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M. P. Möller Opus 6155 (1933)

St. Matthew Lutheran Church: Sanctuary
839 W. Market St.
York, PA

Images

2019-10-18 - Sanctuary interior to rear (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2019-10-18 - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Unknown - Chancel and Console ((ca. 1938) Möller Catalog Photograph; image courtesy of Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Unknown - Church Exterior ((ca. 1938) Möller Catalog Photograph; image courtesy of Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
27 stops
42 registers
5 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

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

2012-06-23 - Updated through online information from Scott Crowell. -- The Moller organ was in deteriorating condition (only 1/3 playable) and has since been taken out of the church. SDG Organs is currently building a new French Romantic-style organ, which will have 3 manuals and 47 ranks when completed. -Database Manager

2015-10-11 - Rebuilt 1967 as 3/38 Moller Op. R-755; last played on Easter Sunday 2010; removed and replaced in 2012 by 3/47 SDG Organ, retaining many of the Moller pipes. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist courtesy of the OHS Archives Date not recorded

       York, Pennsylvania
       St. Matthew Lutheran Church

       Möller   Op. 6155   1933   3/27
       ________________________________________________________

       GREAT (enclosed)                   SWELL

    8' Open Diapason         61       16' Bourdon            61
    8' 2nd Open Diapason     73        8' Open Diapason      73
    8' Clarabella            73        8' Stopped Diapason   73
    8' Gemshorn              73        8' Salicional         73
    4' Octave                73        8' Vox Celeste        73   
    4' Flute Harmonique      73        8' Viol d'Gamba     prep
2 2/3' Twelfth               61        4' Orchestral Flute   12
    2' Super Octave          61        4' Salicet            12
  III  Mixture             prep        2' Piccolo            12
    8' Tromba                61      III  Dolce Cornet     prep
       Tremulant                       8' Muted Trumpet      73
       Sub                             8' Oboe               73
       Super                           4' Clarion            --
       Harp                prep           Tremulant
                                          Sub
       ECHO                               Unison Off
                                          Super
    8' Processional Diapason 61           Blank
    8' Flute (Traverse)      61
    8' Violin                61           CHOIR
    4' Flute                 12
    4' Violin                12        8' Geigen Principal   73
    8' Vox Humana            61        8' Concert Flute      73
       Tremulant                       8' Flute Celeste    prep
       Chimes                21        8' Dulciana           61
       Blank                           4' Rohr Flute         73
       Echo ON - Great OFF             4' Dulciana           12
                                   2 2/3' Dolce Nazard        7
       PEDAL                           2' Dolce 15th          5
                                       8' Clarinet           73
   32' Resultant             --           Tremulant
   16' 1st Open Diapason     32           Sub
   16' 2nd Open Diapason     12 GT        Unison Off
   16' Bourdon               32           Super
   16' Lieblich Gedeckt      SW           Harp             prep
    8' Octave                12           Harp Dampers     prep
    8' Flute                 12
    8' Dulciana              CH
   16' Tromba              prep

            [Received from Jeff Scofield November 8, 2019]

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