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M. P. Möller Opus 2273 (1916)

Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church: Original Building
West Mifflin (Duquesne), PA

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

Images

after 2004 - Interior before demolition (Photograph by Abandoned America, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

Before 1955 - Closeup of Steeples which were taken down in 1955 (Photograph by Lost Monongahela , submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

Before 1962 - Interior before Vatican II (Historic postacrd, Photograph by Diocese of Pittsburgh, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

1960s - Interior (Photograph by Lost Monongahela, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

Between 1907 and 1930 - Archival image of exterior showing original steeples (Photograph by Lost Monongahela, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

Before 2016 - Aerial view of exterior prior to demolition (Photograph by Lost Monongahela, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

Before 2016 - Aerial view of exterior before demolition (Photograph by Lost Monongahela, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

Consoles

Main

2 manuals
20 stops
Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes

Notes

2009-09-05 - Identified through information in <i>List of More than 5200 Moller Pipe Organs</i> (Hagerstown, Maryland. M. P. Möller, 1928). -Database Manager

2013-02-10 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Rebuilt with a new console and six new/replacement ranks, relocated to the parish's new church. -Database Manager

2015-03-14 - Original cost: $3,000. -Database Manager

2022-05-28 - This original building was abandoned for structural reasons but stood empty until 2016. A new church was constructed around 1970. Many pictures exist online of the church in various stages of deterioration. A roof collapse finally led to its 2016 demolition. -Andrew Scanlon

Stoplist

Specification from OHS Archives via Bynum Petty Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Duquesne, Pennsylvania
Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church

M.P. Möller, Inc.   Opus 2273   1916             2 manuals, 20 stops, 15 ranks
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         GREAT ORGAN                             SWELL ORGAN
      8' Open Diapason        61             16' Bourdon              61
      8' Claribel             61              8' Horn Diapason        61
      8' Melodia              73              8' Stopped Flute        61
      8' Gamba                61              8' Salicional           61
      8' Dulciana             61              8' Viol d'Orchestre     61
      4' Flute (ext Melodia)  --              4' Octave Geigen        73 
         Tremolo                              4' Flute Harmonique     73
                                              2' Piccolo (ext 4')     --
         PEDAL ORGAN                          8' Cornopean            61
     32' Diapente (Resultant) --              8' Oboe d'Orchestre     61
     16' Bourdon              44                 Tremolo
     16' Lieblich Gedeckt     SW
      8' Flute (ext 16')      --                 COUPLERS
                                                 Swell to Pedal 8, 4
         ADJUSTABLE COMBINATIONS                 Great to Pedal 8, 4
         Swell    5                              Swell to Great 16, 8, 4
         Great    3                              Swell 4
         Pedal    2 (Pedal levers)               Great 4

         PEDAL MOVEMENTS
         Balanced Swell Pedal                    Tubular-pneumatic action
         Balanced Great Pedal
         Crescendo Pedal                         Blower and Motor
         Great to Pedal Reversible                 (water or electric)


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2015-03-14]

Documents

(1916-11-25) Factory Ledgerbook Contract Factory Ledgerbook Contract courtesy of the OHS Archive -Roman Lizak

Websites

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#50947 - M. P. Möller Opus R-794 (1970)