Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 6906 (1940)

St. Genevieve's Roman Catholic Church
4835 W. Altgeld St.
Chicago, IL

Images

2012-05-07 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2021-10-24 - Gallery, console and chamber (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2016-07-02 - Church interior to front (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
22 stops
32 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
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

Notes

2008-03-01 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2011-12-06 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Tonal finishing by L. B. Buterbaugh completed in October, 1940. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The American Organist</i> March 1941 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Chicago, Illinois
       St. Genevieve R. C. Church

       Möller   Op. 6906   1940   3/22
       ____________________________________________________

       As per the editorial policy of THE AMERICAN ORGANIST
       at the time, borrows and extensions have the same
       name as the parent rank.

       GREAT (encl w/CH)            SWELL
    8' Diapason        61       16' Rohrbordun      61
    8' Claribel Flute  73        8' Geigen Diapason 73
    8' Gemshorn        73        8' Rohrbordun      12
    4' Octave          73        8' Salicional      73
    4' Flute d'Amour   73        8' Voix Celeste    61
2 2/3' Twelfth         61        4' Rohrbordun      12
    2' Fifteenth       61    2 2/3' Rohrbordun       7
       Sub                       2' Rohrbordun       5
       Unison Off                8' Trumpet         73
       Super                     8' Oboe            73
                                    Tremulant
       CHOIR (encl w/GT)            Sub
    8' English Diapason 73          Unison Off
    8' Concert Flute    61          Super
    8' Viola            73
    8' Dulciana         73          PEDAL
    8' Unda Maris       61      16' Diapason        32
    4' Concert Flute    12      16' Bourdon         32
    8' Clarinet         73      16' Rohrbordun      SW
       Tremulant                 8' Bourdon         12
       Sub                       8' Rohrbordun      SW
       Unison Off                8' Viola           CH
       Super                    16' Trombone        32
                                 8' Trombone        12

[Received online from Jeff Scofield   December 7, 2011]

Documents

Write-up from THE DIAPASON February 1941 Stoplist and description -Jeff Scofield