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Frank Robl (1980)

Residence: Frank & Carol Robl
4522 144th Ave. SE
Bellevue, WA

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

Images

ca. 1981 - Organ case, specification, and description (Photograph from an archival source: The American Organist, Feb. 1981, Vol. 15, No. 2, pg. 48, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2020-12-02 - Builder's nameplate (Photograph by Samuel Libra, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
5 stops
20 registers
2 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
Combination action: None

Notes

2005-07-18 - Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- Electric key action. 5 registers. 61/32. Keydesk is attached to the front of the free-standing, 5-sectional case and is projecting. Cone valves in a ventil chest actuated by lever magnets beneath the bottom chest boards. Dual reservoirs - one for manual pipework, one for Pedal 16' Subbass. Metal pipework by Carl Giesecke, Göttingen, Germany. Delaware Organ Co. consulting and voicing. Tonal design and finishing by Swain & Kates of San Francisco. -Database Manager

2007-06-27 - Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

2014-03-10 - Updated through information from Joe O'Donnell -- relocated. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from The American Organist, Feb.1981, Vol. 15, No. 2, pg. 48. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Bellevue, Washington
Residence: Frank & Carol Robl

Frank Robl, 1980 - Original Specifications


MANUAL I                 MANUAL II                PEDAL

8'     Principal         8'     Koppelflöte       16'  Subbass
8'     Koppelflöte       4'     Koppelflöte       8'   Gedeckt
4'     Octave            2'     Koppelflöte       4'   Principal
4'     Koppelflöte       1-3/5' Tierce            4'   Koppelflöte
2-2/3' Nazard            1-1/3' Quinte            2'   Principal
2'     Principal                                  II   Cornet
1-3/5' Tierce                                     II   Mixture
II     Mixture

[Received from James R. Stettner 2010-12-29.]

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