M. P. Möller Opus 8143 (1950)

Images

Exact Unknown, Around 1950 - Console (Keystonia Yearbook for the year 1951/Avery Reel)

1951 - Console (Keystonia Yearbook 1951/Avery Reel)

2025-01-23 - Wiring junction board (Avery Reel/Avery Reel)

Summer 2024 - Swell pipework (Avery Reel/Avery Reel)

2024-12-30 - Echo chamber grillework (Avery Reel/Avery Reel)

2025-01-22 - Organ chamber grillework on each side of stage (Avery Reel/Avery Reel)

1951 - Console (Keystonia Yearbook 1951/Avery Reel)

2025-04-16 - Trumpet and Viole de Gambe from Swell Division (Avery Reel/Avery Reel)

2025-04-16 - Contra Oboe, Triangular Flute, Rohrflote, and Dulciana from Swell Division (Avery Reel/Avery Reel)

Consoles

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Notes

2008-05-28 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2009-07-11 - Updated through on-line information from Eric J. Gastier. -- Organ intact, but console has been discarded. Not playable as of spring 2009. Swell and Choir have 73-note chests. -Database Manager

2015-01-08 - Updated through online information from William Plaisted. -- I work here in facilities and have access to the pipe lofts etc. The only thing left are the pipes and chimes and some of the ducting. -Database Manager

2024-12-24 - As of December 2024, the pipes, chimes and ductwork still stand in their chambers. Console is non-existent. -Avery Reel

2025-01-31 - According to the Kutztown Patriot Magazine from 1950, the organ had an original cost of just over $50,000. ($36,000 for the organ and another $15,000 to build the windchests, regulators and make the pipe chambers). Text from the magazine stated that the organ would be a 4 manual (Choir, Great, Swell, and Solo) and would have 38 ranks and would have close to 3000 pipes. The organ was originally planned to be in front of the center of the stage in an 18" pit. The first concert was on January 6th, 1951. According to the same magazine article, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania guaranteed it's maintenance indefinitely. As of today, the pipes still stand in their chambers, which are accessed via ladders on both sides of the stage. -Avery Reel

2025-04-09 - The pipes are located behind grillwork on both sides of the stage. Chambers are double stacked. On the left is the Swell (Bottom) and Solo (Top). On the right is the Great (Bottom) and Choir (Top). -Avery Reel

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from university records, factory specifications and review of existing pipes & chests. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Kutztown, Pennsylvania Schaeffer Auditorium, Kutztown University M. P. Möller, op. 8143, 1950, IV/41, app. 2,682 pipes Great 16’ Quintaton 61 pipes 8’ Diapason 61 pipes 8’ Hohlflöte 61 pipes 8’ Gemshorn 61 pipes 4’ Octave 61 pipes 4’ Harmonic Flute 61 pipes 2-2/3’ Octave Quint 61 pipes 2’ Super Octave 61 pipes III-V Fourniture 292 pipes Chimes 25 bells (in rear Echo chamber) Tremolo Sub Unison Off Super Blank Swell 16’ Contra Dulciana 85 pipes 8’ Geigen Diapason 73 pipes 8’ Rohrflöte 73 pipes 8’ Viole de Gambe 73 pipes 8’ Viole Celeste 61 pipes [TC] 8’ Dulciana --- 4’ Principal 73 pipes 4’ Flute Triangulaire 73 pipes 4’ Gambette --- [Viole] 2’ Fifteenth 61 pipes III Plein Jeu 183 pipes 16’ Contra Oboe 85 pipes 8’ Trumpet 85 pipes 8’ Oboe --- 4’ Clarion --- Tremolo Sub Unison Off Super Blank Choir 8’ Viola 73 pipes 8’ Nachthorn 73 pipes 8’ Erzähler 73 pipes 8’ Erzähler Celeste 61 pipes [TC] 4’ Koppelflöte 73 pipes 2-2/3’ Nazard 61 pipes 2’ Blockflöte 61 pipes 1-3/5’ Tierce 61 pipes Tremolo Sub Unison Off Super Solo 8’ Orchestral Flute 61 pipes 8’ Gamba 61 pipes 8’ Orchestral Oboe 61 pipes 8’ Clarinet 61 pipes 8’ Bombarde 61 pipes Tremolo Sub Unison Off Super Blank Pedal 32’ Cornet VII derived 16’ Open Diapason 56 pipes 16’ Bourdon 56 pipes 16’ Quintaton [Great] 16’ Contra Dulciana [Swell] 10-2/3’ Quint [Bourdon} 8’ Octave [Open Diapason] 8’ Bourdon [Bourdon] 8’ Nachthorn [Choir] 8’ Dulciana [Swell] 4’ Super Octave [Open Diapason] 4’ Bourdon [Bourdon] 4’ Koppelflote [Choir] 16’ Bombarde 12 pipes [Solo] 16’ Contra Oboe [Swell] 8’ Bombarde [Solo] 8’ Oboe [Swell] 4’ Clarion [Swell] Super Chimes Organ dedicated in January 1951 by Alexander McCurdy and Prof. Henry R. Casselberry. Organ in two 2nd floor chambers, to either side of the proscenium arch. As of Spring 2009, organ not playable; console has been discarded. [Received on line from ERIC J GASTIER July 11, 2009.]

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