Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 11661 (1984)

Baptist College/Charleston Southern University: Lightsey Chapel Auditorium
101 State Rd. S-10 2261
North Charleston, SC

Images

2018 - Chapel interior (Emily Madison/Jeff Scofield)

2018 - Chapel interior to rear (Emily Madison/Jeff Scofield)

2019 - Organ chambers and exposed pipes (Tiffany Blackwell/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Chapel exterior (Post and Courier/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
24 stops
41 registers
4 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: Computerized/Digital
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

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

2012-02-14 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2019-05-29 - School re-named Charleston Southern University in 1990; the organ sustained damage during Hurricane Hugo in 1989 and lack of funds for repair work resulted in the condition of the organ deteriorating over the years; in 2018 a successful restoration project was begun by volunteers and the organ is again playable. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

        Charleston, South Carolina
        Baptist College at Charleston

        Möller   Op. 11661   1985   3/35
        __________________________________________________

        GREAT (exposed)                POSITIV (exposed)
    16' Gemshorn         61         8' Gedeckt          61 b
     8' Principal        61         4' Principal        61
     8' Gemshorn         12         4' Spillflöte       61
     4' Octave           61         2' Waldflöte        61
     2' Super Octave     61     1 1/3' Larigot          61
 III-V  Mixture         229    III-IV  Zimbel          224
        Super                       8' Krummhorn        61
     8' Festival Trumpet 61            Tremulant
                                       Sub
        SWELL                          Unison Off
     8' Rohrflöte        61         8' Festival Trumpet GT
     8' Gemshorn         61
     8' Gemshorn Celeste 49            PEDAL
     4' Blockflöte       61        16' Principal        32
     2' Principal        61        16' Subbass          32
    II  Sesquialtera     98        16' Gemshorn         GT
III-IV  Scharf          221    10 2/3' Quint            GT
    16' Fagott           61 a       8' Octave           12
     8' Trompette        61         8' Gedackt          12
     8' Hautbois         12         8' Spitzflöte       GT
     4' Clairon          12         4' Choralbass       12
        Tremulant                   4' Spitzflöte       GT
        Sub                       III  Mixture (Princ)  --
        Unison Off                 32' Contre Bombarde  12 L/2
        Super                      16' Bombarde         12 SW
                                   16' Fagott           SW
     a  1-18 half-length            8' Trompette        SW
     b  large stopped diapason      4' Schalmei         SW

    [Received online from Jeff Scofield  February 29, 2012]

Documents

(1985-04-04) Factory specifications, OHS Archives via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield