Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 667 (1906)

St. Michael's and Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church: Sanctuary
234 N. Franklin St. / Franklin Square
Philadelphia, PA

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

Before 1979 - Picture of the organ console and pipes in the Gallery of St. Michaels and Zion Church (Franklin Square) - date unknown, but must have been before 1979 (Photograph by Unknown, submitted by JP Meyer/JP Meyer)

1870 - Church exterior; facade (Photograph from the church's historical Blogspot account, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Gallery

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
3 manuals
33 stops
33 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

2009-04-06 - Identified through information in *List of More than 5200 Möller Pipe Organs* (Hagerstown, Maryland. M. P. Möller, 1928). -Database Manager

2022-05-02 - Two churches were built: St. Michael (1743) and Zion (1766). They became a unified congregation: St. Michaels-and-Zion, after 1820. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Source: Courtesy of the OHS Archives

       Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
       Old Zion Evang. Lutheran Church

       Möller   Op. 667   1906   3/35
       _________________________________________________

       GREAT                               SWELL (Expressive)
   16' Dbl Open Diapason     61        16' Lieblich Gedacht     61
    8' Open Diapason         61         8' Open Diapason        61
    8' Doppel Floete         61         8' Stopped Diapason     61
    8' Gamba                 61         8' Salicional           61
    8' Dolce                 61         8' Aeoline              61
    4' Principal             61         8' Vox Celeste          49
    4' Flauto Traverso       61         4' Flute Harmonique     61
2 2/3' Twelfth               61         4' Viola                61
    2' Fifteenth             61         2' Flautina             61 
    8' Trumpet             * 61       III  Dolce Cornet        183
       Super                            8' Cornopean            61
                                        8' Oboe                 61
       CHOIR (Expressive)               8' Vox Humana           61
    8' Violin Diapason       61            Tremolo
    8' Melodia               61            Sub
    8' Dulciana              61            Super
    4' Flute d'Amour         61
    2' Piccolo Harmonique    61            PEDAL
    8' Clarinet              61        16' Dbl Open Diapason    42
       Tremolo                         16' Bourdon              42
       Sub                             16' Violone              42
       Super                            8' Violoncello          42
                                           Unison Silent
    *  large, French voicing               Super


[Received from Jeff Scofield September 6, 2021]

Documents

Specifications from the factory ledger book Factory specifications -Jeff Scofield