Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 7567 (1948)

Bethany Lutheran Church
99 Colby Terrace
Braddock, PA

Images

2012-08-31 - Church exterior after closure (Photograph by Marta Johnson, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

ca. 1910 - Church exterior with steeples (Photograph from an archival source: Ellis Michaels at the USGenWeb archives website, via Marta Johnson, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
2 manuals
11 stops
21 registers
3 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2008-03-22 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2023-01-05 - The church elected to disband on 2 Jun 1996 due to declining membership. The building was sold. It is currently (as of 2016) the home of Resurrection Baptist Church. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: Courtesy of the OHS Archives

    Braddock, Pennsylvania
    Bethany Lutheran Church

    Möller   Op. 7567   1948   2/11
    _____________________________________________

    GREAT (enclosed)           SWELL
 8' Diapason        61     16' Rohrbourdon     61
 8' Hohlfloete      61      8' Geigen Diapason 73
 8' Dulciana        61      8' Rohrgedeckt     12
 4' Octave          61      8' Salicional      73
 4' Harmonic Flute  61      8' Vox Celeste     61
 2' Super Octave    pf      4' Rohrfloete      12
    Tremulant           2 2/3' Nasard           7
    Sub                     2' Flautino         5
    Unison Off              8' Trumpet         73
    Super                      Tremulant
    Chimes          21         Sub
    Blank                      Unison Off
    Blank                      Super
                               Blank
    PEDAL                      Blank
16' Double Diapason pf
16' Bourdon         32
16' Rohrbourdon     SW
 8' Bourdon         12
 8' Rohrgedeckt     SW
16' Double Trumpet  pf

   [Received from Jeff Scofield January 5, 2023]

Documents

(1947-09-17) Factory specifications, courtesy of the OHS Archives Stoplist and accessories -Jeff Scofield