M. P. Möller
Opus 6800, 1939

Overbrook Presbyterian Church

Sanctuary

6376 City Avenue
Philadelphia, PA, US

52 Ranks - 3,357 Pipes
Instrument ID: 33253 ● Builder ID: 3912 ● Location ID: 29492
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Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal4 Divisions69 Stops47 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action

Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A

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This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location

Paul R. Marchesano on February 6th, 2024:

Destroyed in a fire, January 2024


Jeff Scofield on March 17th, 2021:

From the organ page of the church website: The Clarence H. Geist Memorial Organ was built in 1939 by the M.P. Moller Company, Inc. of Hagerstown, Maryland, under the supervision of Richard Whitelegg. It was installed as part of the church’s Fiftieth Anniversary celebration, and dedicated by Virgil Fox on January 17, 1940. Its original specifications and console design were drawn up by Henry Beard, the Organist of Overbrook Presbyterian Church. At its installation and finishing, it contained 53 ranks of 3,357 pipes.

On July 4, 1978, the organ suffered extensive damage in two chambers due to a vandalism attack. J. Fred Ade, Inc., of Drexel Hill and Schultz & Associates, of Philadelphia, were contracted to restore, rebuild, and tonally modify the organ. A series of three Rededication Recitals, performed by former Overbrook Organists John Tuttle and William Evans, and present Organist Dennis Elwell, were presented in November 1980.

In 2000, the Reuter Organ Company, of Lawrence, Kansas, installed a new organ console, which additionally accommodates a new Antiphonal Digital Organ, built by the Walker Technical Company of Zionsville, Pennsylvania. A Rededication Recital was performed by Dennis Elwell in March 2001.


Database Manager on January 2nd, 2012:

Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Seriously damaged in the chambers by vandals July 4, 1978; rebuilt, restored with tonal changes by Drexel Hill and Schultz & Associates; new console in 2000 by Reuter, as well as a new Walker digital Antiphonal.


Database Manager on February 28th, 2008:

Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr.

Related Instrument Entries: Reuter Organ Co. (2000)

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