Pipe Organ Database

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M. P. Möller (Opus 5800, 1930ca.)

Location:

Westminster Presbyterian Church
5736 Chester Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19143 US
Organ ID: 32074

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Presbyterian Churches
  • The organ has an unknown or unreported status.
  • The organ's condition is not playable.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Paul R. Marchesano on February 14, 2023.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Information unknown or not applicable
  • 3 manuals. 73 registers.
All:
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 3
  • Registers: 73
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Paul R. Marchesano on February 14, 2023:

By the mid 1990's three long-standing churches in West Philadelphia had difficulty being self-supporting so two of those churches: Ninth Presbyterian ( 57th and Washington Ave), and Westminster Presbyterian (58th and Chester Ave) merged and became New Spirit Presbyterian Church housed in the Westminster building.

In April 1997 I inspected the organ. The Echo division was not playable due to water damage. A reservoir was blown in the Swell division causing pressure drop and speach and tuning issues. The console had numerous combination action problems, including a General Cancel button with broken spring which intermittently canceled stops on its own. The organ case/facade is likely from the previous Moller installataion.

The facility is permanently closed. Disposition of the organ is unknown.

We received the most recent update for this note from Paul R. Marchesano on February 14, 2023.
Database Manager on December 06, 2007:

Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Organ facade and console at front of room: Photograph from an archival source: Presbyterian Historical Society website, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano. Taken approx. between 1996 and 2013

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