab Factory Specifications
Document created on 1922-03-16
We received the most recent update for this document from Jeff Scofield on November 28, 2021.

Instrument Images:

Chapel: Photograph from an archival source: stateoffranklin.net, submitted by Jeff Scofield.

Organ facade: Photograph by William Dunklin. Taken on 2021-11-29

Interior of swell box showing diatonic pipe layout: Photograph by William Dunklin. Taken on 2021-11-29

Moller opus 3355, Great Open Diapason 8' 42 scale, Note F, dated 1922: Photograph by William Dunklin.

4' Flute Traverso (not harmonic) hand written note on cap and block is April 24. Presumably April 24, 1922.: Photograph by William Dunklin. Taken on 2021-11-29

Vox Humana and enclosure mounted on the swell box rear wall: Photograph by William Dunklin. Taken on 2021-11-29

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