Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus R-735 (1964)

Bloomington Consistory A A S R / Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts
Bloomington, IL

Images

Unknown - Building exterior (Photograph by Flickr.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2011 - Auditorium interior (Photograph by Nora Dukowitz, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Stage, organ chambers and console (Photograph by 3D Tour Gallery Photography, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
22 stops
36 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
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

2013-02-05 - This is a rebuild of an existing organ. Identified by Jeff Scofield, using information found in Factory specifications. -- The specification included 14 new (or replacement) ranks and a new console. -Database Manager

2013-02-07 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Facility now named Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Bloomington, Illinois
       Bloomington Consistory A. A. S. R.
       Scottish Rite Temple

       Möller   Op. 3153    1921   3/20
       Möller   Op. R-735   1964   3/26
       __________________________________________________

       GREAT                            SWELL
    8' Diapason            61 *     16' Gedeckt        73
    8' Antiphonal Diapason 49        8' Rohrflöte      73
    8' Melodia             61        8' Salicional     73
    8' Dulciana            61        8' Voix Celeste   61
    4' Octave              61 *      4' Principal      73 *
    4' Flute D'Amour       61        4' Flute Harmonic 73
  III  Mixture            183 *      2' Piccolo        --
    8' Tuba                61 a    III  Plein Jeu     183 *
       Tremolo                       8' Trompette      73 *
       Sub                           4' Oboe Clarion   73 d
       Super                            Tremolo
       Chimes              22           Sub
                                        Unison Off
       CHOIR (b)                        Super
   16' Quintaton           61 *
    8' Diapason            61 c         PEDAL
    8' Gedeckt             12 *     16' Violone        32 e
    8' Viole               61 *     16' Bourdon        32
    4' Octave              --       16' Quintaton      CH
    4' Gedeckt             12 *     16' Gedeckt        SW
    4' Viole               12 *      8' Spitzprincipal 12
2 2/3' Nazard               7 *      8' Bourdon        12
    2' Piccolo              5 *      8' Gedeckt        CH
       Tremolo                       8' Rohrflöte      SW
                                     4' Super Octave   12

    *  new pipework
    a  former SW Cornopean, revoiced
    b  install in Artiste type cabinet
    c  1-12 from Gedeckt, Viole and Octave; 13-up new pipes
    d  present SW Oboe 13-61, new top octave
    e  1-12 present pipes, 13-56 new pipes

      [Received online from Jeff Scofield February 5, 2013]

Documents

(1964-08-20) Factory specifications Stoplist and accessories -Jeff Scofield

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#43694 - M. P. Möller Opus 3153 (1921)