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Smith Unit Organ Co. (1924)

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

Consoles

Main

• Organ type: Horseshoe
• Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
• 2 manuals
• 5 stops
• 35 registers
• 1 divisions
• Key action Type: Electrical
• Stop action Type: Electrical
• Stop layout Type: Stop Keys in Horseshoe Curves
• Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
• Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
• Combination action: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
• Has combination thumb pistons
• Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2005-07-18 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Originally built for Seattle's Gala Theatre. Installed here in the 1930s by Balcom and Vaughan with traps/percussions removed except for chimes. Replaced here in 1956 by a new, II-manual, 10-rank Wicks in divided front chambers. Sold to Port Madison Lutheran Church on Bainbridge Island, WA. Installed there by an undocumented person or firm. -Database Manager

2006-10-16 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

• #19112†* - Smith Unit Organ Co. (1924)
• #19115†* - Unknown Builder (1956)

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