Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 11679 (1985)

Bethlehem Lutheran
1837 Mountain St.
Carson City, NV

Images

1994-05-06 - Organ case and exposed pipes in rear gallery (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1994-05-06 - "Exposed Great pipework; left side, and chimes" (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1994-05-06 - Exposed Great pipework; right side (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1994-05-06 - Console (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1994-05-06 - Console; right stopjamb (Great & prepared-for Positiv) (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1994-05-06 - Console; left stopjamb (Pedal & swell) (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

2019-10-20 - Church interior to front (Church Facebook via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
2 manuals
28 stops
6 registers
2 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons

Notes

2007-08-28 - Identified by Jeff Scofield through information in Möller factory documents. -Database Manager

2007-10-10 - Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ is installed on the central axis of the room in the rear gallery. The Swell is enclosed in a visible expression box with the Great diatonically divided on either side. There are no independent Pedal registers. The Great III-IV Mixture is actually III-IV-III-II. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the console May 6, 1994 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Carson City, Nevada
Bethlehem Lutheran Church

M. P. Möller, Opus 11679, 1985 - Original Specifications

GREAT
          blank drawknob
   8      Principal                 61
   8      Rohrflöte           (Sw)  --
   8      Gemshorn            (Sw)  --
   4      Octave                    12
   4      Rohrflöte           (Sw)  --
   2      Super Octave              12
   III-IV Mixture                  208   Begins: 22-26-29
          blank drawknob
          Chimes                   (21)  Mayland: tenor a thru f 42

SWELL (Expressive)
   8      Rohrflöte                 61
   8      Gemshorn                  61
   8      Gemshorn Celeste    (tc)  49
   4      Rohrflöte                 12
   4      Gemshorn                  12
   2      Rohrflöte                 12
   1-1/3  Larigot                   12   From the Gemshorn unit. 
   1      Sifflöte                  --   From the Rohrflöte unit.
   16     Contre Trompette          12
   8      Trompette                 61
   4      Clairon                   12
          blank drawknob
          Tremolo

PEDAL
   16     Bourdon             (Sw)  12
   8      Principal           (Gt)  --
   8      Rohrflöte           (Sw)  --
   4      Octave              (Gt)  --
   4      Rohrflöte           (Sw)  --
   III    Mixture             (Gt)  --
   32     Trompette Cornet    (Sw)  --
   16     Contre Trompette    (Sw)  --
   4      Clairon             (Sw)  --

COUPLERS
   Swell to Pedal                  [8]
   Great to Pedal                  [8]
   Swell to Great                  [8]

FINGER PISTONS
   Full Organ                    1 - 4

PEDAL MOVEMENTS  
   Swell Expression             (bal.)
   Crescendo                    (bal.)

ACTION: E-P unit
VOICES: 6
STOPS: 28; inc. chimes
RANKS: 9
PIPES: 609

NOTES
The Great is divided diatonically on either side of an exposed Swellbox.
The Great III-IV Mixture is actually III for notes 1-17, IV for the next
32 notes, back to III for the next 5 notes, and II for the last 7 notes.

[Received on line from James R. Stettner May 15, 2010.]

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

        Carson City, Nevada
        Bethlehem Lutheran Church

        Möller   Op. 11679   1985   2/9
        ______________________________________________________________________

        GREAT (exposed)          SWELL                        PEDAL
     8' Principal   85        8' Rohrflöte        80      16' Bourdon       12 *
     8' Rohrflöte             8' Gemshorn         80       8' Principal
     8' Gemshorn              8' Gemshorn Celeste 49       8' Rohrflöte
     4' Octave                4' Rohrflöte                 4' Octave
     4' Rohrflöte             4' Gemshorn                  4' Rohrflöte
     2' Super Octave          2' Rohrflöte               III  Mixture
III-IV  Mixture    208    1 1/3' Larigot                  32' Trompette Cornet
        Carillon    pf        1' Sifflöte                 16' Contre Trompette
        Chimes      21       16' Contre Trompette 73 a     4' Clairon
                              8' Trompette
        ANTIPHONAL            4' Clairon                   
     5  blank stops              Tremolo                   *  exposed

                  [Received online from Jeff Scofield March 4, 2012]

Documents

(1984-12-11) Factory specifications, OHS Archives via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield