Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 11427 (1981)

Orchestra Hall
220 S. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

2008-12-15 - Moller promotional photo (Digital image by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1981 - Console and exposed pipes (THE DIAPASON/Jeff Scofield)

1981 - Continuo Console (THE DIAPASON/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
45 stops
69 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)
Combination action: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
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

2007-09-22 - Identified by Jeff Scofield through information in Möller factory documents. -Database Manager

2011-04-03 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Replaced in 1998 by Casavant 3/60 Op. 3765, retaining 37 Möller ranks. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

        Chicago, Illinois
        Orchestra Hall

        Möller   Op. 11427   1981   3/74
        ____________________________________________________

        GREAT (II) 4"                BOMBARDE (I)(encl) 
    16' Gemshorn        61        8' Spitzprinzipal       61  5"
     8' Principal       61        8' Flute Harmonique     61 10"
     8' Bourdon         61        8' Viola Pomposa        61 10"
     8' Gemshorn        12        8' Viola Celeste        61 10"
     4' Octave          61        8' Flute Celeste II    110  5"
     4' Flachflöte      61        4' Octave               61  5"
     2' Super Octave    61    III-V  Grandes Harmoniques 250  5"
III-IV  Fourniture     215    III-V  Grande Plein Jeu    244  5"
III-IV  Scharf         214       16' Bombarde             61 10"
    16' Kontratrompete  61        8' Trompette Harmonique 12 10"
     8' Trompete        12        4' Clairon Harmonique   61 10"
        Unison Off                   Tremolo
                                     Sub
        SWELL (III) 5"               Unison Off
    16' Rohrbass        61           Super
     8' Rohrflöte       12
     8' Viola de Gambe  61           PEDAL
     8' Viole Celeste   61       32' Contra Bourdon       32
     4' Principal       61       16' Principal            32
     4' Spillflöte      61       16' Sub Bass             12
 2 2/3' Nazard          61       16' Gemshorn             GT
     2' Blockflöte      61       16' Rohrbass             SW
 1 3/5' Tierce          61   10 2/3' Gemshorn Quinte      GT
III-IV  Plein Jeu      221        8' Octave               32
III-IV  Cymbale        208        8' Gedeckt              32
    16' Basson 1-12 L/2 61        8' Gemshorn             GT
     8' Trompette       61        8' Rohrflöte            SW
     8' Hautbois        12    5 1/3' Gemshorn Quinte      GT
     4' Clairon         61        4' Choralbass           32
        Tremolo                   4' Gedeckt              12
        Sub                      IV  Grand Cornet 32'    128
        Unison Off               IV  Grand Cornet 16'     48
        Super                   III  Grave Mixture        96
                                III  Mixture              36
        CHOIR (I)(exposed)      III  Acuta                36
             3½" wind            32' Contra Bombarde      32
     8' Holzgedeckt     56       16' Bombarde             12
     8' Gemshorn        GT       16' Kontratrompete       GT
     4' Principal       56       16' Basson               SW
     4' Koppelflöte     56        8' Posaune              12
     2' Waldflöte       56        8' Trompete             GT
III-IV  Mixture        187        4' Clarion              12
        Unison Off                4' Hautbois             SW

One-manual plug-in keyboard and bench for Choir (for Continuo)

[Received online from Jeff Scofield  April 3, 2011]

Documents

Factory specifications, OHS Archives via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield
(1981-12-07) Symphony Organ Dedication Program, via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield
(1982-06-07) Chicago AGO 7th Anniv. Program, via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield