Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 7898 (1949)

St. Mark's Episcopal Church
2822 Frankfort Avenue
Louisville, KY

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

Images

Unknown - Church exterior (Photograph by pinterest.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
23 stops
27 registers
4 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

Notes

2008-04-29 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2011-12-26 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Home church of William E. Pilcher, Jr., who was the salesman for the contract; replaced in 1985 by Steiner-Reck 2/37 Op. 73. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> September 1948 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Louisville, Kentucky
       St. Mark's Episcopal Church

       Möller   Op. 7898   1949   3/25
       _____________________________________________

       GREAT                     SWELL
    8' Diapason       61      8' Geigen Diapason  73
    8' Bourdon        61      8' Gedeckt          73
    8' Gemshorn       61      8' Gamba            73
    4' Octave         61      8' Gamba Celeste    61
2 2/3' Twelfth        61      4' Octave Geigen    73
    2' Fifteenth      61      4' Harmonic Flute   73
  III  Mixture        pf      2' Flautino         61
       Sub                  III  Plein Jeu       183
       Unison Off             8' Trompette        73
       Super                  8' Oboe             pf
       Chimes         pf         Tremolo
                                 Sub
       CHOIR                     Unison Off
    8' Concert Flute  73         Super
    8' Dulciana       73
    8' Unda Maris     61         PEDAL
    4' Cor de Nuit    73     16' Contra Bass      32
2 2/3' Nasard         pf     16' Bourdon          32
    2' Piccolo        61     16' Lieblich Gedeckt 12 SW
    8' Cor Anglais    pf     16' Contra Dulciana  pf
       Tremolo                8' Principal        32
       Sub                    8' Gedeckt          SW
       Unison Off             8' Gamba            SW
       Super                  4' Super Octave     12
       Chimes         pf     16' Trombone         pf
                              8' Trumpet          pf
                              4' Clarion          pf

[Received online from Jeff Scofield December 25, 2011]

Documents

(1949-03-25) Factory specifications, via the OHS Archives Stoplist and accessories -Jeff Scofield
Write-up from THE DIAPASON September 1948 Stoplist and commentary -Jeff Scofield