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M. P. Möller Opus 9167 (1959)

St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral
3601 N. North Street
Peoria, IL

Images

1959-11-11 - Chapel Nave and Pipe Display (Möller sales photo from collection of Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1959-09-23 - Gallery and Pipe Display (Möller Promotional Photo; collection of Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1959-09-23 - Pipe Display in Chapel (Möller Promotional Photo; collection of Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
33 stops
50 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: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2008-11-25 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2009-04-14 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2013-07-24 - Updated through online information from Julia Harlow. -Database Manager

2017-03-14 - A pedal 16' reed was added not long after the organ was installed, after E. Power Biggs made rather severe criticism of the instrument's design. (Joe Dunlap) -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

Peoria, Illinois
St. Paul's Cathedral, Episcopal

Möller   Op. 9167   1959   3/42

     GREAT                      CHOIR
 16' Quintade 61            16' Erzähler 61
  8' Principal 61            8' Quintflöte 61
  8' Bourdon 61              8' Erzähler 61
  4' Octave 61               8' Erzähler Celeste 49
  2' Waldflöte 61            4' Nachthorn 61
 IV  Fourniture 244          2' Prinzipal 61
     Tremolo                II  Cornet 122
     Unison off             II  Zimbel 122
                             8' Singendregal 61
     SWELL                      Tremolo
  8' Gedeckt 61                 Sub
  8' Gambe 61                   Unison off
  8' Gambe Celeste 61           Super
  4' Rohrflöte 61
  2' Principal 61               PEDAL
III  Plein Jeu 183          16' Violone 32
 16' Cor Anglais 61         16' Quintade GT
  8' Trompette 61           16' Erzähler CH
     Tremolo                 8' Principal 32
     Sub                     8' Rohrgedeckt 32
     Unison Off              8' Erzähler CH
     Super                   4' Octave 12
                             4' Rohrgedeckt 12
     CHAPEL              3 1/5' Terz 32
 16' Rohrbourdon 12          2' Rohrflöte 12
  8' Rohrbourdon 61         II  Grave Mixture 64
  8' Dolce 61               II  Rauschquinte 24
  4' Principal 61
 II  Mixture 122                CHAPEL PEDAL
  4' Musette 61             16' Rohrbourdon
     Tremolo                 8' Gemshorn
                             8' Rohrbourdon
     ACCOMPANIMENTAL         4' Gemshorn
  8' Rohrbourdon 
  8' Dolce
  4' Principal

 [Received on line from Jeff Scofield April 15, 2009.]

Documents

(1958-06-30) Factory specifications, OHS Archives via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield

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