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M. P. Möller Opus R-397 (1953)

First Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
201 South 21st Street
Philadelphia, PA

Images

1954 - John Schleigh and Alexander McCurdy upon installation of the Transept Organs. (Photograph from an archival source: Moller promotional photo, collection of Jeff Scofield, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1953 - Alexander McCurdy and delivery of the 1953 console (Photograph via Neal Campbell, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Gallery organ case (Photograph from an undocumented issue of <i>The American Organist</i>/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console on Lift
4 manuals
91 stops
66 registers
9 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
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

2009-03-17 - Identified through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- This was a console-only job to play the gallery organ (1927 Austin 4/57 Op. 1445) and the new Möller transept organ, Op. 8590; console replaced by Austin in 1982. The front organ is divided between the two transepts; the gallery organ is behind a case. One pedal stop is from a 1920s Skinner. -Database Manager

2017-05-07 - 24-rank Antiphonal added in 1985, which became inoperative in 1999 due to a water leak; 1982 Austin console from First Presbyterian, Philadelphia, purchased and renovated to replace the 1963 console and the Antiphonal repairs were completed. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
First Presbyterian Church

Möller   Op. 8590/R-397   1954   4/75

       GALLERY GREAT                    GALLERY CHOIR
   16' Double Diapason 61           16' Double Dulciana 61
    8' First Diapason 61             8' Open Diapason 73
    8' Second Diapason 61            8' Concert Flute 73
    8' Hohlflöte 61                  8' Quintadena 73
    8' Gemshorn 61                   8' Dulciana 12
    4' Octave 61                     8' Unda Maris 61 tc
    4' Harmonic Flute 61             4' Flute d'Amour 73
2 2/3' Twelfth 61                    4' Dolce 12
    2' Fifteenth 61                  2' Dulcet 12
   IV  Mixture 244               1 1/3' Larigot 61
    8' Trumpet 61                    1' Dulcinet 12
       Sub                           8' Trompette 61
       Unison off                    8' Clarinet 61
       Super                            Tremulant
                                        Sub
       GREAT ECHO                       Unison off
    8' Lieblich Gedeckt 61              Super
    8' Viole Aetheria 61
    8' Vox Angelica 61                  GALLERY SOLO
    8' Vox Humana 61                 8' Stentorphone 73
       Chimes 25                     8' Flauto Major 73
                                     8' Gross Gamba 73
       TRANSEPT GREAT (*Encl)        8' Gamba Celeste tc 61
    8' Principal 61                  8' Tuba Harmonic 73
    8' Spitzflöte 61                 8' Orchestral Oboe 73
    8' Flauto Dolce 61 *                Tremulant
    8' Flauto Celeste 49 tc *           Sub
    4' Octave 61                        Unison Off
   II  Grave Mixture 122                Super
    8' Krummhorn 61 *
                                        SOLO ECHO (duplexed)
       GALLERY SWELL                 8' Lieblich Gedeckt
   16' Bourdon 73                    8' Viole Aetheria
    8' Open Diapason 73              8' Vox Angelica
    8' Gedeckt 73                    8' Vox Humana
    8' Viole d'Orchestre 73             Chimes
    8' Viole Celeste 61 tc
    8' Aeoline 73                       GALLERY PEDAL
    8' Vox Celeste 61 tc            32' Double Diapason 32
    4' Principal 73                 16' Open Diapason 32
    4' Flauto Traverso 73           16' Second Diapason 12
2 2/3' Nazard 61 *                  16' Bourdon 32
    2' Flautino 61 *                16' Violone 32
1 3/5' Tierce 61 *                  16' Gedeckt SW
    1' Twenty-Second 61 *           16' Dulciana CH
   IV  Dolce Cornet -- (*)           8' Octave 12
    V  Mixture 305                   8' Flute 12
   16' Contra Fagotto 73             8' Cello 12
    8' Trompette 73                  8' Dolce SW
    8' Oboe 12                      32' Bombarde 12 **
    8' Vox Humana 61                16' Tuba Profunda 12 SO
    4' Clarion 12                   16' Fagotto SW
       Tremulant
       Sub                              TRANSEPT PEDAL
       Unison off                   16' Soubasse 32
       Super                        16' Rohrflöte 12 SW
                                     8' Principal 32
       TRANSEPT SWELL                8' Bourdon 12
    8' Rohrflöte 73                  8' Rohrflöte SW
    8' Gamba 73                      4' Bourdon 12
    8' Gamba Celeste 61 tc           2' Bourdon 12
    4' Principal 73
  III  Plein Jeu 183                 ** This stop came from
    8' Trompette 73                  Skinner Op. 569, Christ
       Tremolo                       Church Cathedral, Hartford
       Sub                           in 1951; removed from the
       Unison Off                    cathedral due to a fire 
       Super                         exit requirement.

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

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

Documents

(1950-11-29) Factory Specifications Factory Documentation courtesy of the OHS Archives -Roman Lizak

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