Better Pipe Organ Database

Schantz Organ Co. Opus 718 (1965)

Albright College: Merner-Pfeiffer-Klein Chapel
1621 N. Thirteenth St.
Reading, PA

Images

2022-07-18 - Chapel exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022-07-18 - Builder nameplate (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022-07-18 - Right stopjamb (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022-07-18 - Left stopjamb (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022-07-18 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022-07-18 - Chapel interior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2021-12-03 - Built in 1958, the 900-seat Merner-Pfeiffer-Klein “Memorial Chapel" was renovated in 2008 and again in 2010. Organ console sits at chancel right. (Photograph from an archival source: Albright College Twitter Account, submitted by Zenas Savage/Zenas Savage)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
54 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)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons

Notes

2011-08-05 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

Stoplist

PA/Reading.AlbrightCollege.1965Schantz.stoplist01.txt Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

     Reading, Pennsylvania
     Albright College
     Merner-Pfeiffer-Klein Chapel

     Schantz   Op. 718   1965   3/39
     ___________________________________________

     GREAT                      SWELL
 16' Quintaton     61       16' Rohrflöte     68
  8' Principal     61        8' Rohrflöte     12
  8' Bourdon       61        8' Viola         68
  8' Quintaton     12        8' Viola Celeste 56     
  4' Octave        61        4' Principal     68
  4' Gemshorn      61        4' Waldflöte     68
  2' Fifteenth     61    2 2/3' Nazard        61
 IV  Fourniture   244        2' Flöte         61   
     Sub                    IV  Plein Jeu    244
     Unison Off             16' Fagotto       68
     Super                   8' Trompette     68
     Chimes        25        8' Fagotto       12
  8' Bombarde      CH        4' Rohrschalmei  68                          
                                Tremolo                              
     PEDAL                      Sub
 16' Contrabasse   32           Unison Off
 16' Bourdon       32           Super
 16' Quintaton     GT       
 16' Rohrbourdon   SW           CHOIR
 16' Dulciana      CH       16' Dulciana      61
  8' Octave        32        8' Nasongedeckt  61
  8' Bourdon       12        8' Dulciana      12   
  8' Rohrflöte     SW        8' Unda Maris    49
  8' Viola         SW        4' Koppelflöte   61
  4' Super Octave  12    2 2/3' Nazard        61
  4' Bourdon       12        2' Principal     61
  4' Rohrflöte     SW    1 3/5' Tierce        61
  2' Octavin       12        8' Krummhorn     61
VII  Cornet        --           Tremolo
III  Mixture       96        8' Bombarde      61
 16' Bombarde      12 CH        Sub
 16' Fagotto       SW           Unison Off
  8' Bombarde      CH           Super
  8' Trompette     SW
  8' Fagotto       SW
  4' Bombarde      CH
  4' Rohrschalmei  SW
     Chimes        GT

[Received online from Jeff Scofield August 6, 2011]