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M. P. Möller Opus 1093 (1910)

Sacred Heart Catholic Church: Sanctuary; rear gallery
927 Park Ave.
Syracuse, NY

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

Images

ca. 2019 - Church interior with organ in rear gallery (Photograph from an archival source: Lewtak website, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

ca. 2018 - Rear gallery with organ (Photograph from an archival source: Basilica website, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

ca. 2017 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Vintage postcard, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
37 registers
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
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

2009-05-19 - Identified through information in <i>List of More than 5200 Moller Pipe Organs</i> (Hagerstown, Maryland. M. P. Möller, 1928). -Database Manager

2015-08-10 - Updated through online information from Rev. Joseph Clemente. -Database Manager

2017-05-04 - Updated by Francis Schultz, who has heard or played the organ. -Database Manager

2022-03-20 - The organ was renovated by Lewtak Pipe Organ Builder in ____. The builders' website description says, *"The work involved thorough renovation of the 1916 Moller Organ located at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Syracuse, NY. We have been hired to bring this instrument back to life from a state of dire disrepair. The entire winding system had to be replaced. We built two brand new reservoir bellows that supply an ample amount of wind to all windchests. We also replaced all of the wind conduits. In addition, we restored the original Trumpet 8’ from the Great division – the stop that has been removed during the seventies and was stored in some truly horrific conditions. Lastly, cleaning of all pipes and windchests was performed, followed by voicing touch-up and complete tuning of the entire instrument."* -Jim Stettner

2023-01-06 - Updated through online information from Francis Schultz. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Original document from Francis Schultz. Source: Stoplist taken from console 2017-03-27

Syracuse, New York
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church

M.P. Möller, Opus 1093, 1910

The Church was elevated to a Basilica on October 3, 1999


       GREAT                                 SWELL (Expressive)
16’    Holz Gedeckt                          16’    Lieblich Gedeckt
8’     Principal                             8’     Principal	
8’     Doppel Flute                          8’     Stopped Flute
8’     Hohl Flute                            8’     Salicional
8’     Gamba                                 8’     Voix Celeste
8’     Dulciana                              8’     Aeoline
4’     Octave                                4’     Octave
4’     Flute D’Amour                         4’     Flute Harmonique	
2 2/3’ Twelfth                               2’     Flautina
2’     Fifteenth                             8’     Cornopean
III    Mixture                               8’     Oboe	  
8’     Trumpet                               8’     Vox Humana	  
       Chimes                                       Tremulant

Great to Great 4'                            Swell to Swell 16'
                                             Swell to Swell 4'
           			    	     
       PEDAL
16’    Open Bass
16’    Bourdon
16’    Violone
8’     Principal
8’     Octave	
8’     Flute
8’     Violone Cello