Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 7539 (1948)

St. Agatha Catholic Church
7983 SE 15th Avenue
Portland, OR

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

Images

2022 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1991-03-20 - Balcony and Organ Case (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1991-03-20 - Console (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1991-03-20 - Pipework (f-b): Stopped Flute, Trumpet, Salicional, Diapason (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1991-03-20 - Pipework (Stopped Flute unit with offset 16' Bourdon pipes) (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
2 manuals
4 stops
16 registers
3 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
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

2007-03-18 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ was free-standing and encased in the left corner of the rear gallery. The facade was mostly lattice-work with a few dummy gold pipes. The console sat directly in front of the case with the organist facing across the gallery - altar to the right. The organ had 4 ranks much like an "Artiste": Diapason, Stopped Flute, Salicional, and Trumpet. But it was a custom organ with Inter- and intra-manual couplers, and fewer actual speaking stops than a 4-rank "Artiste." The organ was in rough shape when visited 3/20/91. Top g 32 of the pedalboard was missing. And the church was already fund-raising to replace the pipe organ with an electronic substitute. -Database Manager

2012-04-11 - Updated through online information from Lanny Hochhalter. -- Removed by Hochhalter, Inc. Console was refinished, rebuilt and installed at Grace Episcopal, Astoria, Oregon. Pipework was used on various projects. -Database Manager

2012-04-11 - Updated through online information from Lanny Hochhalter. -- This was not an "Artiste" but what Moller called a "custom unit" organ. It had pitman windchests with duplex shifters. -Database Manager

2017-11-24 - Updated by James R. Stettner, who has heard or played the organ. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Courtesy of the OHS Archives

    Portland, Oregon
    St. Agatha Catholic Church

    Möller   Op. 7539   1948   2/4
    ____________________________________________

    GREAT                     SWELL
 8' Diapason        73    16' Lieblichbourdon tc
 8' Stopped Flute          8' Stopped Flute   85
 8' Dulciana      prep     8' Salicional      73
 8' Salicional             4' Lieblichflöte
 4' Octave             2 2/3' Nasard
 4' Lieblichflöte          2' Flautino       
 8' Trumpet                8' Trumpet         73
    Sub                       Tremulant
    Super                     Sub
                              Super
    PEDAL
16' Bourdon         12
 8' Stopped Flute   
 4' Flute

    [Received from Jeff Scofield January 3, 2023]

Documents

(1946-12-09) Factory specifications, courtesy of the OHS Archives Stoplist and accessories -Jeff Scofield

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#25646 - Hochhalter, Inc. (1993)