Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 3071 (1921)

Swedish Bethany Church
New Britain, CT

Images

ca. 1959 - Sanctuary interior showing organ facade (Photograph from an archival source: Church's 75th Anniversary booklet, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

ca. 1934 - Sanctuary interior from gallery showing organ in front (Photograph from an archival source: Church's 50th Anniversary booklet, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Taken approx. 1923 - Organ in front (Photograph by Photograph by Alver E. Peterson , submitted by Warren E. Peterson., submitted by Warren E. Peterson/Warren E. Peterson)

1923 - Organ in front in 1923 (Photograph by Alver E. Peterson , submitted by Warren E. Peterson /Warren E. Peterson )

Circa 1921 - 1924 - Exterior of Swedish Bethany Church in 1921 New Britian, Connecticut and organ in 1923 (Photograph by Alver E. Peterson , submitted by Warren E. Peterson /Warren E. Peterson )

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
21 stops
29 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

2009-09-27 - Identified through information in <i>List of More than 5200 Moller Pipe Organs</i> (Hagerstown, Maryland. M. P. Möller, 1928). -Database Manager

2015-06-20 - The congregation moved to Berlin CT in 1997. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the factory ledgerbook via the OHS Archives Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

   New Britain, Connecticut
   Swedish Bethany Church

   Möller   Op. 3071   1921   3/21
   _______________________________________________

   GREAT (*encl w/CH)          SWELL

8' Open Diapason   61      16' Bourdon          73
8' Doppel Floete   73 *     8' Open Diapason    73
8' Clarabella      73 *     8' Stopped Diapason 73
8' Dulciana        73 *     8' Salicional       73
4' Octave          61       8' Vox Celeste      61
4' Flute d'Amour   73 *     8' Aeoline          73
8' Tuba            61 *     4' Flute Harmonique 73
   Super                    8' Oboe             61
                            8' Vox Humana       61
   CHOIR                       Tremolo
                               Sub
8' Violin Diapason 73          Unison Separation
8' Doppel Floete   GT          Super
8' Melodia         GT
8' Dulciana        GT          PEDAL
4' Flute           GT
2' Piccolo         GT      16' Open Diapason    32
8' Tuba            GT      16' Bourdon          32
8' Clarinet        73      16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
   Tremolo                  8' Octave           12
   Sub                      8' Flute            12
   Unison Separation
   Super

     [Received from Jeff Scofield June 20, 2015]

Documents

(1920-10-01) Factory Documentation Factory Documentation courtesy of the OHS Archive -Roman Lizak