Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 9632 (1962)

St. Frances Cabrini Roman Catholic Church
5500 Paris Road
New Orleans, LA

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

Images

Unknown - Church Interior, Altar, and Chamber Grillework (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1970)/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
30 stops
21 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
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 (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
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

2009-01-02 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2009-05-11 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Church and organ under 10 feet of water after Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, both damaged beyond repair; the organ was demolished along with the church ca. 2007; the church of award-winning modern design was a New Orleans landmark. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

New Orleans, Louisiana
St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church

Möller   Op. 9632   1962   3/26

3 1/2" wind pressure throughout

     GREAT                   CHOIR
  8' Diapason 61          8' Nasonflöte 61
  8' Bourdon 61           8' Erzähler 61
  4' Octave 61            8' Erzähler Celeste 61
  2' Waldflöte 61         4' Gemshorn 61
 IV  Fourniture 244       2' Principal 61
     Tremulant        1 1/3' Larigot 61
     Sub                  8' Cromorne 61
     Unison Off              Tremulant
     Super                   Sub
                             Unison Off
     SWELL                   Super
 16' Rohrgedeckt 61
  8' Rohrflöte 12            PEDAL
  8' Gross Gamba 61      16' Bourdon 32
  4' Principal 61        16' Rohrgedeckt SW
  4' Koppelflöte 61       8' Principal 32
III  Plein Jeu 183        8' Bourdon 12
  8' Trompette 61         8' Rohrflöte SW
  4' Schalmei 61          4' Octave 12
     Tremulant            4' Rohrflöte SW
     Sub                  2' Octavin 12
     Unison Off          16' Contre Trompette 12 SW
     Super                8' Trompette SW

 [Received on line from Jeff Scofield May 11, 2009.]