Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 4210 (1925)

St. Clara's Roman Catholic Church/Shrine of Christ the King
6415 S. Woodward Ave.
Chicago, IL

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
27 stops
52 registers
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys 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 toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2009-10-31 - Identified through information in <i>List of More than 5200 Moller Pipe Organs</i> (Hagerstown, Maryland. M. P. Möller, 1928). -Database Manager

2013-10-31 - The church was badly damaged by fire in 1976; the church closed in 1990; after being used by St. Gelasius Catholic Church, the building fell into disused and was given by the diocese to Institute of Christ the King in 2003 and became the Shrine of Christ the King; a $7.3 million renovation was begun. -Database Manager

2019-06-04 - The shrine was badly damaged by a fire on October 7, 2015, started by the spontaneous combustion of oily rags used to stain the floor of the choir loft during part of the renovation. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

    Chicago, Illinois
    St. Clara's R. C. Church

    Möller   Op. 4210   1925   3/27
    _________________________________________________________

    GREAT (encl w/CH)                SWELL
16' Dbl Open Diapason  61        16' Bourdon               61
 8' 1st Open Diapason  73         8' Open Diapason         73
 8' 2nd Open Diapason  12         8' Stopped Diapason      12
 8' Doppel Floete      73         8' Viole d'Orchestre     73
 8' Viole d'Gamba      73         8' Salicional            73
 8' Melodia            73         8' Vox Celeste           61
 8' Dulciana           73         8' Tibia Plena           73
 4' Principal          CH         4' Violin                --
 4' Flute Traverso     --         4' Flute d'Amour         12
16' Major Tuba         61     2 2/3' Twelfth                7
 8' Tuba               12         2' Flautina               5
 4' Clarion            12     1 3/5' Tiercena              --
    Tremulant                    16' Posaune               73
    Sub                           8' Cornopean             73
    Unison Off                    8' Oboe                  73
    Super                         8' Vox Humana            61
                                     Tremulant
    SANCTUARY                        Sub
 8' Echo Flute         61            Unison Off
 8' Muted Viole        61            Super
 8' Viole Celeste      61
 4' Wald Flute         12            CHOIR
 4' Violina            12         8' English Open Diapason 73
 8' Vox Humana         61         8' Concert Flute         73
    Tremulant                     8' Doppel Floete         GT
    Chimes             20         8' Gamba                 GT
                                  8' Dulciana              GT
    PEDAL                         8' Unda Maris            61
32' Resultant Diapason --         4' Solo Flute (Concert)  --
16' 1st Open Diapason  32         8' Clarinet              73
16' 2nd Open Diapason  GT            Tremulant
16' Contra Bourdon     32            Sub
16' Lieblich Gedeckt   SW            Unison Off
 8' Octave             12            Super
 8' Bass Flute         12
 8' Cello              GT
16' Tuba               GT
16' Posaune            SW
 8' Tuba               GT

   [Received online from Jeff Scofield October 31, 2013]

Documents

(1924-01-07) Factory Documentation Factory Documentation courtesy of the OHS Archive -Roman Lizak