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Unknown Builder (1950's)

St. Anthony Roman Catholic Church
Portland, OR

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
3 stops
19 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: None

Notes

2006-06-18 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- This was a stock model "Portable" with an attached keydesk which could be slid under the windchest for moving. It was installed used at St. Anthony's in the 1950s, having come from Montavilla Methodist in Portland. -Database Manager

2013-02-04 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Organ sold to Ravenna Blvd. Presbyterian Church in Seattle and restored for that location ca. 2000 by Marceau & Associates of Portland, Oregon. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist copied from the console of the relocated. restored organ. June 29, 1999

Portland, Oregon
St. Anthony's RC Church

M.P. MÖLLER, Opus 6519, 1937 - Original Specifications
Unknown Builder, 1950's - Relocation and re-installation

 
GREAT (Expressive)           SWELL (Expressive)           PEDAL (Expressive)
  8     Diapason Conique       8     Lieblich Gedeckt       16    Bourdon
  8     Lieblich Gedeckt       8     Salicional             8     Lieblich Gedeckt
  8     Salicional             8     Quintadena  [Syn]      4     Octave Conique
  4     Octave Conique         4     Lieblich Flute         2 2/3 Quint
  2 2/3 Quint                  4     Salicet                2     Super Octave
  2     Super Octave           2 2/3 Nazard
                               2     Piccolo
                               8     Oboe  [Syn]
                                     Tremolo


STOP / RANK / PIPE ANALYSIS
  16    Bourdon                 (Ped)  12  Extension of the 8’ Lieblich Gedeckt.
  8     Diapason Conique         (Gt)  --  1-12 from the 8' Lieblich Gedeckt; 
                                              13-61 from the 4' Octave Conique.
  8     Lieblich Gedeckt  (Gt/Sw/Ped)  61
  8     Salicional            (Sw/Gt)  –-  1-12 from the 8' Lieblich Gedeckt;
                                              13-61 from the 4' Salicet.
  8     Quintadena  [Syn]        (Sw)  –-  Synthetic. Derived from the 8' Sali-
                                              cional and 2 2/3' Nazard.
  4     Octave Conique       (Gt/Ped)  49  Top 8ve from the 4' Lieblich Flute.
  4     Lieblich Flute        (Sw/Gt)  12  Extension of the 8’ Lieblich Gedeckt.
                                              Top 5 pipes break back to 8' pitch.
  4     Salicet                  (Sw)  61
  2 2/3 Quint                   (Ped)  –-  From the 4' Octave Conique.
  2 2/3 Quint                    (Gt)  –-  From the 4' Salicet. Top 7 notes repeat.
  2-2/3 Nazard                   (Sw)  --  From the Lieblich Gedeckt unit. Breaks
                                              back to 4' pitch at c# 50; and 8'
                                              pitch at g# 57.
  2     Super Octave            (Ped)  --  From the 4' Octave Conique.
  2     Super Octave             (Gt)  –-  From the 4' Salicet. Top octave repeats.
  2     Piccolo                  (Sw)  --  From the Lieblich Gedeckt unit. Breaks
                                              back to 4' pitch at g# 45; and to 8'
                                              pitch at g# 57.
  8     Oboe  [Syn]              (Sw)  –-  Synthetic. Derived from the 8' Sali-
                                              cional, 4' Lieblich Flute, and
                                              2 2/3' Nazard.
        Tremolo                  (Sw)      Affects entire organ.
 
 
PIPE SUMMARY

  16' Lieblich Gedeckt       4' Octave Conique              4' Salicet
  85 pipes                   49 pipes                       61 pipes


COUPLERS                                     FINGER PISTONS
  Swell to Great                  [8]          None


PEDAL MOVEMENTS                              TOE STUDS
  Expression                   (bal.)          None
  Crescendo                    (bal.)

ACTION: E-P unit        VOICES: 3       STOPS: 19       RANKS: 3       PIPES: 195


NOTES
The organ is a stock model, free-standing and encased Möller 'Portable' with an
attached and retractable keydesk.

This organ was originally built for Montavilla Methodist Church in Portland,
Oregon. In the 1950's, it was moved to St. Anthony's RC in that same city by
an unknown person or firm.

It has been subsequently relocated three more times as of May, 2020.

Sources: Möller opus list; JRS; extant organ in Seattle


St. Anthony's RC Church
Portland, Oregon

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