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M. P. Möller Opus 6679 (1939)

United States Naval Academy: Chapel
121 Blake Road
Annapolis, MD

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
29 stops
33 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)
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

2007-12-14 - Identified through online information from Stephen Hall. -- Organ continued to be enlarged by Möller and others after World War II; most recent change is new five-manual console by R.A. Colby and digital voices added by Walker Technical (2007) -Database Manager

2009-02-10 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- New four-manual console added by Möller in mid 1950s; rebuilt and enlarged in 1980 to 4/108 as Möller Op. R-116; greatly enlarged ca. 2007 with many digital voices and a 522-stop Colby console. -Database Manager

2012-01-24 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- 9-rank Antiphonal and Pedal installed in 1942, the first of many additions; a large new 4-manual console was added by Möller in the 1950's that had over half of its drawknobs blank. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from the factory specifications via the OHS Archives Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

    Annapolis, Maryland
    United States Naval Academy, Chapel

    Möller   Op. 6679   1939/1942   3/38
    ________________________________________________

    GREAT                        SWELL
16' Diapason       61        16' Bourdon          61
 8' 1st Diapason   61         8' Diapason         61
 8' 2nd Diapason   61         8' Aeoline          61
 8' Great Flute    61         8' Vox Celestes     61
 8' Gamba          61         8' Viol d'Orchestre 61
 4' Octave         61         8' Stopped Flute    61
 4' Harmonic Flute 61         4' Traverse Flute   61
 8' Trumpet        61         4' Violina          61
    Sub                       2' Flautina         61
    Unison Off              III  Solo Cornet      61 *
    Super                     8' Cornopean        61
                              8' Oboe             61
    ANTIPHONAL (1942)         8' Vox Humana       61
 8' Diapason       61            Tremolo
 8' Flauto Dolce   61            Sub
 8' Flauto Celeste 49            Unison Off
 4' Octave         61            Super
 V  Mixture       269 *
    Tremulant                    CHOIR
                              8' Diapason         61
    ANTIPH PEDAL (1942)       8' Melodia          61
16' Bourdon        32         8' Dolcissimo       61
 8' Spitzprinzipal 32         4' Chimney Flute    61
                              2' Piccolo          61
    PEDAL                     8' Clarinet         61
32' Resultant      --            Tremolo
16' Diapason       32            Sub
16' Metal Diapason GT            Unison Off
16' Bourdon        32            Super
 8' Octave         12
 8' Dolce Flute    12

 *  These were, indeed, the pipecounts given in the
    factory specifications

[Received online from Jeff Scofield January 22, 2012]

Documents

(1940-07-01) Write-up from THE DIAPASON July 1940 Stoplist and description -Jeff Scofield
(1939-08-21) Contract Contract courtesy of the OHS Archive -Roman Lizak

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