Better Pipe Organ Database

M. L. Bigelow & Co. Opus 11 (1985)

New Melleray Abbey
6632 Melleray Circle
Dubuque, IA

Images

2018-07-21 - Abbey exterior panorama with chapel at the left (Photograph by Robert Zanca/Database Manager)

2018-07-21 - Chapel interior (Photograph by Robert Zanca/Database Manager)

2018-07-21 - Organ Case (Photograph by Robert Zanca/Database Manager)

2018-07-21 - Right Stop Jamb (Photograph by Robert Zanca/Database Manager)

2018-07-21 - Left Stop Jamb and Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by Robert Zanca/Database Manager)

2024-06-17 - Organ case and keydesk (Andrew Schaeffer/Andrew Schaeffer)

2024-06-17 - Chapel interior (Andrew Schaeffer/Andrew Schaeffer)

2024-06-17 - Keydesk (Andrew Schaeffer/Andrew Schaeffer)

Consoles

Main

2 manuals
10 stops
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Manual compass: 58 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes

Notes

2012-01-06 - Updated through online information from Richard C Greene. -Database Manager

2018-07-23 - Updated by Robert Zanca, who has heard or played the organ. Additionally, Robert Zanca listed this website as a source of information: http://bigeloworgans.com/opus/11-stop-list. <br>The Bigelow website indicates that there is only one stop in the pedal (Subbass), and that there is no manual Trumpet, same being replaced by Dulcian (narrow-scale string, in position on chest originally prepared for a reed). This has been confirmed by examination of the organ and discussion with one of the Abbey organists on 07/21/2018. The stop action employs Bigelow\'s \"Either/Or\" system. The knobs slide horizontally; the left position draws the stop on Manual I, the right position draws the stop on Manual II, and the center position retires the stop from both manuals. The evolution of this system is described in detail at the Bigelow website. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from the Bigelow website. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Dubuque, Iowa
New Melleray Abbey

M.L. Bigelow & Co.   Opus 11   1985

STOPS           MANUAL I  -OR-  MANUAL II              PEDAL
Praestant           8                              16  Subbass (wood)
Gedackt             8               8 (1-12 wood)
Oak Principal       8               8                  Man. I to Pedal
Dulcian (String)    8               8                  Man. II to Pedal
Octave              4               4
Flute               4               4
Quinte/         2-2/3               -
  Sesquialtera      -              II
Octave              2               2
Mixture            II

Man. II to Man. I

Flexible Wind/Tremulant


[Received from Richard C Greene 2012-01-07.]