Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2004-10-30 - Replaced by M. P. Möller, Op. 5467 in 1929. Some pipework went to a Guenther organ in Zion Evangelical Lutheran, Portland, OR. -Database Manager
2007-02-19 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ was completed for the church in the same year in which the main sanctuary was completed - 1890. The approximate cost was $10,000.00, and the organ was the largest in the State of Oregon at the time. The case was of solid cherry to match the interior of the church. The 5-sectional façade consisted of two side flats and a center flat - which was higher and forward of the side flats, and separated by an ornately carved tower holding 3 pipes on either side. The façade contained 35 total pipes arranged: 9-3-11-3-9 from the Great 16' Contra Diapason and 8' Open Diapason. The pipes were stencilled. -Database Manager
Stoplist copied from church archives Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Portland, Oregon
First Presbyterian Church
GEO. H. RYDER, Opus 155, 1890 - Original Specifications
GREAT COUPLERS (Drawknob – Pneumatic)
16 Contra Diapason 61 Swell to Pedal [8]
8 Open Diapason 61 Great to Pedal [8]
8 Doppel Flöte 61 Choir to Pedal [8]
8 Viola d'Gamba 61
8 Gemshorn 61 Swell to Great [8]
4 Octave 61 Choir to Great Sub [16]
4 Flute Harmonique 61 Choir to Great [8]
2-2/3 Twelfth 61
2 Fifteenth 61 Swell to Choir [8]
IV Mixture 244
8 Cornopean 61
FOOT LEVERS (Unk. If labeled)
Sw. Piano -
SWELL (Expressive)
16 Bourdon Treble (tc) 49 Sw. Mezzo -
16 Bourdon Bass 12
8 Open Diapason 61 Sw. Forte -
8 Stopped Diapason 61
8 Viola 61 Gr. Piano -
8 Aeoline 61
4 Violin 61 Gr. Mezzo -
4 Flute Traverso 61
2-2/3 Twelfth 61 Gr. Forte -
2 Flautino 61
II Harmonic Ætheria 122 Ch. Piano -
8 Horn 61
8 Oboe 61 Ch. Mezzo -
8 Vox Humana 61
Tremolo Ch. Forte -
CHOIR PEDAL MOVEMENTS
8 Violin Diapason 61 Swell Expression (bal.)
8 Melodia 61
8 Quintadena (tc) 49
8 Dulciana 61
4 Fugara 61
4 Flute d'Amour 61
2 Piccolo 61
8 Clarinet (tc) 49
8 Fagotto Bass 12 ACTION: Mechanical key & stop
VOICES: 37
PEDAL
16 Open Diapason [wood] 30 STOPS: 39
16 Bourdon [wood] 30
16 Dulciana [wood] 30 RANKS: 41
8 Violon Cello [metal] 30
8 Flute [wood] 30 PIPES: 2,334
NOTES
The organ was completed for the church in the same year in which the main sanctuary
was completed – 1890. The approximate cost was $10,000.00, and the organ was the
largest in the State of Oregon at the time.
The case was made of cherry to match the church interior. The essentially 3-sectional
facade contained 35 pipes arranged as follows: 9 – 3 – 11 – 3 – 9. Between each of the
three main sections was a small tower holding the 3 pipes. The facade contained pipes
from the Great 16' Contra Diapason and 8' Open Diapason.
The Choir 8' Quintadena was grooved to the bass of the 8' Melodia for its bottom octave.
The couplers were also activated by means of pneumatic pistons set into the manual key
slips.
Sources: Ryder opus list; church archives and photos of the organ
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