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M. P. Möller Opus 6459 (1937)

St. Mary's Catholic Church
Utah St.
Butte, MT

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
2 manuals
4 stops
22 registers
1 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons

Notes

2005-11-20 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Organ believed to have been installed in a chamber. St. Mary's closed and the organ was moved to St. John the Evangelist RC Church by Balcom and Vaughan of Seattle. -Database Manager

2009-06-26 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- This was an early form of the later "Artiste" model organ. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the console junction board of the relocated and altered organ - August 8, 1994 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Butte, Montana
St. Mary's R.C. Church

M.P. Möller, Opus 6459, 1937 - Original Specifications

GREAT (Expressive)            SWELL (Expressive)            PEDAL (Expressive)
8     Open Diapason           16    Bourdon                 16  Bourdon
8     Lieblich Gedeckt        8     Diapason                8   Open Diapason
8     Viole Dolce             8     Lieblich Gedeckt        8   Flute
4     Octave                  8     Viole Dolce             8   Viole
4     Flute                   4     Octave
4     Fugara                  4     Flute
2     Piccolo                 4     Fugara
8     Oboe                    2-2/3 Twelfth
                              2     String Dolce
                              8     Oboe
                                    Tremolo

STOP / RANK / PIPE ANALYSIS
   16    Bourdon              (Sw/Ped)  12   Extension of the 8' Lieblich Gedeckt.
                                             Tenor C on the Swell.
   8     Open Diapason        (Gt/Ped)  61
   8     Diapason                 (Sw)  --   Same as the 8' Open Diapason.
   8     Lieblich Gedeckt      (Gt/Sw)  61
   8     Flute                   (Ped)  --   Same as the 8' Lieblich Gedeckt.
   8     Viole Dolce           (Gt/Sw)  61
   8     Viole                   (Ped)  --   Same as the 8' Viole Dolce.
   4     Octave                (Gt/Sw)  12   Extension of the 8' Open Diapason.
   4     Flute                 (Gt/Sw)  12   Extension of the 8' Lieblich Gedeckt.
   4     Fugara                (Gt/Sw)  12   Extension of the 8' Viole Dolce.
   2-2/3 Twelfth                  (Sw)  --   From the Lieblich Gedeckt unit.
   2     String Dolce             (Sw)  12   Extension of the 8' Viole Dolce.
   2     Piccolo                  (Gt)  12   Extension of the 8' Lieblich Gedeckt.
   8     Oboe                  (Gt/Sw)  61
         Tremolo                  (Sw)       Affects the entire instrument.

PIPE SUMMARY
   8'  Open Diapason...............73 pipes
   16' Bourdon/Lieblich Gedeckt....97 pipes
   8'  Viole Dolce.................85 pipes
   8'  Oboe........................61 pipes

COUPLERS
   Swell to Pedal                      [8]
   Great to Pedal                      [8]
   Swell to Great                      [8]

FINGER PISTONS
   Full Organ                        1 - 4

FOOT LEVERS
   To Set Combinations               (rev)

PEDAL MOVEMENTS
   Expression                       (bal.)
   Crescendo                        (bal.)

ACTION: E-P unit
VOICES: 4
STOPS: 22
RANKS: 4
PIPES: 316

NOTES
Stoplist copied from the extant console junction boards on the relocated
organ at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Butte, as well as
from the extant windchests.

 [Received on line from James R. Stettner June 26, 2009.]

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