Better Pipe Organ Database

Hochhalter, Inc. (2005)

First Presbyterian Church
770 Chemeketa St. NE
Salem, OR

Images

Unknown - State Trumpet, 2005. (Photograph by Lanny Hochhalter/Database Manager)

Unknown - State Trumpet under construction, 2005. (Photograph by Lanny Hochhalter/Database Manager)

Unknown - Festival Trumpet, 2005. (Photograph by Lanny Hochhalter/Database Manager)

2008-01-02 - Antiphonal State Trumpet (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
32 stops
52 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Computerized/Digital
Has sequencer
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2005-06-08 - Identified through online information from Lanny Hochhalter. -- -Database Manager

2007-11-08 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

2008-01-05 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- This was the addition of two high-pressure reeds to the organ: an 8' Festival Trumpet and an 8' State Trumpet which is en chamade on the rear wall of the sanctuary above the balcony. Several other registers remain prepared-for in the console including reeds, independent mutations, flutes, and mixtures. Documented Jan. 2, 2008. -Database Manager

Websites

First Presbyterian Church, Salem, Oregon [Builder's web site] - Photographs, description, links to additional photos and stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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