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M. P. Möller Opus 6136 (1933)

St. Paul's Episcopal Church: St. Paul the Apostle Chapel
859 Washington Blvd.
Baltimore, MD

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
2 manuals
14 stops
24 registers
3 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

2007-12-15 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2008-08-06 - Sold to St. Clements, Philadelphia in 2008. -Database Manager

2008-08-06 - Updated through on-line information from Paul Marchesano. -- The chapel has been sold to a real estate developer. The organ has been sold to St. Clement's Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, PA and will be restored and installed in St. John's Chapel. It is in storage in the St. Clement's Church basement as of July 2008. -Database Manager

2013-10-05 - Installed in the chapel of St. Clement's 2011-2012, supervised by Curt Mangel; can be used Antiphonally with the Austin in the church nave. -Database Manager

2013-10-08 - Voiced by Richard O. Whitelegg. -Database Manager

2016-12-06 - Updated through online information from Steve Bartley. <br>Built for St. Paul the Apostle, which at that time was under the care of "Old st. Paul's Church." Prior to the organ's installation the church had burned, though the walls were reused, and the orientation of the building's interior was shifted 90 degrees in the renovation. The organ sat in a chamber on the right side of the chancel. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

     Baltimore, Maryland
     St. Paul's Episcopal Church
     Chapel of St. Paul the Apostle

     Möller   Op. 6136   1933   2/15
     ____________________________________________________________________________

     GREAT (enclosed)             SWELL                       PEDAL
  8' Open Diapason  61        16' Bourdon          61     16' Open Diapason    12 GT
  8' Clarabella     73         8' Geigen Principal 73     16' Bourdon          32
  8' Concert Flute  73         8' Stopped Diapason 12     16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
  8' Dulciana       73         8' Salicional       73      8' Flute Major      12
  4' Octave         73         8' Vox Celeste      61      8' Dolce Flute      SW
  4' Flute Harmonic 12         4' Orchestral Flute 12
  2' Fifteenth      61         4' Salicet          --
III  Mixture       122 *   2 2/3' Flute Twelfth     7
  8' Cornopean      61         2' Piccolo           5
     Tremulant                 8' Oboe             61
     Sub                       8' Vox Humana       pf
     Unison Off                   Tremulant
     Super                        Sub
     Chimes                       Unison Off
                                  Super
  * draws 2' Fifteenth

               [Received online from Jeff Scofield October 9, 2013]

Documents

(1933-01-10) Factory Documentation Factory Documentation courtesy of the OHS Archive -Roman Lizak

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#51968 - Curt Mangel (2012)