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M. P. Möller Opus M-12770 (ca. 1961)

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

Images

2020s - Altar mosaic, showing organ chambers behind, side tone openings (Pittsburgh Modern Committee/Andrew Scanlon)

2020s - Nave to front, showing organ chamber opening behind mosaic altar (Pittsburgh Modern Committee/Andrew Scanlon)

unknown - Diagram showing 1989 alterations and identifying organ chamber (Pittsburgh Modern Committee/Andrew Scanlon)

1961 - Altar at dedication - chambers at sides with sheer curtain (Dedication Booklet /Andrew Scanlon)

1961 - Choir loft from altar, showing console at center. (Dedication Booklet /Andrew Scanlon)

2020s - Interior showing large scale stained glass (Pittsburgh Modern Committee/Andrew Scanlon)

2020s - Panorama of interior, showing choir loft, center, and console (Pittsburgh Modern Committee/Pawsburgh/Andrew Scanlon)

2020s - Church exterior (Pittsburgh Modern Committee/Andrew Scanlon)

2020s - Interior diagram identifying chamber and console locations (Pittsburgh Modern Committee/Andrew Scanlon)

ca 2017 - Console in upper gallery (Bloomfield Preservation Facebook page /Scanlon Andrew)

2024 - Console (Pawsburgh /Scanlon Andrew)

Notes

2025-04-13 - Parish Closed 2022. Attempts were made to sell building and/or preserve the windows and altar mosaic. These failed. Church demolished 2025. -Andrew Scanlon

2025-04-28 - According to the "Supplemental Work List" of "M. P. Möller The Artist of Organs, the Organ of Artists" by Bynum Petty, Immaculate Conception is listed under the job number M-12770. It does not appear in the Opus list of new instruments built by M. P. Möller Information received online from Roman Lizak on 2025-04-27 -Paul R. Marchesano

Websites

• Pittsburgh Modern Committee - complete survey of church - Complete building and parish history, architectural survey, images, etc. (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Other Links

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