West Virginia Wesleyan College: Wesley Chapel
59 College Ave.
Buckhannon, WV
Images
2015-06-15 - Chapel interior to rear during WV UMC Annual Conference (Photograph by Chapel Facebook/Jeff Scofield)
2018-02-25 - Chancel, console and exposed pipes (Photograph by Kirsten Reneau, wvnews.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2017-12-03 - Left Stop Jamb: Pedal and Swell (Photograph by Dave Norment/Database Manager)
2017-12-03 - Left Stop Jamb: Swell and Bells (Photograph by Dave Norment/Database Manager)
2017-12-03 - Right Stop Jamb: Great and Positiv (Photograph by Dave Norment/Database Manager)
2017-12-03 - Expression Pedals (Photograph by Dave Norment/Database Manager)
2004-01-01 - Building Exterior (Photograph by Rochelle Long/Database Manager)
2004-01-01 - Chancel and organ from center aisle (Photograph by Brett Miller/Database Manager)
2004-01-01 - "Organ façade, center." (Photograph by Rochelle Long/Database Manager)
2004-01-01 - Console (Photograph by Rochelle Long/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Movable Console
- 4 manuals
- 55 stops
- 57 registers
- 5 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
- Combination action: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
- Has sequencer
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has coupler thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2006-09-08 - Identified through online information from Brett Miller. -Database Manager
2007-01-06 - Updated through online information from Brett Miller. -- The Rohrbough Memorial Organ in Wesley Chapel is the largest true pipe organ in the state of West Virginia. -Database Manager
2010-05-09 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Console renovated and converted to solid-state. The chapel seats 1,800. -Database Manager
2012-03-28 - Updated through online information from Brett Miller. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Buckhannon, West Virginia
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Wesley Chapel
Casavant Op. 2937 4/75 1967
Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives
St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
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GREAT SWELL
16' Quintade 61 8' Geigenprinzipal 61
8' Prinzipal 61 8' Zauberflöte 61
8' Bordun 61 8' Viole de gambe 61
4' Oktave 61 8' Voix céleste GG 54
4' Rohrgedackt 61 4' Oktavgeigen 61
2 2/3' Quinte 61 4' Nachthorn 61
2' Superoktave 61 2' Gemshorn 61
IV Mixtur 244 VI Mixtur 366
IV Scharf 244 16' Fagott L/2 61
8' Trompete 61 8' Trompete 61
Zimbelstern 8' Voix Humaine 61
4' Celeste pf * 4' Klarine 61
Tremulant
CHORAL Super
8' Salizional 61 8' Flemish Bells pf *
8' Rohrflöte 61 4' Flemish Bells pf *
8' Erzähler 61
4' Spitzprinzipal 61 PEDAL
4' Spitzflöte 61 32' Resultant 12 (independent quints)
2 2/3' Nasat 61 16' Prinzipal 32
2' Waldflöte 61 16' Subbass 32
1 3/5' Terz 61 16' Quintade GT
III Kleinmixtur 183 8' Oktave 32
8' Oboe 61 8' Pommer 32
Tremulant 4' Choralbass 32
8' Harp Bells pf * 4' Rohrpfeife 32
2' Nachthorn 32
POSITIV IV Mixtur 128
8' Gedackt 61 16' Posaune 32
8' Quintadena 61 8' Trompete 32
4' Prinzipal 61 4' Schalmei 32
4' Koppelflöte 61 8' Flemish Bells pf *
2' Oktave 61 4' Flemish Bells pf *
1 1/3' Quintflöte 61
II Sesquialtera 122 * The Flemish Bells are to be
IV Scharf 244 Schulmerich and will have
III Zimbel 183 their own expression pedal.
8' Krummhorn 61
[Received on line from Jeff Scofield May 09, 2010.]
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