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M. P. Möller Opus 8158 (1950)

St. Louis Roman Catholic Cathedral
615 Pere Antoine Alley
New Orleans, LA

Images

1962 - Facade in 1962, Moller installed within (Photograph by Lew Williams , submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
20 stops
32 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat 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
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe 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. According to <i>The American Organist,</i> July 1951, page 222, the organ was installed in December of 1950. -Database Manager

2012-03-22 - Updated through online information from Ron Yeater. -- Rebuilt in 1976 by Otto Hoffman -Database Manager

2012-05-04 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Twenty ranks indicated prepared-for in the specifications dated February 3, 1950; the organ was gradually enlarged; rebuilt and enlarged by Otto Hofmann in 1976; replaced in 2004 by 3-manual Holtkamp Op. 2093. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       New Orleans, Louisiana
       St. Louis R. C. Cathedral

       Möller   Op. 8158   1950   3/25
       ________________________________________________

       Stops with no pipecounts are prepared-for

       GREAT                        CHOIR
   16' Quintaton                 8' Viola            
    8' Diapason        61        8' Nachthorn        73
    8' Spitzflöte                8' Dulciana         73
    4' Octave          61        8' Unda Maris       61
    4' Harmonic Flute            4' Koppelflöte      61
2 2/3' Octave Quint    61        4' Fugara           
    2' Super Octave    61    2 2/3' Nazard           61
   IV  Fourniture     244        2' Blockflöte                 
  III  Cymbel                1 3/5' Tierce           
       Sub                       8' Cromorne         73
       Unison Off                   Tremulant
       Super                        Sub
       Chime           20           Unison Off
                                    Super
       SWELL
   16' Rohrbourdon     73           PEDAL
    8' Geigen Diapason          16' Diapason         12 GT
    8' Rohrflöte       12       16' Contrabasse      
    8' Viole de Gambe  73       16' Bourdon          32
    8' Viole Celeste   61       16' Quintaton
    4' Principal       73       16' Rohrbourdon      SW
    4' Flute ⌂         73        8' Octave           32
2 2/3' Twelfth                   8' Bourdon          12
    2' Fifteenth                 8' Rohrflöte        SW
  III  Cymbel         183        4' Super Octave     12
   16' Contra Fagotto            4' Bourdon          12
    8' Trompette       73        2' Octavin          12
    8' Flugel Horn             III  Mixture
    4' Clarion         12       16' Bombarde
       Tremulant                16' Double Trompette 12 SW
       Sub                       8' Trompette        SW
       Unison Off                4' Clarion          SW
       Super   

      [Received online from Jeff Scofield May 5, 2012]

Documents

(1950-02-03) Factory Documentation Factory Documentation courtesy of the OHS Archives -Roman Lizak

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