Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 8731 (1955)

Broadmoor Baptist Church: Sanctuary
4110 Youree Drive
Shreveport, LA

Images

2017-11-03 - Sanctuary Interior and Chancel (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1955-01-01 - Church Exterior (Möller promotional photo in private collection of Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1955-01-01 - Sanctuary Interior and Chancel (Möller promotional photo in private collection of Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
37 stops
26 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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
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

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

2009-03-25 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2017-11-12 - Combined with a large 4-manual Allen; the pipe Great is shown on the console as Great II, the pipe Swell as Swell II and so on. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Shreveport, Louisiana
Broadmoor Baptist Church

Möller   Op. 8731   1955   3/31

       GREAT (4" wind)                  SWELL (4 1/2")
    8' Diapason 61                   8' Rohrflöte 73
    8' Bourdon 61                    8' Viole de Gambe 73
    4' Octave 61                     8' Viole Celeste 61 tc
    4' Harmonic Flute 61             4' Principal 73
2 2/3' Octave Quint 61               4' Flute Triangulaire 73
    2' Super Octave 61             III  Plein Jeu 183
   IV  Fourniture 244                8' Trompette 73
       Tremulant                     4' Fagotto 73
       Sub                              Tremulant
       Unison Off                       Sub
       Super                            Unison Off
       Chimes CH                        Super

       PEDAL (5")                       CHOIR (4 1/2")
   16' Diapason 32                   8' Viola 73
   16' Sub Bass 32                   8' Gedeckt 73
   16' Erzähler 12 CH                8' Erzähler 73
    8' Octave 12                     8' Erzähler Celeste 61 tc
    8' Bourdon 12                    4' Nachthorn 73
    8' Erzähler CH               2 2/3' Nazard 61
    4' Super Octave 12               2' Blockflöte 61
    4' Bourdon 12                1 3/5' Tierce 61
    2' Octavin 12                    8' Clarinet 73
  III  Mixture 96                       Tremulant
   16' Contre Trompette 12 SW (6")      Sub
    8' Trompette SW                     Unison Off
    4' Trompette SW                     Super
                                        Chimes 21 (present)

 [Received online from Jeff Scofield • March 25, 2009]