Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 10258 (1967)

Cornell College: King Chapel
600 First St. SW
Mount Vernon, IA

Images

1981-04-15 - Chapel Exterior (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1967-10-01 - Chancel, Console, and Pipe Display (Möller Promotional Photo; collection of Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1967-10-01 - Console and Pipe Display (Möller Promotional Photo; collection of Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2016-06-11 - Chapel interior (Cornell College/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
4 manuals
64 stops
48 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 (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2006-11-02 - Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- This is the third pipe organ in King Chapel - having replaced the previous 1931 Kimball. The organ cost approx. $115,000.00. The consultant was Dr. Robert Baker. The organ arrived in three truck loads in mid-August 1967, and was ready for use by the end of September. The inaugural recital was given by college organist Dr. Robert Triplett on Tuesday, November 14, 1967 at 8:00 p.m. -Database Manager

2009-08-14 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2009-12-10 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- Restored by Casavant in 1993 with some tonal changes. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Mt. Vernon, Iowa
       Cornell College, King Chapel

       Möller   Op. 10258   1967   4/65

       GREAT                          SWELL
   16' Quintaton 61               16' Flauto Dolce 68
    8' Principal 61                8' Spitzgeigen 68
    8' Holzgedeckt 61              8' Rohrflöte 68
    4' Octave 61                   8' Salicional 68
    4' Spitzflöte 61               8' Voix Celeste 68
2 2/3' Nazard 61                   8' Flauto Dolce 12
    2' Waldflöte 61                8' Flauto Celeste 56 tc
    2' Super Octave 61             4' Principal 68
1 3/5' Tierce 61                   4' Nachthorn 68
   IV  Fourniture 244              2' Flautino 61
  III  Cymbel 183              III-V  Plein Jeu 269
    8' Trompete 61               III  Scharf 183
       Tremolo                    16' Fagotto 68 (1-18 L/2)
       Unison Off                  8' Trompette 68
       Chimes 25 (present)         8' Fagotto 12
       English Bells               4' Clairon 68
                                      Tremolo
       POSITIV                        Sub
    8' Gedeckt 61                     Unison Off
    8' Flauto Dolce II SW             Super
    4' Principal 61
    4' Koppelflöte 61                 PEDAL
    4' Flauto Dolce II SW         32' Bourdon 8
    2' Kleinoktav 61              16' Principal 32
1 1/3' Larigot 61                 16' Bourdon 32
    1' Sifflöte 61                16' Quintaton GT
  III  Zimbel 183                 16' Flauto Dolce SW
    8' Krummhorn 61                8' Octave 32
       Tremolo                     8' Bourdon 12
       Sub                         8' Spitzflöte 32
       Unison Off                  8' Flauto Dolce SW
                                   4' Choralbass 32
       SOLO                        4' Flute Conique 12 (Spitzflöte)
    8' Doppelflöte 68              2' Flute Conique 12
    8' Viola 68                   IX  Grand Cornet 60
    8' Viola Celeste 68          III  Harmonics 96
    4' Doppelflöte 12            III  Mixtur 96
    8' English Horn 68            II  Acuta 24
       Tremolo                    16' Posaune 32
       Sub                        16' Fagotto SW
       Unison Off                  8' Trumpet 12
       Super                       8' Fagotto SW
       Zimbelstern 4               4' Krummhorn PO
    8' Bombarde 68

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield August 14, 2009.]

Documents

(1967-01-16) Factory specifications, via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#45611 - Casavant Frères Ltée. (1993)