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M. P. Möller Opus 5112 (1927)

St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church (1872)
134 S. Washington Street
Wilkes-Barre, PA

Images

Unknown - Church interior from historic image (Church Archives/Jim Tartella)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
40 stops
43 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 tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2007-11-26 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2012-01-19 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- This was a rebuild with electrification and new console, as well as tonal changes, to 1901 Müller & Abel Op. 90; renovated in 1954, 1974 and in the 1980s. -Database Manager

2012-08-15 - Updated through online information from Matthew J. Geda. -- The organ has a very rich, dark sound that fills the church with ease. It is a fine example of a Moller organ of the time period and deserves to be fully restored. -Database Manager

2013-09-18 - Updated through online information from Scott Crowell. -- Organ to be rebuilt by Patrick Murphy in Fall 2013. -Database Manager

2013-12-31 - Received new Moller console in 1974; removed and restored by Patrick J. Murphy & Associates in 2013 as their Op. 61. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Approximate stoplist from memory Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

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

       Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
       St. Mary's R. C. Church

       Möller   Op. 5112   1927   3/45
       _____________________________________________________

       GREAT                             SWELL
   16' Double Open Diapason 61       16' Bourdon          73
    8' First Open Diapason  61        8' Open Diapason    73
    8' Second Open Diapason 61        8' Stopped Diapason 73
    8' Doppelflöte          61        8' Salicional       73
    8' Viola d'Gamba        61        8' Voix Celeste     73
    8' Gemshorn             61        8' Spitzflöte       73
    4' Octave               61        8' Aeoline          73
    4' Rohrflöte            61        4' Octave           61
2 2/3' Octave Quint         61        4' Flute Harmonique 73
    2' Super Octave         61        2' Flageolet        61
   IV  Mixture             244      III  Cornet          183
    8' Tuba                 61        8' Cornopean        73
    4' Tuba Clarion         12        8' Oboe             73
       Sub                            8' Vox Humana       61
       Unison Off                        Tremolo
       Super                             Sub
       Cathedral Chimes     20           Unison Off
       Harp                              Super

       CHOIR                             PEDAL
   16' Double Melodia       73       16' Open Diapason    32
    8' Violin Diapason      73       16' Bourdon          32
    8' Concert Flute        73       16' Violone          32
    8' Unda Maris           73       16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
    8' Quintadena           73   10 2/3' Quint            32
    4' Fugara               73        8' Violoncello      32
    4' Flute d'Amour        73        8' Trombone         32
    2' Piccolo Harmonique   61
    8' Clarinet             61
       Tremolo
       Sub
       Unison Off
       Super
       Cathedral Chimes     GT
       Harp                 49

      [Received online from Jeff Scofield   January 19, 2012]

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