Better Pipe Organ Database

M. P. Möller Opus 4529 (1926)

Frankford High School: Auditorium
5000 Oxford Ave. @ Wakeling St.
Philadelphia, PA

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
56 stops
28 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 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

2011-08-05 - Updated through online information from Ken Houser. -- This organ is the only remaining, fully functioning, pipe organ in the Philadelphia School System. -Database Manager

2012-10-05 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Stop keys of color were used - Reeds red, Strings amber and flues white. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

     Phildelphia, Pennsylvania
     Frankford High School

     Moller   Op. 4529   1926   3/30
     _________________________________________________________

     GREAT  5" wind                       SWELL  7" wind
 16' Open Diapason        61          16' Lieblich Gedeckt  61
  8' First Open Diapason  61           8' Open Diapason     73
  8' Second Open Diapason 12           8' Gedeckt           12
  8' Gross Flute          61           8' Concert Flute     73
  8' Doppel Flute         61           8' Viole d'Orchestre 73
  8' Gemshorn             CH           8' Salicional        61
  8' Dulciana             CH           8' Vox Celeste       61
  4' Principal            CH           4' Salicet           12
  4' Flute Harmonic       61           4' Flute d'Amour     12
  4' Fern Flute           CH       2 2/3' Quint              7
  2' Piccolo              12           2' Flautina           5
III  Cornet Mixture      183       1 3/5' Tierce            --
 16' Tuba Profunda        12 CH       16' Bassoon           tc
  8' Tuba Mirabilis       CH           8' Cornopean         73
  4' Tuba Clarion         12 CH        8' Oboe              73
     Tremulant                         8' Vox Humana        73
     Sub                               4' Vox Humana        12
     Unison Off                           Tremulant
     Super                                Sub
     Chimes               25              Unison Off
     Harp                 CH                5" wind

     PEDAL                                CHOIR  5" wind
 32' Resultant            --           8' English Diapason  73
 16' Open Diapason        32           8' Clarabella        73
 16' Second Open Diapason GT           8' Gemshorn          73
 16' Bourdon              32           8' Gemshorn Celeste  61
 16' Lieblich Gedeckt     SW           8' Viola             61
  8' Octave               12           8' Dulciana          73
  8' Major Flute          GT           8' Unda Maris        61
  8' Dolce Flute          SW           4' Viola             12
  8' Violoncello          CH           4' Fern Flute        61
 16' Trombone          GT/CH           2' Flageolet         12
  8' Tuba                 CH           8' French Horn       73
                                       8' Clarinet          73
                                          Tremulant
                                          Sub
                                          Unison Off
                                          Super
                                       8' Tuba Mirabilis    61 12"
                                          Harp              49

    [Received online from Jeff Scofield October 6, 2012]

Documents

(1925-10-16) Factory Documentation Factory Documentation courtesy of the OHS Archive -Roman Lizak
(1925-10-16) Contract and specs, OHS Archives via Roman Lizak -Jeff Scofield