Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 9986 (1965)

St. Thomas Episcopal Church: Church
52Nd & Parrish Street
Philadelphia, PA

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
27 stops
20 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)
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

2009-01-12 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2009-07-18 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- The parish moved to another facility at 6361 Lancaster Ave., but it is not known if the Möller made the move. -Database Manager

2025-04-08 - Facebook photos now show an Allen console. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

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

       Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
       St. Thomas Episcopal Church

       Möller   Op. 9986   1965   3/24

       GREAT (3½" wind)            SWELL (4")
    8' Principal 61            16' Rohrgedeckt 61
    8' Koppelflöte 61           8' Rohrflöte 12
    4' Octave 61                8' Viole d'Gambe 61
2 2/3' Twelfth 61               8' Viole Celeste 49 tc
    2' Fifteenth 61             4' Principal 61
  III  Mixture 183              2' Blockflöte 61
       Tremulant              III  Plein Jeu 183
       Sub                      8' Trompette 61
       Super                       Tremulant
       Chimes 21 (Deagan D)        Sub
                                   Unison Off
       CHOIR (4")                  Super
    8' Nasonflöte 61
    8' Erzähler 61                 PEDAL (4")
    4' Nachthorn 61            16' Bourdon 32
    2' Principal 61            16' Rohrgedeckt SW
1 1/3' Larigot 61               8' Principal 32
       Tremulant                8' Bourdon 12
       Sub                      8' Rohrflöte SW
       Unison Off               4' Octave 12
       Super                    4' Rohrflöte SW
                               16' Trompette 12 SW

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield July 18, 2009.]

Documents

(1964-12-15) Factory specifications via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield