Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 10951 (1974)

Sacred Heart Catholic Church: Church
705 Shaw Avenue
McKeesport, PA

Images

1960 - Interior (Photograph from an archival source: McKeesport Past, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

1960 - Interior (Photograph from an archival source: Unknown, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

1960 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Historic postcard, McKeesport History, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
27 stops
6 registers
3 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: None

Notes

2009-03-01 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager

2009-12-24 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- Merged in 1993 with Holy Trinity and St. Peter's churches to become St. Martin de Porres Parish; Sacred Heart facility closed 9/23/07. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

            McKeesport, Pennsylvania
            Sacred Heart Church

            Möller   Op. 10951   1974   2/7

            GREAT (exposed)
 1.     16' Bourdon            92 pipes
 2.      8' Principal          80 pipes
 3.      8' Gedeckt            from #1
 4.      8' Gemshorn           from #13
 5.      4' Octav              from #2
 6.      4' Gedeckt            from #1
 7.      2' Super Octav        from #2    repeat 5 top notes
 8.      2' Flute              from #1    repeat 5 top notes
 9.     II  Mixture            122 pipes
10.         Tremolo
11.         Chimes             21 tubes   present Maas

            SWELL
12.      8' Spitzflöte         68 pipes
13.      8' Gemshorn           85 pipes
14.      4' Spitzflöte         from #12
15.      2' Spitzflöte         from #12   repeat 5 top notes
16.  1 1/3' Larigot            from #13   repeat 7 top notes
17.     16' Contre Trompette   80 pipes   1-6 half-length
18.      8' Trompette          from #17
19.      4' Clairon            from #17   repeat 5 top notes
20.         Tremolo

            PEDAL
21.     16' Bourdon            from #1
22.      8' Principal          from #2
23.      8' Gedeckt            from #1
24.      8' Gemshorn           from #13
25.      4' Octav              from #2
26.      4' Spitzflöte         from #12
27.    III  Mixture            from #7 & #9
28.     16' Contre Trompette   from #17
29.      8' Trompette          from #17
30.      4' Clairon            from #17

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield December 24, 2009.]

Documents

(1973-06-08) Factory specifications, OHS Archives via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield