Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 9022 (1957)

St. David's Episcopal Church, Radnor: Chapel
763 S. Valley Forge Rd.
Wayne, PA

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

Images

2006-03-13 - Right Stop jamb (Photograph by Michael Berman/Database Manager)

2006-03-13 - Left Stop Jamb (Photograph by Michael Berman/Database Manager)

2006-03-13 - Coupler Rocking Tablets (Photograph by Michael Berman/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
25 stops
40 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
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2008-11-14 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2009-10-21 - Updated through online information from Bernard J. McGorrey III. -- Typical late-1950s Möller. I releathered this organ when working for Petty-Madden in the early 1980s. St. David's Radnor had both chapel and church buildings. The church had the Skinner organ, which had been rebuilt by Robert M. Turner. The chapel, though larger than the church, had the Möller organ noted here. The Petty-Madden firm releathered both the Skinner/Turner and the Möller. The Möller used the infamous "toilet seat" pitman retainers. -Database Manager

2011-08-03 - Updated through online information from Alex Smith. -- In 2006 the church built a new chapel and turned the chapel with this Moller instrument into a parish hall. The new chapel has a 2007 Dobson III/47. This organ is no longer here. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

Wayne, Pennsylvania
St. David's Episcopal Church, Radnor

Möller   Op. 9022   1957   3/28

     GREAT (encl w/CH)            CHOIR
 16' Quintaton 61              8' Bourdon 61
  8' Principal 61              8' Erzähler 61
  8' Hohlflöte 61              8' Erzähler Celeste 49
  8' Gemshorn 61               4' Nachthorn 61
  4' Octave 61             2 2/3' Nazard Flute 61
  4' Spitz Flöte 61            2' Blockflöte 61
 II  Grave Mixture 122     1 3/5' Tierce 61
     Tremulant                 8' Clarinet 61
     Sub                          Tremulant
     Unison Off                   Sub
     Super                        Unison Off
     Chimes (pf)                  Super

     SWELL                        PEDAL
 16' Rohrflöte 73             16' Contra Bass 32
  8' Rohrflöte 12             16' Quintaton GT
  8' Viola da Gamba 73        16' Rohrflöte SW
  8' Viola Celeste 61         16' Erzähler 12 CH
  4' Principal 73              8' Principal 32
  4' Flute Triangular 73       8' Quintaton GT
III  Plein Jeu 183             8' Rohrflöte SW
 16' Trompette 73              8' Erzähler CH
  8' Trompette 12          5 1/3' Quint 7
  8' Oboe tc                   4' Choralbass 5
  4' Oboe Clarion 73           4' Rohrflöte SW
     Tremulant                 2' Octavin 12
     Sub                      16' Trompette SW
     Unison Off                8' Trompette SW
     Super

 [Received online from Jeff Scofield • April 09, 2009]

Documents

(1957-02-08) Factory specifications, OHS Archives via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield