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M. P. Möller Opus 4504 (1926)

St. Stephen Roman Catholic Church: Church
5115 Second Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA

Images

2023-04-30 - Interior 2023 (Photograph by Pawsburgh , submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2023-04-28 - Exterior rear, side (Photograph by Pawsburgh , submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2023-04-28 - Rear window, pipes and swell shutters (Photograph by Pawsburgh , submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2023-04-28 - Organ in rear gallery showing current configuration (Photograph by Pawsburgh , submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

1906 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook page, archival image, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2014 - Cornerstone 1902 (Photograph by Parish Facebook page, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2014 - Interior showing console front left (Photograph by Church Facebook page, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2014 - Exterior front (Photograph by Church Facebook page, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
31 stops
18 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe 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

2013-05-27 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Replaced 1923 3/18 Moller Op. 3636 that was destroyed by fire on November 5, 1924. -Database Manager

2022-08-19 - The Organ was rebuilt in the 1990's and the console was moved to the front on the floor, at left of altar. All the pipework remains in the rear gallery. I believe the rebuild was done by Harry Ebert company but this is only a distant memory and may not be 100% accurate. -Andrew Scanlon

Stoplist

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

   Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
   St. Stephen Catholic Church

   Möller   Op. 4504   1926   3/18
   _________________________________________________

   GREAT (encl in CH)            SWELL
8' Open Diapason  61 u       16' Bourdon          61
8' Gross Flute    61          8' Open Diapason    73
8' Cello          61          8' Stopped Diapason 12
8' Melodia        61          8' Salicional       73
8' Dulciana       61          8' Vox Celeste      61
4' Octave         CH          4' Flute d'Amour    12
4' Flute Harmonic 61      2 2/3' Twelfth           7
8' Tuba           61          2' Flautina          5
   Sub                        8' Oboe             73
   Super                      8' Vox Humana       73
                                 Tremulant
   CHOIR                         Sub
8' Open Diapason  73             Super
8' Gross Flute    GT             
8' Cello          GT
8' Melodia        GT             PEDAL
8' Dulciana       GT         16' Open Diapason    32
4' Harmonic Flute GT         16' Bourdon          32
2' Flageolet      61         16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
8' Clarinet       61          8' Major Flute      12
   Tremulant                  8' Dolce Flute      12
   Sub
   Super

u  unenclosed

  [Received online from Jeff Scofield May 26, 2013]

Documents

(1925-10-03) Factory Documentation Factory Documentation courtesy of the OHS Archive -Roman Lizak

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#44421†* - M. P. Möller Opus 3636 (1923)