St. John Catholic Church
Delphos, OH
3/27 M.P. Möller
Opus 5542 - 1929

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The blower for the organ sits in a room high above the seating for the choir. It is the original blower for the organ and exhibits its as delivered green paint and three phase motor. The wood colored box on top is a static regulator chest. In the photo on the right is the view of the back of the church from the choir loft. The two vents close to the back wall are the intake vents for the blower. Should the blower ever need replacing it could be lowered through access doors in the round dome at the top of the photo.
A closer look at the blower reveals some of the original documentation by the blower manufacturer, including how to install it (just in case you ever needed to do it again!). M.P. Möller was a big customer for Kinetic, likely due to their close proximity to each other.
These photos of the builder's plates for the blower and motor speak to the age of both components. The blower states it is producing 6" of static wind pressure, and the motor is a 7.5 hp blower. Both values are rather substantial for a church organ.
The left photo shows the pipe leading out of the regulator chest to the chambers. Above it is the old air supply pipe for the Sanctuary Division. This division was disconnected during the 1998 renovation of the church. The name and number stenciled on the pipe is a mystery. Zip codes as we know it today were not in use in 1929, and even if the five digit number was a zip code it would not be accurate for Delphos.

	In front of each chamber is a decorative pipe facade which covers the less sightly expression shutters behind it. While aesthetically pleasing, these are dummy pipes and do not actually speak.
	During the second crawl of the organ this writing was found on one of the Choir Division pipes. Some of the more encryptic information is the pitch the organ was tuned to (A=440Hz) and ambient temperature (70º F). The name is likely a pipe builder or voicer for Möller. It is somewhat common to find etchings such as this in older pipe organs.
	Another interesting find is the remnant of a set of instructions from the builder on how to care for the organ. Note the difference in date between the etching in the pipe above (7/23/29) and this placard (Sept. 16, 1929).

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