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M. P. Möller Opus 10731 (1972)

St. Maria Goretti Roman Catholic Church
6261 North Granite Reef Road
Scottsdale, AZ

Images

1972 - Exposed pipes and console (Photograph from an archival source: Moller promotional photo, collection of Eugene Poole, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2005-12-29 - Church exterior (Photograph by organworks.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2005-12-29 - Exposed pipework in left transept (Photograph by organworks.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1972-06-30 - Exposed pipework in left transept (Photograph from a 1981 Moller brochure in the collection of James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
4 manuals
28 stops
38 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 (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2009-02-24 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2009-09-29 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2022-08-15 - The organ was rebuilt by Hupalo & Repasky in 2005, with a new 3-manual low-profile console. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

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

       Scottsdale, Arizona
       St. Maria Goretti R. C. Church

       Möller   Op. 10731   1971   4/33

       GREAT                         CHOIR
    8' Principal 61               8' Holzgedeckt 61
    8' Rohrflöte 61               8' Dulciana 61
    8' Gemshorn 61                8' Unda Maris 49 tc
    4' Octav 61                   4' Koppelflöte 61
    2' Waldflöte 61               2' Flötenprincipal 61
   IV  Mixture 244            1 1/3' Larigot 61
       Chimes                     8' Zajic Regal 61
                                     Tremolo
       SWELL                         Sub
   16' Conique Flute 61              Unison Off
    8' Conique Flute 12              Super
    8' Viole de Gambe 61          8' Trompette en Chamade 61
    8' Viole Celeste 49 tc
    4' Geigen Octave 61              PEDAL
    4' Flute Triangulaire 61     32' Untersatz -- (resultant)
2 2/3' Nazard 61                 16' Montre (pf)
    2' Harmonique Flute 61       16' Bourdon 32
1 3/5' Tierce 61                 16' Violone 32
  III  Plein Jeu 183             16' Quintaten (pf)**
    8' Trompette 61              16' Subbass (pf)  *
    4' Clairon 61                16' Conique Flute SW
       Tremolo                    8' Octave Violone 12
       Sub                        8' Major Flute 12
       Unison Off                 8' Octave Bass (pf)
       Super                      8' Conique Flute SW
                                  4' Spitzprincipal 32
       NAVE (pf)                  4' Super Octave (pf)
   16' Quintaten                  2' Spitzprincipal 12
    8' Montre                   III  Mixture (pf)
    8' Bourdon                   16' Contra Trompette 12 SW
    8' Erzähler Celeste II       16' Zajic Regal 12 CH
    4' Italian Principal          4' Trompette Clairon SW
    2' Flachflöte                 
  III  Cymbale                    *  To be located with Nave Organ
                                 **  To be parent rank of 8' Octave 
                                     Bass and 4' Super Octave

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield September 29, 2009.]

Documents

(1972-01-11) Factory specifications via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield

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