Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 8974 (1957)

St. Vincent Archabbey: Basilica
300 Fraser Purchase Rd.
Beatty (Latrobe), PA

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

Images

2011-04-30 - Building exterior (Wikipedia/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
51 stops
33 registers
7 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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2008-11-13 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2009-04-05 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Three divisions in Apse and four in Gallery; three-manual Apse console controls all seven divisions; two-manual Gallery console plays Gallery Great and Choir on Manual I and Gallery Swell on Manual II. -Database Manager

2014-08-27 - Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. -- Organ removed in 2008, apse organ replaced by new organ by John-Paul Buzard incorporating some pipes from Moller. The gallery divisions will be replaced by Buzard Opus 40 in 2014, an electronic instrument is being used in the interim. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

Latrobe, Pennsylvania
St. Vincent Archabbey, Basilica

Möller   Op. 8974   1957   3/37

Great and Swell intra-manual couplers control
both Apse and Gallery divisions

       GREAT-APSE                    SWELL-APSE
    8' Gedackt Pommer 61          8' Holzgedackt 61
    8' Gemshorn 61                8' Salicional 61
    4' Spitzprincipal 61          8' Voix Celeste 49
    4' Flute 12                   4' Waldflöte 61
    2' Super Octave 12            2' Flautino 12
       Tremulant                     Tremulant
       Sub                           Sub
       Unison Off                    Unison Off
       Super                         Super

       GREAT-GALLERY                 SWELL-GALLERY
    8' Diapason 61                8' Rohrflöte 61
    8' Spitzflöte 61              8' Viole de Gambe 61
    4' Octave 61                  8' Viole Celeste 61
2 2/3' Octave Quint 61            4' Principal 61
    2' Super Octave 61            4' Flute Triangulaire 61
  III  Fourniture 183           III  Plein Jeu 183
    8' Trumpet 61                16' Bassoon 61 F/L (Eng. Horn Pattern)
                                  8' Trompette 61
       PEDAL-APSE                 4' Schalmei 61
   16' Bourdon 12 SW                 Tremulant
   16' Gemshorn 12 GT
    8' Gedackt Pommer SW             CHOIR
    8' Gemshorn GT                8' Quintflöte 61
                                  8' Erzähler 61
       PEDAL-GALLERY              8' Erzähler Celeste 49
   16' Contrebasse 32             4' Nachthorn 61 (open)
   16' Sub Bass 32            2 2/3' Nasat 61
   16' Erzähler 12 CH             2' Blockflöte 61
    8' Octave 12              1 3/5' Tierce 61
    8' Bourdon 12                 8' Krummhorn 61
    8' Rohrflöte SW                  Tremulant
    4' Super Octave 12               Sub
    4' Bourdon 12                    Unison Off
    2' Octavin 12                    Super
   16' Double Trumpet 12 SW
   16' Bassoon SW
    8' Trumpet SW
    4' Clarion SW

 [Received on line from Jeff Scofield April 05, 2009.]

Documents

(1956-07-19) Factory specifications, OHS Archives via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield
(1958-08-26) Dedication program via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield