Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 11542 (1981)

St. Paul of the Cross Monastery: Church
148 Monastery Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA

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

Images

2007 - Organ at front, center (Photograph by Architecht Page, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2015 - Exterior (Photograph by Wikipedia, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
26 stops
39 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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2007-08-30 - Identified by Jeff Scofield through information in Möller factory documents. -Database Manager

2009-12-07 - Updated through on-line information from Howard Lotis. -Database Manager

2011-11-17 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2016-04-30 - Updated through online information from Jim Stark. <br>The organ is in regular use as of April 2016 -Database Manager

2019-04-03 - Offered for sale for $10,000; to be removed by June 2019. -Database Manager

2020-05-08 - The organ no longer exists. It was removed summer 2019 and replaced with Hall & Labaugh organ by Mark Pichowicz during restoration to the building. I believe Luley & Associates purchased or assumed ownership of the pipework since there were no buyers. -Andrew Scanlon

Stoplist

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

        Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
        St. Paul of the Cross Monastery

        Möller   Op. 11542   1981   3/36
        __________________________________________________

        GREAT (exposed)                SWELL
     8' Principal        61         8' Rohrflöte        61
     8' Bourdon          61         8' Viole            61
     4' Octave           61         8' Celeste          61
     4' Waldflöte        61         4' Spitzflöte       61
     2' Doublette        61         2' Blockflöte       61
    II  Sesquialtera    122    III-IV  Plein Jeu       208
III-IV  Fourniture      208        16' Basson    L/2    12
        Tremulant                   8' Trompete         61
        Sub                         8' Hautbois         61
        Unison Off                  4' Hautbois Clarion 12
        Super                          Tremulant
        Chimes                         Sub
     8' Festival Trumpet PO            Unison Off
                                       Super
        PEDAL
    32' Quinted Bass     --            POSITIV (unenclosed)
    16' Principal        32         8' Gedeckt          61
    16' Subbass          32         4' Spitz Principal  61
     8' Octave           12         2' Octave           61
     8' Flöte            12     1 1/3' Quint            61
     4' Super Octave     32    III-IV  Zimbel          207
     4' Rohrflöte        12         8' Krummhorn        61
   III  Mixture          --            Tremulant
       (from 4' Super Octave)          Sub
    16' Contre Bombarde  32            Unison Off
    16' Basson           SW            Super
     8' Bombarde         12        16' Festival Trumpet tc
     4' Clarion          12         8' Festival Trumpet 61 5" wind
     4' Hautbois         SW

    [Received online from Jeff Scofield  November 17, 2011]

Documents

(1981-05-19) Factory specifications via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield

Websites

Demonstration of MP Möller organ - Benjamin Cornelius Bates demonstrates the now demolished Moller organ (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)