Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 7538 (1948)

St. Leo the Great Catholic Church
6658 Keystone Street
Philadelphia, PA

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

Images

Unknown - Church exterior before fire (Photograph from an archival source: Library of Congress, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2021-05-10 - Church exterior after fire (Photograph by WHYY, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1947 - Moller factory drawing: Floorplan. (Photograph from an archival source: OHS Archives, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

2021-05-09 - Church and organ were consumed by fire, May 9, 2021. (Photograph by Ron Coles via Facebook, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
10 stops
13 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 (Details Unknown)
Has crescendo
Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2008-03-22 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2011-07-05 - Updated through online information from Ken Houser. -Database Manager

2021-05-10 - The church, which had closed in January 2018, was consumed by an arson fire May 5, 2021, taking the organ with it. -- via Facebook post by Ron Coles. -Paul R. Marchesano

Stoplist

Source: Courtesy of the OHS Archives

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    St. Leo the Great Catholic Church

    Möller   Op. 7538   1948   2/10
    ____________________________________________

    GREAT (enclosed)         SWELL
 8' Diapason         61   8' Geigen Diapason  73
 8' Melodia          61   8' Stopped Diapason 73
 8' Dulciana         61   8' Salicional       73
 4' Octave           61   8' Voix Celeste     61
    Tremulant             4' Flute Harmonic   73
    Sub                      Tremulant
    Unison Off               Sub
    Super                    Unison Off
    Chimes         prep      Super
    Blank

    PEDAL
16' Bourdon          32
16' Lieblichbourdon  12 SW
 8' Bourdon          12
 8' Stopped Diapason SW

   [Received from Jeff Scofield January 3, 2023]

Documents

(1947-06-21) Factory specifications, courtesy of the OHS Archives Stoplist and accessories -Jeff Scofield