Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 8055 (1950)

St. Anthony Catholic Church
5247 Sheridan Ave.
Detroit, MI

Images

2021-03-14 - Console side view (Photograph by Roman Lizak, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2020-08-28 - Swell upper chest with Pedal 16’ Trumpet resonators in the back (Photograph by Roman Lizak/Roman Lizak)

2020-08-28 - Kinetic Blower (Photograph by Roman Lizak/Roman Lizak)

2020-08-20 - Pedal Bourdon unit (Photograph by Roman Lizak/Roman Lizak)

2020-08-20 - Great chamber facade (Photograph by Roman Lizak/Roman Lizak)

2020-08-20 - Swell and Pedal chamber facade (Photograph by Roman Lizak/Roman Lizak)

2020-08-20 - Pedal 16’ Trumpet detail (Photograph by Roman Lizak/Roman Lizak)

2020-08-20 - Right stop jambs (Photograph by Roman Lizak/Roman Lizak)

2020-08-20 - Left stop jamb (Photograph by Roman Lizak/Roman Lizak)

2020-08-20 - Console (Photograph by Roman Lizak/Roman Lizak)

Unknown - Church Exterior (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1910)/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
2 manuals
19 stops
26 registers
3 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 thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2008-05-28 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. Organ was altered through the removal of considerable pipework by a technician. Organ is unplayable as of 2004. -Database Manager

2013-04-18 - Updated through online information from David Hufford. -- Pipework of this organ is original and in good condition. If actions and pipework ever existed for the Great 2-2/3' and 2' stops for which console drawknobs and electrical connections are in place, they are now gone. There is evidence that something has been removed from above the Great Main windchest. Most action leather seems to be original, but reservoirs have been releathered. Blower-driven generator seems to still be in use. Swell division is particularly filthy. Console drawknobs were replaced by another technician in recent years due to crumbling original plastic, and two of the replacement drawknobs are inaccurately engraved. I marked the organ as "altered" because of the possible removal of pipework from the Great division, and because the console was relocated to the front of the main floor (positioned at right side), reportedly in the 1970s. Console equipment remains original, except for the drawknobs. -Database Manager

2013-10-07 - Church closed in 2006; buildings now used as the world headquarters for the Ecumenical Catholic Church of Christ and renamed Cathedral Abbey of St. Anthony. -Database Manager

2020-08-21 - The Original Contract between Möller and the Church was signed on March 11th, 1949 at a cost of $19,713.00, and was approved on March 25th, 1949 by W. R. Daniels, the Vice President Another contract was signed on January 12th, 1950 for the addition of grillework to cover the tone openings at a cost of $276.00, and was approved by W. R. Daniels on January 14th, 1950 The Organ is tuned at standard A-440 Pitch The Blower is a 5 Horsepower Kinetic Blower, style 3-P-3328 The Great Division is on 4" of Wind Pressure, The Swell is on 4 1/2" and the Pedal is on both 4" and 5" -Roman Lizak

2020-09-25 - Upon further inspection of the organ on 18 September 2020, it is believed that the Great 2 2/3' Quinte and 2' Super Octave ranks were either never installed due to shortage of funds or were removed sometime back. There are no present service records for this instrument. On 25 September 2020, the Swell cut out switch was re-leathered with two new pouches as the previous leather had deteriorated. This cut out switch controls the Swell upper and lower chests within the chamber. -Roman Lizak

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Detroit, Michigan
       St. Anthony R. C. Church

       Möller   Op. 8055   1950   2/21
       ___________________________________________________________________

       GREAT (enclosed)          SWELL                     PEDAL
    8' Diapason       73      8' Diapason       73     16' Diapason     12 GT
    8' Hohlflöte      73      8' Rohrflöte      73     16' Bourdon      32
    8' Dulciana       73      8' Viole de Gambe 73     16' Rohrbourdon  12 SW
    4' Octave         73      8' Viole Celeste  61      8' Octave       32
    4' Harmonic Flute 73      4' Principal      73      8' Bourdon      12
2 2/3' Octave Quint   61      4' Flute ⌂        73      8' Rohrflöte    SW
    2' Super Octave   61      2' Flautino       61      4' Super Octave 12
       Tremulant            III  Plein Jeu     183     16' Trumpet      12 SW
       Sub                    8' Trumpet        73      8' Trumpet      SW
       Unison Off             8' Oboe           73
       Super                     Tremulant
       Chimes         pf         Sub
                                 Unison Off
                                 Super

             [Received online from Jeff Scofield October 8, 2013]

Documents

(1949-03-11) Original Contract Original Contract with detailed information about the organ -Roman Lizak