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M. P. Möller Opus A-8517 (1969)

Virginia Heights Baptist/Heights Community Church: Sanctuary
2014 Memorial Ave. SW
Roanoke, VA

Images

2016-06-20 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2016-06-20 - Nave looking towards Chancel (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2016-06-20 - Antiphonal Organ above rear Gallery (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
22 stops
34 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 combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2012-06-03 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- The contract was for the addition of 12 ranks and a new 3-manual console. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Roanoke, Virginia
       Virginia Heights Baptist Church

       Möller   Op. A-8517   1953/1969   3/27
       ______________________________________________

       GREAT  4" (encl)            SWELL  4"
    8' Principal       73      16' Rohrgedeckt  PD/SW    
    8' Harmonic Flute  73       8' Rohrflöte       73    
    8' Dulciana        73       8' Viole de Gambe  73
    8' Unda Maris      61 *     8' Viole Celeste   61
    4' Octave          73       4' Principal       61
    4' Flute           12       4' Flauto Traverso 73
2 2/3' Octave Quint    61       2' Octavin         12
    2' Super Octave    61       V  Plein Jeu       pf
   IV  Fourniture     244 *     8' Trompette       73
       Tremolo                  4' Hautbois        73
       Sub                         Tremolo
       Unison Off                  Sub
       Super                       Unison Off
    8' Trumpet Fanfare AN          Super

       PEDAL  4"                   ANTIPHONAL 3" (exposed)
   32' Subbass         --       8' Holzgedeckt     61 *
   16' Bourdon         32       4' Prinzipal       61 *
   16' Rohrgedeckt     12 SW    2' Waldflöte       61 *
    8' Octave          32     III  Mixtur         183 *
    8' Bourdon         12          Tremolo
    8' Rohrflöte       SW          Sub
    4' Super Octave    12          Unison Off
    4' Bourdon         12          Super
  VII  Grand Cornet    --          Chimes          20
   16' Bombarde        12 AN *  8' Trumpet Fanfare 37 * 6"
       Chimes          AN         (hooded, brass finish)

    *  new pipes and action

      [Received online from Jeff Scofield June 13, 2012]

Documents

(1969-02-17) Factory specifications, OHS Archives via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#35906 - M. P. Möller Opus 8517 (1953)