Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 7125 (1945)

Christ Second Lutheran Church
1110 Seventh Avenue
Altoona, PA

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
2 manuals
13 stops
21 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2008-03-07 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2009-04-17 - Updated through on-line information from Kevin M. Clemens. -- The pipe organ is in this church but the building is condemned. The small congregation has moved to another location in Altoona. The sanctuary is located on the second floor of the church building and can be access either by stairs or an elevator. There is the possibility the instrument will be removed and located to a new Lutheran church being built in State College, PA. -Database Manager

2020-06-12 - The church, having been vacant and decaying for many years, will be demolished later this year. The previous owner(s) removed the windows, copper and most everything else salvageable before the building began really collapsing. The disposition of the organ is unknown to me, but considering the condition of the structure, I can't see how the organ would have been extant. [https://www.altoonamirror.com/news/local-news/2020/03/structure-to-be-demolished/] (may be behind a paywall) -Steven Ickes

2020-08-19 - The church building is almost completely demolished. Link to Altoona Mirror photo (maybe behind paywall). https://www.altoonamirror.com/news/local-news/2020/08/church-demolition/ -Steven Ickes

Stoplist

Source: Courtesy of the OHS Archives

    Altoona, Pennsylvania
    Christ Second Lutheran Church

    Möller   Op. 7125   1945   2/15
    _____________________________________________

    GREAT (enclosed)             SWELL
 8' Diapason         73       8' Viola         73
 8' Harmonic Flute   73       8' Viola Celeste 61
 8' Gemshorn         73       8' Gedeckt       61
 4' Octave           73       4' Principal     73
 2' Fifteenth        61       4' Flute d'Amour 12
    Tremolo               2 2/3' Nazard         7
    Sub                       2' Flautina       5
    Unison Off              III  Mixture      183
    Super                     8' Trumpet       73
    Chimes         prep          Tremolo
    Blank                        Sub
                                 Unison Off
    PEDAL                        Super
16' Bourdon          32
16' Lieblich Gedeckt 12 SW
 8' Principal        32
 8' Flute            12
 4' Octave Principal 12
16' Double Trumpet   12 SW
 8' Trumpet          SW

    [Received from Jeff Scofield August 27, 2022]

Documents

(1944-09-20) Factory specifications Stoplist and accessories -Jeff Scofield