Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 6463 (1936)

State Teachers College / Madison College: Wilson Auditorium
Harrisonburg, VA

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

Images

2006-05-03 - Wilson Hall exterior (Photograph by Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Wilson Hall Auditorium (Photograph from an archival source: Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1937-09-01 - Console (Photograph from an archival source: Moller photo, THE AMERICAN ORGANIST, September 1937, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
4 manuals
43 stops
58 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2008-02-21 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2008-05-02 - Updated through online information from Otto Pebworth. -- My Dad played this instrument when he attended the school, which at that time had been re-named "Madison College". Organ unplayable for many years; was dispersed roughly same time the organ department was done away with. -Database Manager

2010-10-02 - Updated through online information from Bob Moody. -- M. P. Moller himself gave this instrument to the college so his daughter would have an instrument on which to practice when she went to school there. -Database Manager

2012-04-21 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Tonal finishing by Richard O. Whitelegg; dedicatory recital by Charlotte Lockwood January 28, 1937; except for the Solo 8' Trumpet playable on the Great, the manual divisions were straight. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from <i>The American Organist</i> September 1937 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Harrisonburg, Virginia
       State Teachers College

       Möller  Op. 6463   1936   4/52
       ____________________________________________________

       As per the editorial policy of THE AMERICAN ORGANIST
       at the time, borrows and extensions have the same
       name as the parent rank.

       GREAT                        SWELL
   16' Quintaton       61       16' Salicional          61
    8' Diapason        61        8' Diapason            61
    8' Harmonic Flute  61        8' Rohrfloete          61
    8' Gemshorn        61        8' Salicional          12
    4' Octave          61        8' Voix Celeste        61
2 2/3' Octave Quint    61        4' Octave Geigen       73
    2' Super Octave    61        4' Flute ⌂             73
    V  Cornet         269       IV  Plein Jeu          244
  III  Mixture        183        8' Trumpet             73
    8' Trumpet         SO        8' Oboe                73
       Sub                       8' Vox Humana          61 a
       Unison Off                4' Clarion             61
       Super                        Tremulant
       Chimes          21           Sub
       Harp            CH           Unison Off
                                    Super
       SOLO
    8' Doppelfloete    73           CHOIR
    8' Gamba           73        8' Geigen Diapason     61
    8' Gamba Celeste   61        8' Concert Flute       73
    4' Octave          73        8' Spitzfloete         73
    4' Harmonic Flute  73        8' Spitzfloete Celeste 61
    2' Piccolo         61        4' Rohrfloete          73
    8' Trumpet         73        4' Gemshorn            73
    8' French Horn     73    2 2/3' Rohrnasat           61
       Tremulant                 2' Flageolet           61
       Sub                      16' Bassoon             73
       Unison Off                8' Clarinet            73
       Super                        Tremulant
                                    Sub
       PEDAL                        Unison off
   32' Bourdon          6           Super
   16' Diapason        32           Chimes              GT
   16' Bourdon         32           Harp                49
   16' Quintaton       GT
   16' Spitzfloete     12 CH
   16' Salicional      SW
    8' Principal       32
    8' Bourdon         12
    8' Spitzfloete     CH
    8' Salicional      SW        a  in separate enclosure
    4' Flauto Traverso 32
   16' Trombone        32
   16' Bassoon         CH
    8' Trombone        12

      [Received online from Jeff Scofield  April 21, 2012]

Documents

(1937-09-01) TAO Write-up by Sen. Emerson Richards, p.3 Write-up by Sen. Emerson Richards, p.3 -Jeff Scofield
(1937-09-01) TAO Write-up by Sen. Emerson Richards, p.2 Write-up by Sen. Emerson Richards, p.2 -Jeff Scofield
(1937-09-01) TAO Write-up by Sen. Emerson Richards, p.1 Write-up by Sen. Emerson Richards, p.1 -Jeff Scofield
(1937-03-01) Write-up from THE DIAPASON March 1937 Stoplist and description -Jeff Scofield
(1936-10-02) Factory Documentation Factory Documentation courtesy of the OHS Archive -Roman Lizak