Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 5211 (1928)

College Theatre
102 W. Fourth St.
Bethlehem, PA

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Horseshoe
3 manuals
134 stops
13 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys in Horseshoe Curves
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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2007-11-28 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2021-10-29 - This instrument is what Möller referred to as the "Style 150 Unit Theatre Organ" -Roman Lizak

Stoplist

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

    Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
    College Theatre

    Möller   Op. 5211   1928   3/14
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    CHAMBER I

16' Diapason           85  15" wind  1-12 Special Diaphone
 8' Tibia Clausa       97  10" wind  largest theatre scale, leathered
 8' Viole d'Orchestre  85  10" wind  tin, new scale
 8' Viole Celeste II  146  10" wind  sharp, tin, new scale
 8' Post Horn          73  15" wind
 8' Kinura             73  15" wind  jazz type
 8' Vox Humana  S.B.B. 73  10" wind
    Orchestral Bells   37            standard metal resonators, Deagan
                                     single and repeat strokes
 4' Marimba            49            standard metal resonators, Deagan
                                     single and repeat strokes
    All Drums and Traps
        Unit A - Bass Drum and Small Cymbal
        Unit B - Castanets (2), Triangle, Tambourine, Sleigh Bells
        Unit C - Slap Sticks
        Unit D - Snare Drum, Chinese Block, Tom Tom, Siren, etc.

    CHAMBER II

16' Bourdon            97  10" wind  Large Bourdon 1-12, rest Concert Flute
16' Viole d'Amour      97  10" wind  stringy metal, bass mitred to 10'
 8' Horn Diapason      85  10" wind  bearded bass, inverted languid,
                                     leathered, heavy
16' Tuba Harmonic      85  10" wind  
 8' French Trumpet     73  10" wind  bell top
 8' Clarinet           73  10" wind  largest scale
    Xylophone          49            standard metal resonators, Deagan
                                     repeat stroke only
    Chimes             20

   [Received online from Jeff Scofield September 6, 2013]

Documents

(1928-06-04) Factory Documentation Factory Documentation courtesy of the OHS Archive -Roman Lizak