Complete Organ Overhaul

1975 M. P. Möller Opus 11011

Haymount United Methodist Church

Fayetteville, North Carolina

This project started in early March 2020, but because of the Covid-19 pandemic, its completion has been slightly delayed. Haymount United Methodist Church is home to a venerable 1975 M. P. Möller Opus 11011; three manuals, four divisions, 35 stops, 43 registers, 46 ranks, and 2,603 pipes. Our work was all-encompassing, from the re-leathering of windchests, through the renovation of the bellows, all the way to the replacement of the electronic organ control system. The console was totally refurbished and fitted with all new register solenoids, new pistons, a new contact-less switching system.

An important part of this significant endeavor - as a commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the church establishment - we were commissioned to add a new horizontal trumpet, "Trompette de Gabriel." The project included making new pipes, building new electro-pneumatic windchests, designing and manufacturing a high-pressure winding system, and connecting the new rank to the existing organ. The new trumpet has been installed on the pillars between the stained glass windows, in the back of the church. The pipes are made of 92% tin and they play on 12 inches of wind pressure.