Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 10928 (1973)

Towson University: Harold J. Kaplan Concert Hall, Center for the Arts
Towson, MD

Images

Unknown - Console, and Positiv, Great and partial Pedal Chambers (Archival source not identified by contributor: Mark Hurley (January 1974)/Database Manager)

Unknown - Console (Archival source not identified by contributor: Mark Hurley (January 1974)/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
32 stops
32 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

2009-03-01 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2009-08-02 - Updated through online information from Mark Hurley. -- Organ was installed beginning Fall 1973. Builder's plate says "1973." Organ renovated to playable condition ca. 2008 after being unplayable for many years. -Database Manager

2009-11-01 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2018-06-30 - Updated by Mark Hurley. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

        Towson, Maryland
        Towson State College
        Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall

        Möller   Op. 10928   1973   3/45

        GREAT 3½" wind)              POSITIV (3")
    16' Quintaten 61              8' Holzgedeckt 61
     8' Principal 61              8' Spitzflöte 61
     8' Bordun 61                 4' Spitzprincipal 61
     4' Octave 61                 4' Koppelflöte 61
     2' Weitprincipal 61          2' Blockflöte 61
    II  Sesquialtera 98 tc    1 1/3' Quinte 61
     V  Mixture 305             III  Cymbel 183
     8' Trompet 61                8' Krummhorn 61
                                     Tremulant
        SWELL (3 3/4")
     8' Rohrflöte 61                 PEDAL (3½")
     8' Viola Pomposa 61         16' Principal 32
     8' Viola Celeste 49 tc      16' Subbass 32
     4' Principal 61              8' Octave 32
     2' Waldflöte 61              8' Pommer 32
III-IV  Plein Jeu 226             4' Choralbass 32
    16' Fagotto 61 (1-18 L/2)    IV  Mixture 128
     8' Trompette 61             16' Bombarde 32
        Tremulant                 4' Rohrschalmei 32
        Unison Off
        Super

INTRAMANUAL COUPLERS:

    8' Great to Pedal
    8' Swell to Pedal
    4' Swell to Pedal
    8' Positiv to Pedal
    8' Swell to Great
    4' Swell to Great
    8' Positiv to Great
    8' Swell to Positiv 

    COMBINATION PISTONS:

    General: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 (Thumb & Toe Stud)
    Positiv: 1-2-3-4-5-6 (Thumb)
    Great: 1-2-3-4-5-6 (Thumb)
    Swell: 1-2-3-4-5-6 (Thumb)
    Pedal: 1-2-3-4-5-6 (Toe Stud)
    Combination Adjust Piston
    General Cancel Piston 

    REVERSIBLES (All duplicated by Thumb & Toe Studs):

    8' Positiv to Pedal
    8' Swell to Pedal
    8' Great to Pedal
    Tutti (with red indicator light) 

    PEDAL MOVEMENTS:

    Balanced Swell Pedal
    Balanced Crescendo Pedal (with green indicator light) 

    Lights for music rack and pedal board
    All electric console
    Adjustable bench (electric)
    Movable console connected by several cables which can be
       disconnected so the console may be rolled off stage. 

    Swell and part of Pedal on west side of stage

    Great, Positiv and balance of Pedal on east side of stage 

    Remote blower switch with indicator light

    Accessories and other information courtesy of Mark Hurley.
 
[Received on line from Jeff Scofield November 02, 2009.]

Documents

(1973-05-03) Factory specifications, OHS Archives via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield