M. P. Möller
Opus 8863, 1956
Kirk-in-the-Hills, Presbyterian Church
Sanctuary
1340 W. Long Lake Road
Bloomfield Hills, MI, US
80 Ranks - 4,963 Pipes
Instrument ID: 35698 ● Builder ID: 3912 ● Location ID: 31534
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal10 Divisions97 Stops65 RegistersElectrical Key Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)✓ Coupler Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
I have just learned that the instrument is in great disrepair, cannot be fixed. I am working on what failed. $3.5 million has been set aside for new
Database Manager on July 5th, 2008:
Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- New movable Möller console without rolltop installed 1992
Database Manager on July 3rd, 2008:
Identified through information adapted from E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn:
Modified by Aeolian-Skinner as their Opus 1422, 1960s.
Database Manager on June 22nd, 2008:
Updated through on-line information from Mark Funk.
Database Manager on November 14th, 2007:
Identified through on-line information from Stephen Hall. -- Rebuilt by Aeolian-Skinner in 1969 as Opus 1422; but the only changes were replacing the Swell & Pedal reeds, and adding the Trompette en Chamade to the Antiphonal Great. Organ is in regular use for services (2007).
Related Instrument Entries: Trivo Co. (1982) , M. P. Möller (Opus M-8999, 1980) , Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 1422, 1961) , Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 1422-A, 1969) , M. P. Möller (Opus M-6474, 1993)
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