Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 8343 (1952)

Rivermont Avenue Baptist/Gospel Community Church: Sanctuary
1301 Rivermont Ave.
Lynchburg, VA

Images

1997-08-26 - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1997-08-26 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2015-07-31 - Church exterior (Jamie Griffin Fitchett/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
26 stops
43 registers
4 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
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

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

2009-02-26 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2020-04-09 - Renovated in 1985 by Lewis & Hitchcock; additional work was done in 1997. -Database Manager

2024-04-18 - Became the nondenominational Gospel Community Church ca. 2017. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the original contract Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Lynchburg, Virginia
Rivermont Avenue Baptist Church

Möller   Op. 8343   1952   3/28

       GREAT (encl w/CH)          CHOIR
    8' Diapason 73            16' Dulciana 73
    8' Hohlflöte 73            8' Viola 73
    8' Gemshorn 73             8' Concert Flute 73
    4' Octave 73               8' Dulciana 12
    4' Flute 12                8' Unda Maris tc 61
2 2/3' Octave Quint 61         4' Rohrflöte 73
    2' Super Octave 61     2 2/3' Nasat 61
       Tremulant               2' Blockflöte 61
       Sub                 1 3/5' Tierce 61
       Unison Off                 Tremulant
       Super                      Sub
       Chimes 21 (Deagan D)       Unison Off
    8' Harp CH                    Super
    4' Celesta CH              8' Harp
                               4' Celesta 49 (repeat top octave)
       SWELL
   16' Rohrbourdon 73             PEDAL
    8' Rohrflöte 12           16' Diapason 32
    8' Gamba 73               16' Bourdon 32
    8' Gamba Celeste tc 61    16' Rohrbourdon SW
    4' Principal 73           16' Dulciana CH
    4' Flauto Traverso 73      8' Octave 12
    2' Fifteenth 61            8' Bourdon 12
  III  Mixture 183             8' Rohrflöte SW
   16' Contra Fagotto 73       8' Dulciana CH
    8' Trumpet 73              4' Super Octave 12
    8' Oboe 12                 4' Rohrflöte SW
    8' Vox Humana 73          16' Double Trumpet 12 SW
    4' Clarion 12             16' Contra Fagotto SW
       Tremulant               8' Trumpet SW
       Sub                     4' Clarion SW
       Unison Off                 Chimes GT
       Super
    8' Harp CH
    4' Celesta CH


 [Received on line from Jeff Scofield February 28, 2009.]

 [Received on line from Jeff Scofield February 28, 2009.]