1963-05-04 - Gallery and Pipe Display (Möller Promotional Photo; collection of Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
2009-01-05 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager
2009-05-19 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager
2012-11-26 - Updated through online information from Greg Moore. -- I was an airman stationed at Keesler shortly after Hurricane Camille, in 1969. The roof of the chapel had been blown off, inundating the organ. The Air Force had planned to replace it with a Hammond, but two airmen who were organ buffs and the chaplain conspired to repair it by night, thus making it miraculously playable again. This was arduous work, since every felt was ruined and wood swelling brought about enormous problems with ciphers. I accompanied the chapel choir with music from Handel's Messiah at Christmas, the effective debut of the restored instrument, though I dared not touch the three or four notes that continued to stick (one was middle C). A remarkable act of generosity by those two airmen, whose names I do not recall. Reading about recent hurricanes, I remembered the organ and visited this site hoping to learn of its status today. -Database Manager
2016-08-28 - Rebuild and tonal changes in 1984 as 3/29 Moller Op. R-151; the chapel was damaged beyond repair by Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005, and was eventually demolished; since the organ was installed directly in front of the large rear window, it probably also suffered catastrophic damage; the base suffered nearly $1 billion in damage from the hurricane. -Database Manager
Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Biloxi, Mississippi
Keesler Air Force Base, Chapel
Möller Op. 9817 1963 3/28
The organ is functionally displayed in front
of the large rear window of the A-frame chapel.
GREAT (3" wind) SWELL (3")
16' Quintadena 61 8' Chimney Flute 61
8' Principal 61 8' Gambe 61
8' Gedeckt 61 8' Dulciana 61
4' Octave 61 4' Gemshorn 61
2' Doublette 61 2' Flautino 61
III Mixture 183 8' Trompette 61 (L/2)
Tremulant
PEDAL (3")
16' Subbass 32 POSITIV (2 3/4")
16' Quintadena GT 8' Quintflöte 61
8' Principal 32 4' Rohrflöte 61
8' Subbass 12 2' Principal 61
8' Quintadena GT II Sesquialtera 122
4' Octave 12 III Fourniture 183
II Mixture 64 8' Schalmey 61
16' Fagott 32 (L/2) Tremulant
GT to PED 8 SW to GT 8 SW to PO 8
SW to PED 8 4 PO to GT 8
PO to PED 8
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