Better Pipe Organ Database

Rudolf von Beckerath (1975)

Samford University: Bolding Studio
800 Lakeshore Drive
Homewood (Birmingham), AL

Images

1985-06-04 - Organ (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
2 manuals
12 stops
14 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
Combination action: None
Has hitchdown couplers

Notes

2005-04-01 - The organ is self-contained and can be stored off stage when it is not in use. Tremolo controlled by hitch-down pedal; adjustable speed by control on jamb below stop-knobs for Manual II. -Database Manager

2006-12-04 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- 3-Sectional façade containing 33 pipes arranged: 5-23-5. -Database Manager

2007-05-25 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

2008-05-31 - Updated through online information from René Golden. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

Samford University -- Recital Hall
Beckerath Organ, 1975

STOPLIST

Manual I                     Manual II                   Pedal 
    8' Rohrflöte       56        8' Holzgedeckt   49     16' Subbass    32
    4' Principal       56        4' Rohrflöte     56      8' Gedackt    12
    2' Waldflöte       56    2 2/3' Quintflöte    56      4' Flöte      12
       Mixtur III-IV  200        2' Principal     56
    8' Musette         56    1 3/5' Terz          56    
                             1 1/3' Quinte        56