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M. P. Möller Opus 6583 (1937)

Wilson College: Alumnae Chapel
1015 Philadelphia Avenue
Chambersburg, PA

Images

1937 - Original console (Photograph by THE DIAPASON February 1938, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2015-03-21 - Alumnae Chapel Interior (Photograph by Richard Elliott/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
4 manuals
68 stops
51 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

2008-02-26 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. Dedicated January 15, 1938, in recital by Virgil Fox, the consultant. (The American Organist, June 1938, pages 205-207.) -Database Manager

2012-02-05 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist copied from <i>The American Organist</i> June 1938 Date not recorded

        Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
        Wilson College
        Thomson Hall - Alumnae Chapel

        Möller   Op. 6583   1937   4/63
        ______________________________________________________

        GREAT                             SWELL

    16' Violone             61        16' Flute Conique     73
     8' Diapason            61         8' Diapason          73
     8' Harmonic Flute      61         8' Stopped Flute     73
     8' Bourdon             61         8' Salicional        73
     8' Gemshorn            61         8' Voix Celeste      64
     4' Octave              61         8' Flauto Dolce      73
     4' Flute Conique       61         8' Flute Celeste     73
 2 2/3' Quint               61         4' Principal         73
     2' Super Octave        61         4' Flute             73
 1 3/5' Tierce              61         2' Fifteenth         61
    IV  Fourniture         244        IV  Plein Jeu        244
     8' Trumpet             CH        16' Trumpet           73
        Super                          8' Trumpet           73
        Chimes              25         8' Oboe              73
        Harp                CH         8' Vox Humana        61
        Blank                          4' Clarion           73
                                          Tremulant
        SOLO                              Sub
                                          Unison Off
     8' Concert Flute       73            Super
     8' Quintadena          73            Harp              CH
     8' Quintadena Celeste  73            Harp Celesta      CH
     8' Gamba               73            Blank
     8' Gamba Celeste       73
     8' Tuba Mirabilis      73            CHOIR
     8' French Horn         73
     8' English Horn        73        16' Gamba             73
        Tremulant                      8' Geigen Principal  73
        Sub                            8' Concert Flute     73
        Unison Off                     8' Dulciana          73
        Super                          8' Unda Maris        73
        Chimes              GT         4' Rohrflöte         73
        Blank                          4' Gemshorn          80
                                   2 2/3' Nasard            61
        PEDAL                      2 2/3' Gemshorn   *      --
                                       2' Gemshorn   *      --
    32' Bourdon              7     1 3/5' Gemshorn   *      --
    16' Diapason            32     1 1/3' Gemshorn   *      --
    16' Bourdon             32        IV  Cornet           244
    16' Contrabass          32         8' Trumpet           73
    16' Violone             GT         8' Clarinet          73
    16' Flute Conique       SW            Tremulant
    16' Gamba               CH            Sub
10 2/3' Flute Conique       SW            Unison Off
     8' Octave              32            Super
     8' Bourdon             12            Harp              61
     8' Flute Conique       SW            Harp Celesta
     8' Concert Flute       CH            Blank
     4' Octave              12
     4' Flute Traverso      32         *  from Cornet
    II  Sesquialtera        64
    16' Bombarde            32
    16' Trumpet             SW
     8' Bombarde            12
     8' Trumpet             SW
        Blank                          

              [Received from Jeff Scofield May 29, 2019]

Documents

Write-up from THE AMERICAN ORGANIST June 1938 p.4 Description and commentary -Jeff Scofield
Write-up from THE AMERICAN ORGANIST June 1938 p.3 Description and commentary -Jeff Scofield
Write-up from THE AMERICAN ORGANIST June 1938 p.2 Stoplist, description and commentary -Jeff Scofield
Write-up from THE AMERICAN ORGANIST June 1938 p.1 Description and commentary -Jeff Scofield
(1938-02-01) Write-up from THE DIAPASON February 1938 Dedication recital commentary and organ description. -Jeff Scofield

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