Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller (Opus 11699, 1985)

Location:

First Baptist Church
1 Virginia Street
Bristol, VA 24201 US
Sanctuary
Organ ID: 27696

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Status and Condition:

This instrument's location type is: Baptist Churches
The organ is unaltered from its original state.
The organ's condition is good, in regular use.

We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

Chests: EP pitman
35 ranks. 2,137 pipes. 4 divisions. 3 manuals. 27 stops. 44 registers.

Divisions

All:

Chest Type(s): EP pitman chests
Position: In center chambers at the front of the room. Facade pipes or case front visible.

We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Consoles

Main:

Manuals: 3
Divisions: 4
Stops: 27
Registers: 44
Position: Console in fixed position, center.
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: Drawknobs in vertical rows on angled jambs.
Combination Action: Computerized/Digital system.
Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
Has Tutti Reversible Thumb Pistons
Has Tutti Reversible Toe Pistons
Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
Has Combination Action Toe Pistons
Has Coupler Reversible Thumb Pistons
Has Coupler Reversible Toe Pistons

We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Notes

Database Manager on February 27, 2012:

Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Database Manager on June 08, 2009:

Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield.  -- Console installed by Möller as Op. M-8675 in 1954 on an organ of unknown provenance; Choir division installed by Möller as Op. M-8593 in 1976; Op. 11699 added a new Great and Swell, and retained, re-engineered and relocated the Choir division and rebuilt the existing console.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on February 11, 2019.

Database Manager on August 28, 2007:

Identified by Jeff Scofield through information in Möller factory documents.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on February 11, 2019.

Stoplists

Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist copied from the factory specifications
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.