Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 9545 (1961)

Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind [later, Overbrook School for the Blind]: Auditorium
6333 Malvern Avenue
Philadelphia: Overbrook, PA

Images

2010-06-02 - Exterior of Rotunda Building (Photograph by Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2019-08-08 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Fowler, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
45 stops
31 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: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
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

2008-12-18 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2009-05-07 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- Replaced 1939 Möller Op. 6724 that was detroyed by fire in early 1961 -Database Manager

2023-12-28 - The school has a September 8, 2021, photo on Facebook showing a vintage 3-manual Allen console being installed. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

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

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Overbrook School for the Blind, Auditorium

Möller   Op. 9545   1961   3/35

     GREAT (3 3/4" wind)              CHOIR (4")
 16' Quintaton 61                  8' Gedeckt 61
  8' Diapason 61                   8' Erzähler 61
  8' Bourdon 61                    8' Erzähler Celeste 49
  8' Gemshorn 61                   4' Nachthorn 61
  4' Octave 61                 2 2/3' Nazard 61
  2' Waldflöte 61                  2' Blockflöte 61
 IV  Fourniture 244            1 3/5' Tierce 61
     Tremulant                     8' Cromorne 61
     Sub                              Tremulant
     Unison Off                    8' Harmonic Trumpet 61 (6")
     Super                            Sub
  8' Harmonic Trumpet CH              Unison Off
     Chimes CH                        Super
                                      Chimes 21 (Deagan D)
     SWELL (4")
 16' Rohrgedeckt 61                   PEDAL (4")
  8' Principal 61                 16' Contrebasse 32
  8' Rohrflöte 12                 16' Bourdon 32
  8' Viole de Gambe 61            16' Erzähler 12 CH
  8' Viole Celeste 49              8' Octave 12
  4' Principal 61                  8' Bourdon 12
  4' Koppelflöte 61                8' Erzähler CH
III  Plein Jeu 183             5 1/3' Quint 32
 16' Bassoon 61 (1-30 L/2)         4' Super Octave 12
  8' Trompette 61                  4' Bourdon 12
  8' Bassoon 12                2 2/3' Quint 12
  4' Schalmei 61                   2' Octavin 12
     Tremulant                    16' Double Trumpet 12 CH
     Sub                          16' Bassoon SW
     Unison Off                    8' Trumpet CH
     Super                         8' Bassoon SW
                                   4' Trumpet CH

 [Received on line from Jeff Scofield May 11, 2009.]

Documents

(1960-11-03) Factory Documentation Factory Documentation courtesy of the OHS Archive -Roman Lizak