Pipe Organ Database

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Harold B. Curryer (1975-)

Originally M. P. Möller (Opus 2710, 1918)

Location:

First Congregational, U.C.C.
2900 9th Ave. S.
Great Falls, MT 59401 US
Organ ID: 25828

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Congregational Church
  • The organ has been altered from its original state.
  • 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)
  • 20 ranks. 1,317 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 20 stops. 22 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Electro-pneumatic (EP) chests
  • Position: In side chambers at the front of the room. No visible pipes.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 20
  • Registers: 22
  • Position: Console in fixed position, left.
  • 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 with roll top.
  • Stop Controls: Tilting/rocking tablets above top manual.
  • 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 Crescendo Pedal
  • Has Tutti Reversible Toe Pistons
  • Has Combination Action 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 April 28, 2007:

Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Sometime in the early 1970's, the former Congregational church was declared structurally unsafe. So First Congregational found a new site in a different section of the city and built a new edifice/facility. Interestingly, the old edifice was occupied by a Baptist congregation who remain to the present. The existing 1918 Moller organ - which had been electrified by the original builder in 1953 - was relocated to the new edifice by Mr. Curryer with tonal changes. It was installed in two side-by-side chambers on the left wall at the front of the room with the terraced choir seating in front of the chambers. Tonal changes were made to both the Great and Swell, with some original ranks removed, and others used in new ways. A new 2' Principal was added to the Great on a new Moller unit chest. (Mr. Curryer was the Moller Representative at the time).

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 the console March, 1994
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

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