Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 11068 (1975)

Bellevue Baptist Church / Mississippi Blvd. Christian Church: Sanctuary
70 N. Bellevue Blvd.
Memphis, TN

Images

Unknown - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Chamber Grillework ((ca. 1980) Vintage Postcard; image courtesy of William Dunklin/Database Manager)

1989-06-30 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1989-06-30 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
4 manuals
49 stops
60 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 combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2007-11-05 - Identified by Jeff Scofield through information in Möller factory documents. -Database Manager

2010-01-01 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Bellevue Baptist moved to a suburban location and sold the Bellevue Blvd. facility to Mississippi Blvd. Christian Church in 1992; the Möller remained with the building and is used by MBCC. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

        Memphis, Tennessee
        Bellevue Baptist Church

        Möller   Op. 11068   1975   4/69

        The entire organ is on 4" wind

        GREAT                       SWELL
    16' Violone 61               8' Rohrflöte 61
     8' Principal 61             8' Gamba 61
     8' Holzgedeckt 61           8' Gamba Celeste 61
     4' Octave 61                8' Erzähler 61
     4' Spitzflöte 61            8' Erzähler Celeste 49 tc
     2' Waldflöte 61             4' Prestant 61
III-IV  Mixture 220              4' Lochgedeckt 61
   III  Fourniture 183       2 2/3' Nazard 61
     8' Trompete 61              2' Blockflöte 61
        Unison Off           1 3/5' Tierce 61
                                IV  Plein Jeu 244
        SOLO                   III  Cymbal 183
     8' Doppelflöte 61          16' Basson 61 (1-24 L/2)
     8' Viola Pomposa 61         8' Trompette 61
     8' Viola Celeste 61         8' Basson 12
     V  Cornet 185               4' Clairon 61
    16' Contre Bombarde 61       4' Schalmei 61
     8' Bombarde 61                 Tremulant
     4' Clairon 61                  Sub
        Tremulant                   Unison Off
        Chimes 25                   Super
        Harp 49 tc
                                    CHOIR
        PEDAL                   16' Spitzflöte 61
    32' Bourdon 7                8' Geigen Principal 61
    16' Contrebasse 32           8' Spitzflöte 12
    16' Bourdon 32               8' Flauto Dolce Celeste II 110
    16' Violone GT               4' Principal 61
    16' Erzähler 12 SW           4' Hohlflöte 61
    16' Spitzflöte CH            2' Principal 61
     8' Principal 32         1 1/3' Larigot 61
     8' Pommer 32                1' Zimbelflöte 61
     8' Spitzflöte CH          III  Scharf 183
     4' Nachthorn 32             8' Krummhorn 61
     2' Nachthorn 12                Tremulant
    IV  Mixture 128                 Sub
    32' Contra Posaune 12           Unison Off
    16' Posaune 32                  Super
    16' Basson SW
     8' Posaune 12
     4' Basson SW

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield January 01, 2010.]

Documents

(1974-10-29) Factory specifications, OHS Archives via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield