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M. P. Möller (1920)

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

Images

2008 - mid-demo image of St. Peter's showing remains of Moller Organ still against rear wall (Photograph by Flickr, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2008 - Church mid-demolition showing organ loft with remains of Moller organ (Photograph by Flickr, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2008 - Church mid-demolition showing part of Moller organ still in rear gallery (Photograph by Flickr, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2007 - Exterior prior to demolition (Photograph from an archival source: McKeesport past, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

1912 - Church with original steeple and parish school (Photograph from an archival source: McKeesport past, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2007 - Church exterior also showing the now-demolished Holy Trinity RC Church in the background (Photograph by Joe Bocan, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2007 - Nave (Photograph by Joe Bocan, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2007 - Church interior from organ loft (Photograph by Joe Bocan, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2007 - Church exterior (Photograph by Joe Bocan, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2007 - Organ in rear gallery (Photograph by Joe Bocan, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

Consoles

Gallery

• Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
• Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
• 3 manuals
• Key action Type: Electrical
• Manual compass: 61 notes
• Pedal compass: 32 notes
• Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)

Notes

2022-04-25 - Church Demolished 2011. The organ was put in storage and pipes and console later incorporated into a new instrument for St. Teresa of Avila (Ross Township) in Pittsburgh, along with pipes from a 1936 Wicks organ in the now demolished Holy Trinity RC Church in McKeesport. Most of this info from a YouTube Video by organist and priest at St. Teresa of Avila. -Andrew Scanlon

2022-04-25 - Facade pipes said to have come from the former St. Mary's German Church in McKeesport. -Andrew Scanlon

Websites

• Album of church photos before and during demolition - Flickr album with good pictures of the church (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Other Links

• View API response (JSON)
• View on Pipe Organ Database
• Organ link wheel: -1, +1

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