Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 4331 (1926)

Bethlehem Presbyterian Church / Berean Presbyterian Church
2101 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA

Note: Not playable. (in this location)

Images

2019 - Facade (Photograph by PSP, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)

2019 - Organ in room (Photograph by PSP, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)

2019 - Console (Photograph by PSP, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)

2019 - Room (Photograph by PSP, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
4 manuals
38 stops
45 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2009-10-31 - Identified through information in <i>List of More than 5200 Moller Pipe Organs</i> (Hagerstown, Maryland. M. P. Möller, 1928). -Database Manager

2012-01-02 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Building sold to Berean Presbyterian Church in 1955. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> April 1926 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

     Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
     Bethlehem Presbyterian Church

     Möller   Op. 4331   1926   4/40
     _________________________________________________

     GREAT                          CHOIR
 16' Grand Bourdon     73        8' Open Diapason   73
  8' 1st Open Diapason 61        8' Melodia         73
  8' 2nd Open Diapason 61        8' Flute Celeste   73
  8' Clarabella        73        8' Dulciana        73
  8' Erzähler          73        8' Unda Maris      73
  4' Octave            73        4' Flute d'Amour   73
  4' Flute             73        4' Viole d'Amour   73
III  Mixture          183        8' Clarinet        73
  8' Trumpet           73           Tremolo
     Sub                            Sub
     Unison Off                     Unison Off
     Super                          Super
     Chimes            25           Harp            61
                                    Celesta
     SWELL
 16' Lieblich Gedeckt  73           SOLO
  8' Open Diapason     73        8' Gross Gedeckt   73
  8' Gedeckt           73        8' Gamba           73
  8' Salicional        73        8' Gamba Celeste   73
  8' Voix Celeste      61        8' Tuba Mirabilis  73
  8' Flauto Dolce      73        8' French Horn     73
  8' Aeoline           73        8' Orchestral Oboe 73
  4' Harmonic Flute    73           Sub
  2' Piccolo           61           Unison Off
 16' Double Trumpet    73           Super
  8' Cornopean         73
  8' Oboe              73           PEDAL
  8' Vox Humana        61       16' Open Diapason   32
     Tremolo                    16' Bourdon         32
     Sub                        16' Echo Bourdon    SW
     Unison Off                  8' Octave          12
     Super                       8' Bass Flute      12
     Chimes            GT        8' Still Gedeckt   SW
     Harp              CH       16' Trombone        12 SO
     Celesta           CH       16' Double Trumpet  SW
                                 8' Tuba            SO

  [Received online from Jeff Scofield  January 1, 2012]