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Alfred Führer (1980)

Residence: Mrs. Claire Thomas
3335 76th Ave. NE
Bellevue, WA

Images

1992-07-30 - Organ case in gallery (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1992-07-30 - Upper case & facade (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1992-07-30 - Lower case & keydesk (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1992-07-30 - 8' Gedackt reinstalled (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1992-07-30 - 8' Gedackt and 4' Rohrflote (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1992-07-30 - 8' Gedackt, 4' Rohrflote, & 1-1/3' Quinte (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1992-07-30 - Action inside case (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Keydesk Attached
1 manuals
4 stops
6 registers
1 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Suspended Tracker)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Manual compass: 56 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Straight
Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
Combination action: None

Notes

2005-07-18 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Two of the stops: 2' Principal and 1-1/3' Quinte, are divided into bass (24 notes) & discant (32 notes). Free-standing and encased with an attached, projecting keydesk. 3-sectional facade with 35 pipes arranged: 5-25-5. Removed from previous residence in Bellevue by John Moir, President of Balcom & Vaughan Pipe Organs, Inc. Reinstalled and tuned by Don Myers and Jim Stettner of Balcom & Vaughan Pipe Organs, Inc. on July 30, 1992. -Database Manager

2007-06-27 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The two side flats of five pipes each contain the capped metal, over-length basses of the 4' Rohrflöte. The center flat of 25 pipes is notes 1-25 of the 2' Prinzipal. All of the visible mouths of the facade pipes are painted mouths - with the true mouths all facing inside the case. -Database Manager

2018-04-07 - Updated by James R. Stettner, the builder.<br> Mrs. Thomas has retired and is moving to a new residence. The organ is available for purchase and is advertised in the Seattle AGO website and newsletter and on Facebook "Pipe Organ Garage Sale." Best offer. -Database Manager

2022-09-07 - Mrs. Thomas and her family ultimately decided to donate the organ to Summit Avenue Presbyterian Church in Breerton, Washington where it was installed by Tim Drewes of Auburn, WA. in 2020. It was seldom used, and the church decided to sell the organ. In 2022, it was acquired by an undisclosed buyer and instaled in their home in Bellevue, WA. by an undocumented person or firm. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist copied from the keydesk July 30, 1992

Bellevue, Washington
Residence: Mrs. Claire Thomas

Alfred Führer, 1980 - Original Specifications


MANUAL (56 notes)                       COUPLERS
   8'     Gedackt                56        There are no couplers. The manual
                                           is permanently coupled to the
   4'     Rohrflöte              56        pedal. 

   2'     Prinzipal B            24
   2'     Prinzipal D            32
                                        ACTION: Mechanical Key & Stop
   1-1/3' Quinte B               24
   1-1/3' Quinte D               32     VOICES: 4

                                        STOPS: 6
PEDAL (30 notes)
   There are no independent Pedal       RANKS: 4
   registers. The manual is perm-
   anently coupled to the Pedal.        PIPES: 224


NOTES
The organ was originally installed in the previous Thomas residence
in Bellevue. It was dismantled and placed in storage prior to its
reinstallation in this new residence on July 30, 1992 by Don Myers
and Jim Stettner of Balcom and Vaughan.

The two side flats contain over-length, canistered basses for the 4'
Rohrflöte. The center flat of 25 pipes are from the 2' Prinzipal.
All of the facade pipes have painted "faux mouths" with the actual
speaking mouth facing inside the organ.

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

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