Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 10267 (1967)

Sunset Hills United Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
900 County Club Drive
Pittsburgh, PA

Images

2019-04-18 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1995-09-26 - Antiphonal (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1995-09-26 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2020-11-08 - Church interior and exposed pipes (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2021-02-28 - Church interior from balcony (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
29 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)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2009-01-22 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2009-08-15 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- The Great (except for the 8' Principal) is cantilevered in front of the chambers, located to each side of the choir; the Antiphonal is installed across the entire width of the shallow balcony, behind two rows of pews. -Database Manager

2015-10-11 - Updated through online information from Joseph Tuttle. -- Console upgraded to Solid State in 2002 by Luley & Associates, Inc., of Pittsburgh. Pedal specification increased, swell shade operators replaced, and Antiphonal division preparations expanded at console. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
       Sunset Hills United Presbyterian Church

       Möller   Op. 10267   1967   3/24

       GREAT (3½")(*exposed)         ANTIPHONAL (4")(enclosed)
    8' Principal 61               8' Gedeckt 61
    8' Rohrflöte 61 *             8' Flauto Dolce 61
    4' Octav 61 *                 8' Flauto Dolce Celeste 49 tc
    2' Super Octav 61 *           4' Nachthorn 61
II-IV  Mixtur 208 *           2 2/3' Nasard (pf)
       Chimes 21 (Maas)           2' Waldflöte 61
       Zimbelstern               II  Mixture 122
                                  8' Cor Anglais 49 tc
       SWELL (4")                    Tremulant
   16' Bordun tc                  8' Trumpet Fanfare 49 tc
    8' Bordun 61                     Sub
    8' Viola 61                      Unison Off
    8' Viola Celeste 49 tc           Super
    4' Spitzgeigen 61
    4' Holzflöte 12                  PEDAL (4")
    2' Spitzoctav 12             16' Principal 32
    8' Trompette 61              16' Bordun 12 SW
    4' Clairon 12                 8' Octav 12
       Tremulant                  8' Bordun SW
       Sub                        4' Choralbass 12
       Unison Off                16' Fagot 32 (L/2)
       Super                      4' Fagot 24 (L/2)

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

Documents

(1967-08-08) Factory specifications, via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield