Great Falls, Montana
First Congregational Church

M.P. MÖLLER, Opus 2710, 1918
M.P. Möller, Opus R-457, 1953 - Electrification and Rebuild


GREAT (Expressive)                           COUPLERS
   8'  Open Diapason                73          Swell to Pedal                [8],4
   8'  Doppel Floete                73          Great to Pedal                [8]
   8'  Melodia                      73
   8'  Dulciana                     73          Swell to Great             16,[8],4
   4'  Octave                       73
   4'  Flute Traverso               73
   8'  Tuba                         73       FINGER PISTONS
                                                General                       1 – 5
   Great 16'                                    Swell & Pedal                 1 - 5
   Great 4'                                     Great & Pedal                 1 - 5
                                                Gen. Can.

SWELL (Expressive)
   16' Bourdon                      73       FOOT LEVERS
   8'  Open Diapason                73          Gt. to Ped. Reversible        (rev)
   8'  Stopped Diapason             73          Sforzando reversible          (rev)
   8'  Viole d'Orchestre            73
   8'  Salicional                   73
   8'  Vox Celeste            (tc)  61       PEDAL MOVEMENTS
   8'  Aeoline                      61          Swell Expression             (bal.)
   4'  Flute Harmonique             73          Great Expression             (bal.)
   8'  Cornopean                    73          Crescendo                    (bal.)
   8'  Oboe & Bassoon               73
   8'  Vox Humana                   61
       Tremulant

   Swell 16'
   Swell Unison
   Swell 4'                                  ACTION: Electro-Pneumatic

                                             VOICES: 20
PEDAL
   16' Open Diapason       (in Gt)  32       STOPS: 23
   16' Bourdon             (in Sw)  32
   16' Lieblich Gedeckt       (Sw)  --       RANKS: 20
   8'  Octave                       12
   8'  Bass Flute                   12       PIPES: 1,378


NOTES
The original façade was comprised of a pipe fence containing 51 pipes in three
flats divided by two small towers arranged as: 7 – 5 – 27 – 5 – 7. The original
console was detached.

Chimes were added to the organ prior to the 1953 rebuild as a memorial to those
from the congregation who lost their lives in the Second World War. The chimes
have 21 notes and were built by Maas. They were purchased through Barber's Music
Standard Furniture, Inc. and installed in 1947. They were playable from their own
keyboard. The cost, including both materials and labor, was $75.50.

The 1953 electrification and rebuild was done by the original builder. A new
console was provided, and the original tubular-pneumatic chests were retained,
but with new electro-pneumatic primaries and stop actions. No tonal changes were
made, however all the pipework was revoiced for the remodeled sanctuary. The
original 27 pipes of the middle portion of the façade were replaced with a wooden
grille.

The rebuilt organ was dedicated on Friday, October 9, 1953 at 8:00 p.m. in a concert
given by Dr. Frank W. Asper - organist of the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City,
Utah.

In the 1970's, the congregation was told that the building had structural issues and
was not safe to inhabit. The congregation built a new facility in 1975-76, and the
organ was moved and reinstalled.

Sources: Möller opus list; church documents; JRS; extant, altered & relocated organ

 [Received from James R. Stettner 2016-01-25.]