Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 10431 (1968)

Forum Auditorium
500 Walnut Street
Harrisburg, PA

Images

2015-05-29 - Ceiling artwork (Photograph by murphydittenhafer.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2015-05-27 - Auditorium interior to stage and exposed pipes (Photograph by murphydittenhafer.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2015-05-28 - Auditorium interior (Photograph by murphydittenhafer.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2010-10-08 - Stage, Console, and Pipe Display (Photograph by Rick Zentmeyer/Database Manager)

2010-10-08 - Console (Photograph by Rick Zentmeyer/Database Manager)

2010-10-08 - Auditorium Exterior (Photograph by Rick Zentmeyer/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
4 manuals
52 stops
66 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)
Combination action: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2009-01-24 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2009-09-01 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2012-10-17 - Updated through online information from Scott Crowell. -- By May 2000 the organ was in need of major repairs. The State agreed to pay for the console to be releathered and for future annual tunings. In 2001 the organ console was releathered by Hagerstown Organ Company, who also repaired wind leaks. Also at this time, C.M. Walsh Pipe Organbuilders repaired dead notes and tuned/regulated the organ. -Database Manager

2013-11-01 - Updated through online information from harold ulmer. -- this organ is currently in service periodically for concerts (state funding is tight) by sdg pipe organs of millersville, pa - the organ suffers from major windleaks which are nearly inaccessible without dismantling. state does not wish to spend the money to fix the leaks. -Database Manager

2022-06-30 - The Forum Auditorium seats 1,600. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

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

       Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
       Forum Auditorium

       Möller   Op. 10431   1968   4/69

       GREAT (3 3/4" wind)               SWELL (4½")
   16' Violone 61                    16' Lieblich Bordun 61
    8' Principal 61                   8' Geigen 61
    8' Rohrflöte 61                   8' Bordun 12
    4' Octav 61                       8' Salicional 61
    4' Spitzflöte 61                  8' Voix Celeste 56 FF
2 2/3' Octav Quint 61                 8' Flute Celeste II 110
    2' Super Octave 61                4' Prestant 61
 IV-V  Mixtur 269                     4' Waldflöte 61
  III  Scharf 183                 2 2/3' Nasard 61
    8' Trompete 73 (dbl trebles)      2' Gemshorn 61
    8' Bombarde SO                1 3/5' Terz 61
       Unison Off                    IV  Plein Jeu 244
       Chimes 25                     16' Fagotto 61
                                      8' Trompette 61
       POSITIV (3¼")                  8' Fagotto 12
    8' Holzgedeckt 61                 4' Clairon 61
    4' Principal 61                      Tremulant
    4' Koppelflöte 61                    Sub
    2' Octav 61                          Unison Off
    2' Blockflöte 61                     Super
1 1/3' Kleinnasard 61
    1' Sifflöte 61                       PEDAL (3 3/4")
   II  Terzian 98 tc                 16' Contrebass 32
  III  Zimbel 183                    16' Subbass 32
    8' Krummhorn 61                  16' Violone GT
       Tremulant                     16' Lieblick SW
       Unison Off                    16' Erzähler CH
                                      8' Octav 32
       SOLO (5")                      8' Pommer 32
   16' Erzähler 61                    8' Erzähler SO
    8' Viola 61                       4' Choralbass 32
    8' Hohlflöte 61                   4' Nachthorn 32
    8' Erzähler 12                    2' Nachthorn 12
    8' Erzähler Celeste 56 FF       III  Grand Cornet 36
    4' Harmonic Flute 61            III  Harmonics 96
    2' Piccolo 61                    IV  Mixtur 128
    8' Cor Anglais 61                32' Contra fagotto 12 SW (5")
       Tremulant                     16' Posaune 32 (5")
    8' Bombarde 61 (8")              16' Fagotto SW
       Sub                            8' Posaune 12
       Unison Off                     4' Posaune 12
       Super                          4' Krummhorn PO

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield September 01, 2009.]

Documents

(1067-03-01) Factory specifications, courtesy of Roman Lizak Factory specifications -Jeff Scofield

Websites

Forum Organ Specifications [Harrisburg AGO web site] - Photographs, stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)