Better Pipe Organ Database


A. David Moore Co., Organbuilders Opus 2 (1972)

Sweet Briar College: Memorial Chapel
134 Chapel Road
Sweet Briar, VA

Images


2011-06-11 - Façade (Photograph by Charlie Hoilman/Database Manager)

2011-06-11 - Façade and Key Desk (Photograph by Charlie Hoilman/Database Manager)

2012-01-22 - Key Desk (Photograph by Charlie Hoilman/Database Manager)

2012-01-22 - Key Desk (Photograph by Charlie Hoilman/Database Manager)

2012-01-22 - Key Desk (Photograph by Charlie Hoilman/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main


Notes

2011-07-25 - Identified through online information from Charles Hoilman. -- This is a 'positiv' organ sitting on a movable platform on the left side floor-level of the chapel. The keydesk is attached to the left side of the instrument -- not a traditional-style keydesk -- with black naturals and white sharps. Several of the stops are split between bass and treble at middle c/c#. The Cornet is in the treble only from middle c#. The stoplist and voicing affords a nice range of expression -- ensembles, and solo and accompaniment; the full organ fills the room nicely; wind supply is sufficient to sustain full chords in the lower octaves. Several keys are inoperable and/or pipes are not seated or are missing; white covering is missing from 8 sharps; needs tuning, repair/regulation of the action, possibly voicing. -Database Manager

2011-07-27 - Updated through online information from Charles Hoilman. -Database Manager

2014-04-28 - Updated through online information from Richard Parsons. -- Exhibited ca 1978 at Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Stoplist from stopknobs above the manual. Online update from Charles Hoilman. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

8' Cremona Bass
8' Cremona Treble
   Mixture II (full compass)
   Cornet II (Treble only)
2' Fifteenth (full compass)
8' Dulciana (full compass)
8' Stopped Diapason Bass
8' Stopped Diapason Treble
4' Prestant Bass
4' Prestant Treble

[Received from Charles Hoilman July 25, 2011]

Other Links

Regrettably, it is not possible to display the information about the sponsor of this pipeorgandatabase entry or if there is a sponsor. Please see About Sponsors on Pipe Organ Database.