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M. P. Möller Opus 56 (1890)

Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Harrisburg, PA

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Notes

2009-03-18 - Identified through information in <i>List of More than 5200 Moller Pipe Organs</i> (Hagerstown, Maryland. M. P. Möller, 1928). -Database Manager

2009-11-20 - Updated through online information from Bynum Petty. -Database Manager

2017-11-27 - This was Möller's first three-manual organ. It stood in a rear gallery below a large rose window. The attached console was below a rather pleasing case front somewhat in the Gothic style. Dimension were 29 feet high, 28 feet wide, 8 feet deep. The organ included Möller's Improved Pneumatic Action, and was powered by a Ross Water Motor. -Database Manager

2024-09-09 - This instrument was an excellent example of the Moller company's early work. It is sadly no longer extant. (Fate unknown) Information received online from Scott Siciliano on 2024-09-09 -Paul R. Marchesano


Stoplist

Typed specification Source: from Boston Organ Club Newsletter (Jan & Feb 1978) Date not recorded

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Bethlehem Lutheran Tabernacle

M. P. Möller, Inc.   Opus 56   1890                 3 manuals, 28 stops, 32 ranks
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         GREAT ORGAN                              SWELL ORGAN
     16' Double Open Diapason    61 m         16' Lieblich Gedacht        61 w
      8' Open Diapason           61 m          8' Viola Diapason          61 m&w
      8' Cone Gamba              61 m          8' Stopped Diapason        61 w
      8' Doppel Flöte            61 w&m        8' Aeolina                 61 m&w
      4' Principal               61 m          4' Flute Harmonic          61 m
      4' Flute d'Amour           61 m          4' Violina                 61 m
      3' Twelfth                 61 m          2' Flautina                61 m
      2' Fifteenth               61 m             Dolce Cornet 3 ranks   183 m
         Mixture 3 ranks        183 m          8' Oboe and Bassoon        61 m
      8' Trumpet                 61 m

         CHOIR ORGAN                              PEDAL ORGAN
      8' Open Diapason           61 m         16' Double Open Diapason    30
      8' Dulciana                61 m         16' Bourdon                 30
      8' Melodia                 61 w          8' Violoncello             30
      4' Flute Traverso          61 w
      4' Clarion [sic]           61 w&m [perhaps in Great?]
      8' Clarionett              61 m

         MECHANICAL REGISTERS                     PEDAL MOVEMENTS
         Swell to Great Coupler *                 Forte Combination to Great
         Choir to Great Coupler *                 Piano Combination to Great
         Choir to Pedal Coupler *                 Forte Combination to Swell
         Great to Pedal Coupler *                 Piano Combination to Swell
         Swell to Pedal Coupler *                 Balanced Swell Pedal
         * Pneumatic Piston
         Tremolo to Swell
         Tremolo to Choir
         Pedal Check
         Bellows Signal
         Bench


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2017-11-27]


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