Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 7252 (1946)

Belmont Abbey Cathedral
100 Belmont Mt Holly Road
Belmont, NC

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

Images

Unknown - Basilica exterior (Photograph by belmontabbey.org, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
2 manuals
20 stops
12 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
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 coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2008-03-09 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2008-08-28 - Updated through information from David Ritch: Originally an 1894 Felgemaker, rebuilt by Möller in 1946. Subsequent revisions by Zimmer in 1965. -Database Manager

2009-02-08 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Courtesy of the OHS Archives

    Belmont, North Carolina
    Belmont Abbey Cathedral

    Möller   Op. 7252   1946   2/12
    ____________________________________________

    GREAT                     SWELL
 8' Diapason        61    16' Lieblichbourdon 61
 8' Melodia         73     8' Diapason        73
 8' Dulciana        73     8' Stopped Flute   12
 4' Octave          73     8' Salicional    * 73
 4' Flute Harmonic  73     8' Voix Celeste    61
 2' Super Octave    61     4' Lieblich Flute  12
    Tremulant          2 2/3' Nasard           7
    Sub                    2' Flautino         5
    Unison Off             8' Trumpet       * 73
    Super                     Tremulant
                              Sub
    PEDAL                     Unison Off
16' Bourdon         32        Super
16' Lieblichbourdon SW
 8' Bourdon         12
 8' Stopped Flute   SW
 4' Lieblich Flute  SW

 [Received from Jeff Scofield September 8, 2022]

Documents

(1945-12-21) Factory specifications Stoplist and accessories -Jeff Scofield

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#36509 - W. Zimmer & Sons, Inc. (1965)