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M. P. Möller Opus 11787 (1989)

St. Elizabeth Catholic Church (Slovak)
Penn Ave., Strip District
Pittsburgh, PA

Images

2023 - Church exterior (now branded as Orchard Hill Church) (Photograph by Facebook , submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

21st century - Church exterior front (Photograph by Father Pitt website, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

21st century - Church exterior (Photograph by Father Pitt website, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
2 manuals
8 stops
31 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets 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)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons

Notes

2007-08-27 - Identified by Jeff Scofield through information in Möller factory documents. -Database Manager

2012-03-30 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2023-08-13 - The parish was closed in 1993 and the building was eventually sold and was a nightclub and bar until 2016 when it reopened as a branch of the mega church called "Orchard Hill" of Wexford, PA . Father Pitt blog: The Strip was once a densely populated immigrant neighborhood, and until 1993 there were three Catholic churches within five blocks—an Irish one (St. Patrick’s), a Polish one (St. Stanislaus Kostka), and this Slovak church. By 1993 hardly anyone lived in the Strip, and in the parish consolidations this church was closed. After a few vacant years it became a night club. Then it became a church again: now it belongs to Orchard Hill Church. In a way this new ownership continues both strands of the building’s history: Orchard Hill is the kind of nondenominational church where worship is a stage show with a band. -Andrew Scanlon

Stoplist

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

        Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
        St. Elizabeth R. C. Church

        Möller   Op. 11787   1989   2/11
        __________________________________________________________________________

        GREAT (exposed)            SWELL                       PEDAL
     8' Principal     61        8' Geigen Principal    a   16' Contra Bass      12 GT
     8' Rohrflöte     SW        8' Rohrflöte        61     16' Subbass          12 SW
     8' Gemshorn      SW        8' Gemshorn         80      8' Principal        GT
     4' Octave        12        8' Gemshorn Celeste 49 b    8' Rohrflöte        SW
     4' Rohrflöte     SW        4' Principal        61      4' Octave           GT
     2' Super Octave  12        4' Rohrflöte        12    III  Mixture          GT
III-IV  Mixture      224    2 2/3' Nazard            7     32' Grand Cornet     --
     8' Oboe          61        2' Blockflöte        5     16' Contre Trompette SW
        Super               1 3/5' Tierce  (Gemshn) --      8' Trompette        SW
        Chimes        pf    1 1/3' Larigot (Gemshn) --      4' Clairon          SW
                               16' Contre Trompette 61
        NAVE (pf)               8' Trompette        12
        blank                   4' Clairon          12
        blank                      Tremolo
        blank                      Sub
        blank                      Unison Off
        blank                      Super

     a  from SW 8' Rohrflöte, Gemshorn and 4' Principal
     b  present pipes

                 [Received online from Jeff Scofield March 26, 2012]

Documents

(1989-06-22) Factory specifications, collection of Jeff Scofield Stoplist and accessories -Jeff Scofield