Ritzville, Washington
Menno Mennonite Church

M.P. MÖLLER, Opus 8414, 1952
Charles M. Rich, 1992 - Tonal Changes & Additions


GREAT                                        COUPLERS
   8     Diapason                   61          Swell to Pedal                   [8]
   8     Gedeckt              (Sw)  --          Great to Pedal                   [8]
   8     Viole Dolce          (Sw)  --
   8     Dulciana             (tc)  49          Swell to Great                   [8]
   4     Octave                     12
   4     Flute                (Sw)  --
   4     Fugara               (Sw)  --
   2     Viole Fifteenth      (Sw)  12       FINGER PISTONS
   III   Mixture [1-1/3]           183          Full Organ                     1 - 4
   8     Trumpet              (Sw)  --


SWELL (Expressive)                           FOOT LEVERS
   16    Bourdon              (tc)  --          Gt. to Ped. Reversible         (rev)
   8     Gedeckt                    61
   8     Viole Dolce                61
   8     Viole Celeste        (tc)  49
   8     Aeoline              (Gt)  --       PEDAL MOVEMENTS          
   4     Spitz Principal            61          Expression                    (bal.)
   4     Flute                      12          Crescendo                     (bal.)
   4     Fugara                     12
   2-2/3 Flute Twelfth               7
   2     Flautino                    5
   8     Trumpet                    61
   4     Clarion                    12
         Tremolo                             ACTION: E-P unit

                                             VOICES: 8
PEDAL (Expressive)
   16    Bourdon              (Sw)  12       STOPS:  27
   16    Lieblich Gedeckt     (Sw)  --
   8     Diapason             (Gt)  --       RANKS: 10
   8     Flute                (Sw)  --
   4     Octave               (Gt)  --       PIPES: 658


NOTES
The organ is badly buried in a chamber on left side of the chancel. The shutter opening
is less than 3' tall, and the mouths of the pipes are about 3 feet below the opening.
The Trumpet has French shallots. The 8' Dulciana was added in 1985 on a new chest. The
Great 2-2/3' Viole Twelfth and the Swell 8' Diapason stops were sacrificed for the Dul-
ciana (Aeoline) addition.

In 1992, in an attempt to get more sound out of the chamber for leading congregational
singing, Möller representative Charles M. Rich of Orting, WA. installed some new pipework
and made tonal changes. The original Open Diapason unit was removed from 4' C up and was
placed on new, exposed, diatonically divided chests at the front of the church along with
a new III Mixture. Pipes 1-12 of the 8' Diapason are still under expression. A new 4'
Spitz Principal occupies the original Diapason toeboard and plays on the Swell only. The
toe holes of the exposed 4' Octave and the III Mixture were tapped smaller to make them
softer since the choir sat directly in front of the exposed pipework. This action, coupled
with a poorly designed wind system for the exposed pipes, left the pipes speaking poorly,
and the Mixture was not even able to be properly tuned.

Sources: M.P. Möller opus list; Eugene M. Nye compilation; JRS; Extant, altered organ

 [Received from James R. Stettner 2016-04-24.]