Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 8932 (1956)

Queens College: Belk Chapel
1900 Selwyn Avenue
Charlotte, NC

Images

1988-02-16 - Console to right (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1988-02-16 - Console to left (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1988-02-16 - Chapel exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1988-02-16 - Chapel interior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2009-01-16 - Console (Photograph by David Ritch/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
33 stops
42 registers
5 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

2008-11-13 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2009-04-03 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2009-08-24 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Renamed Queens University in 2002. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

Charlotte, North Carolina
Queens College, Belk Chapel

Möller   Op. 8932   1956   3/40

       GREAT (3 1/2" wind)               SWELL (4")
   16' Quintaton 61                   8' Gambe 61
    8' Diapason 61                    8' Gambe Celeste 61
    8' Bourdon 61                     8' Gedeckt 61
    4' Principal 61                   4' Octave Geigen 61
    4' Flauto Traverso 61             4' Koppelflöte 61
2 2/3' Twelfth 61                   III  Plein Jeu 183
    2' Octavin 61                    16' Hautbois 61
   IV  Fourniture 244                 8' Trompette 61
    8' Trompete 61 (added later)      4' Schalmei 61
       Super                             Tremolo
       Chimes CH                         Sub
                                         Unison Off
       POSITIV (3")                      Super
    8' Quintflöte 61
    4' Nachthorn 61                      CHOIR (4")
    2' Principal 61                   8' Nason Gedeckt 61
    1' Sifflöte 61 **                 8' Dolcan 61
   II  Mixture 122                    8' Dolcan Celeste 49
                                      4' Flute Harmonic 61
       PEDAL (4")                 2 2/3' Nasat 61
   16' Contrebass 32 (1-24 wood)      2' Prinzipal 61
   16' Bourdon 32                 1 3/5' Tierce 61
   16' Quintaten GT                   8' English Horn 61
    8' Contrebass 12                     Tremolo
    8' Bourdon 12                        Sub
    8' Quintaten GT                      Unison Off
    4' Choralbass 32                     Super
    2' Octavin 12                        Chimes 21 (Deagan D)
   16' Hautbois SW
    8' Trompette SW                   ** Replaced by 8' Krummhorn
    4' Schalmei SW                       at a later date
       Chimes CH

 [Received on line from Jeff Scofield April 03, 2009.]