Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 8659 (1954)

Berea College: Phelps Stokes Chapel
107 Jackson St.
Berea, KY

Images

Unknown - Chapel exterior (Photograph from an archival source: libraryguides.berea.edu, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
22 stops
30 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)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons

Notes

2008-07-13 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2011-12-01 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2016-02-09 - The $35,000 cost of the organ was provided by the Samuel Kress Foundation, which also provided a $45,000 endowment for a recital series and maintenance. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> December 1954 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Berea, Kentucky
       Berea College, Phelps Stokes Chapel

       Möller   Op. 8659   1954   3/24
       ________________________________________________

       GREAT                        CHOIR
    8' Diapason        61        8' Gedeckt          73
    8' Spitzflöte      61        8' Erzähler         73
    4' Octave          61        4' Nachthorn        73
2 2/3' Octave Quint    61    2 2/3' Nazard           61
    2' Super Octave    61        2' Blockflöte       61
       Tremolo               1 3/5' Tierce           61
       Sub                       8' Clarinet         73
       Unison Off                   Tremolo
       Super                        Sub
       Chimes          CH           Unison Off
                                    Super
       SWELL                        Chimes           21
    8' Rohrflöte       73
    8' Viole de Gambe  73           PEDAL
    8' Viole Celeste   61       16' Sub Bass         32
    4' Principal       73       16' Erzähler         12 CH
    4' Harmonic Flute  73        8' Spitzprincipal   32
  III  Plein Jeu      183        8' Bourdon          12
    8' Trompette       73        8' Erzähler         CH
    4' Fagotto         73        4' Super Octave     12
       Tremolo                   4' Bourdon          12
       Sub                     III  Mixture          pf
       Unison Off               16' Contra Trompette 12 SW
       Super                     8' Trompette        SW
                                 4' Trompette        SW

   [Received online from Jeff Scofield December 2, 2011]

Documents

(1953-12-01) Factory Documentation Factory Documentation courtesy of the OHS Archive -Roman Lizak