First Christian Church

301 West Second Street
Ottumwa, IA 52501

(See separate entry for an earlier Moller destroyed by fire in 1939.)
Builder: M.P. Möller Organ Co., Op. 6962, 1941.
Manuals: 3
Ranks: 17
Compass: 61/32
Stops: 34
Divisions: 4
Action: Electro-pneumatic

Notes: Balanced expression pedals for Swell and Great/Choir divisions. Crescendo pedal. Normal indicator lights for wind, crescendo, sforzando, and voltmeter dial. Steven E. Lawson, Stephen Schnurr (2008) and Organ Historical Society as of 2018.

Updated by T. Daniel Hancock. Pipework removed for material salvage in August 2018 by Quimby Pipe Organs following closure of the church. Mechanics not salvaged. The church is slated for adaptive reuse.


GREAT ORGAN (enclosed w/Choir in one box)
8' Open Diapason 61
8' Concert Flute 85
8' Gemshorn 73
8' Dulciana (Ch)
4' Octave 73
4' Flute Harmonic
2.2/3' Twelfth 61
2' Fifteenth 61
Chimes (20 tubular)
Great/Great (16'/Uni. Off/4')
Swell/Great (16'/8'/4')
Choir/Great (16'/8'/4')

SWELL ORGAN
16' Bourdon 97
8' Open Diapason 73
8' Stopped Diapason
8' Salicional 73
8' Vox Celeste (TC) 61
4' Orchestral Flute
2.2/3' Flute Twelfth
2' Flute Fifteenth
8' Trumpet 73
8' Oboe 73
8' Vox Humana 73
Tremulant
Swell/Swell (16'/Uni. Off/4')
Swell to Choir 16 8 4

CHOIR ORGAN
8' Geigen Principal 73
8' Concert Flute (Gt)
8' Gemshorn (Gt)
8' Dulciana 85
8' Unda Maris (prep)
4' Flute (Gt)
4' Dulciana
2.2/3' Dulciana 12th
2' Dulciana 15th
8' Clarinet 73
Tremulant
Harp (prepared)
Choir/Choir (16'/Uni. Off/4')

PEDAL ORGAN
16' Open Diapason 12 (Gt ext)
16' Bourdon 44
16' Lieblich Gedeckt (Sw)
8' Flute Major (Bourdon ext)
8' Dolce Flute (Sw)
16' Trumpet 12 (Sw ext)
Great to Pedal (8'/4')
Swell to Pedal (8'/4')
Choir to Pedal (8'/4')

COMBINATION PISTONS (hold and set)
Swell: 5 (thumb)
Great: 5 (thumb)
Choir: 5 (thumb)
Pedal: 4 (thumb)
General: 6 (thumb)
General Cancel: (thumb)

REVERSIBLES
Great to Pedal (toe)
Swell to Pedal (toe)
Sforzando (toe)