Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 9459 (1960)

Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church: Sanctuary; front
935 Pine Avenue
Pittsburgh (Castle Shannon), PA

Images

2023-05-21 - Organ console and expression pedals (Photograph by Benjamin Sommer/Benjamin Sommer)

2023-05-21 - Chancel showing right-hand chamber and console beneath. (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2023-05-27 - Chancel showing organ chambers (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2023-05-06 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
2 manuals
8 stops
26 registers
2 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2008-12-14 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. This is a stock model 9-rank 'Artiste' with Great and Swell divisions, but no independent Pedal registers - just manual borrows. -Database Manager

2009-10-10 - Updated through on-line information from Jason Barnsley. -Database Manager

2023-05-28 - Updated through online information from Benjamin Sommer. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist courtesy of Jason Barnsley Date not recorded

      GREAT (Expressive)   
16    Bourdon                    12
8     Diapason                   61
8     Gedeckt                    61
8     Dulciana             (tc)  49
4     Octave                     12
4     Gedeckt                    12
2     Flute                       7
II    Grave Mixture             122
      Tremolo
      Chimes                    (2_)
        

      SWELL (Expressive)    
8     Viole De Gamba             61
8     Viole Celeste        (tc)  49
4     Nachthorn                  61
4     Gambe                      12
2     Nachthorn                  12
16    Trompette                  12
8     Trompette                  61
4     Trompette                  12
      Tremolo


      PEDAL (Expressive)    
16    Bourdon              (Gt)  --
8     Diapason             (Gt)  --
8     Gedeckt              (Gt)  --
8     Viole De Gamba       (Sw)  --
4     Octave               (Gt)  --
4     Nachthorn            (Sw)  --
II    Grave Mixture        (Gt)  --
16    Trompette            (Sw)  --
8     Trompette            (Sw)  --
4     Trompette            (Sw)  --


ACTION: E-P Unit

VOICES: 8

STOPS: 26

RANKS: 9

PIPES: 616


      COUPLERS
Swell to Great


      FINGER PISTONS
General                       1 - 4


      FOOT LEVERS
Zimbelstern                   (rev)


      PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Expression             (bal.)
Great Expression             (bal.)
Crescendo                    (bal.)


      NOTES
This was the largest stock model 'Artiste' offered by Moller.
The Great 8' Dulciana borrowed its bottom octave from the 8'
Gedeckt. The top 5 notes of the Great 2' Flute repeated the
previous octave.


[Submitted by Jason Barnsley  ____-__-__.]
[Updated by James R. Stettner  2023-05-28.]

Documents

(1959-12-09) Factory specifications, OHS Archives via Jeff Scofield Stoplist and accessories -Jeff Scofield