Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 4510 (1926)

Smithfield Street Methodist Church : Sanctuary
Pittsburgh, PA

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
4 manuals
43 stops
49 registers
6 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows 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 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

2012-05-14 - Merged with Smithfield United Church in 1968, but the union was dissolved in 1994. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from <i>The Diapason</i> December 1927 Source: Courtesy of the OHS Archives Date not recorded

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    Smithfield Street Methodist Church

    Möller   Op. 4510   1926   4/45
    ______________________________________

    GREAT (encl)
16' Open Diapason    16' Bourdon
 8' 1st Diapason      8' Open Diapason
 8' 2nd Diapason      8' Gedeckt
 8' Gross Flute       8' Salicional
 8' Gamba             8' Viole d'Orchestre
 8' Gemshorn          8' Vox Celeste
 4' Octave            8' Aeoline
 4' Wald Flute        4' Flute Harmonic
    Tremulant         4' Violina
    Sub               2' Flautina
    Unison Off      III  Solo Mixture
    Super             8' Cornopean
    Chimes            8' Oboe
    Harp Celeste      8' Vox Humana
    String Organ         Tremulant
                         Sub
    CHOIR                Unison Off
16' Contra Gamba         Super
 8' Violin Diapason      String Organ
 8' Melodia
 8' Quintadena           STRING
 8' Dolce             8' Viole d'Gamba
 8' Unda Maris        8' Gamba Celeste
 4' Flute d'Amour     8' Viole d'Orchestre
 2' Piccolo           8' Viole Celeste
 8' Clarinet          4' Octave Celeste
    Tremulant            Tremulant
    Sub
    Unison Off           SOLO
    Super             8' Stentorphone
    String Organ      8' Philomela
                      8' Viola d'Gamba
    PEDAL             8' Gamba Celeste
16' Open Diapason     4' Octave Flute
16' Bourdon           8' Tuba Mirabilis
16' Violone              Tremulant
16' Lieblich Gedeckt     Sub
 8' Flute Major          Unison Off
 8' Cello                Super
 8' Flute Dolce          Cathedral Chimes
    String Organ         String Organ

[Received from Jeff Scofield March 13, 2021]

Documents

(1925-11-20) Factory drawings courtesy of the OHS Archives Factory drawings of console layout -Jeff Scofield