Allen Organ Co.
2011

Originally M. P. Möller

Friendswood United Methodist Church

110 N. Friendswood Drive
Friendswood, TX, US

40 Ranks
Instrument ID: 48758 ● Builder ID: 79 ● Location ID: 42931
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Builder: Unknown
Position: Movable Console
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
5 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal7 Divisions149 StopsElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Sequencer✓ 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: Computerized/Digital
Control System: Unknown or N/A

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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location

Laura Kazmer on July 31st, 2022:
Googled the church and an article from the Allen website came up. https://www.allenorgan.com/www/installations/installations/tx/inst00160/page1.html

Database Manager on September 12th, 2011:
Identified through online information from Stephen Hall. -- Friendswood UMC purchased a Moller organ of aproximately 38 ranks in 2002 and contracted with a Texas firm (Church Organs of Houston) to rebuild and install it with two additional ranks of facade pipes; Allen organ supplied the console and digital voices. The Texas firm went bankrupt in July of 2009. The church then contacted the builder/designer who had been contracted by Church Organs of Houston to do the actual work and he agreed to finish the project. Name of the builder/designer is unknown, the church simply refered to him as "a well respected organ designer/builder who is not an employee of Church Organs of Houston." Information compiled from the websites of Friendswood UMC, Allen Organ Comapny and Friendswood Journal (articled dated Aug 22, 2011). No information on the opus number or original location of the Moller organ.

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