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Elmer Goetz (1985)

Prince of Peace Lutheran
14208 NE 249th St.
Battle Ground, WA

Images


1994-05-18 - Pipe display (Great) (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1994-05-18 - Console (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1994-05-18 - Swell pipes (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

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Notes

2005-07-18 - Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- Organ installed on left wall towards front of sanctuary. Exposed Great/Pedal pipes. 8' Oboe added after original installation. -Database Manager

2015-04-23 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- This organ has its origins in Mr. Goetz's former home organ in California. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the console May 30, 1994 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Battle Ground, Washington
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church

Elmer E. Goetz, 1985 - Original Specifications


GREAT (Expressive *)          SWELL (Expressive)            PEDAL (Expressive)
   8'     Principal              8'     Rohr Flöte             16'    Bourdon
   8'     Spitz Gedeckt (*)      8'     Gedeckt                8'     Principal
   4'     Octave                 4'     Gemshorn               8'     Gedeckt
   4'     Rohr Flöte  (*)        4'     Open Flute             5-1/3' Quint
   2-2/3' Nasat  (*)             2'     Principal              4'     Choral Bass
   2'     Super Octave           2'     Gemshorn               4'     Rohr Flöte
   2'     Wald Flote [sic] (*)   1-1/3' Quint                  2'     Wald Flote [sic]
   1-3/5' Terz  (*)              1'     Octave
          Chimes                 1'     Sifflöte


STOP / RANK / PIPE ANALYSIS
   16'    Bourdon                (Ped)  12  Extension of 8' Gedeckt. En façade.
   8'     Principal           (Gt/Ped)  61  Exposed
   8'     Gedeckt             (Sw/Ped)  61 
   8'     Rohr Flöte              (Sw)  --  From 4' Rohr Flöte. 1-12 from 8' Gedeckt.
   8'     Spitz Gedeckt           (Gt)  --  From 2' Wald Flöte. 1-24 from 8' Gedeckt.
   5-1/3' Quint                  (Ped)  --  From the Gedeckt unit.
   4'     Octave                  (Gt)  --  1-32 from 4' Choral Bass. 33-61 from 8'
                                               Principal unit.
   4'     Choral Bass            (Ped)  32  Exposed.
   4'     Rohr Flöte          (Gt/Ped)  61
   4'     Open Flute              (Sw)  --  From 2' Wald Flöte. 1-14 from 4' Rohr
                                               Flöte.
   4'     Gemshorn                (Sw)  --  Preparation.
   2-2/3' Nasat                   (Gt)  --  From 4' Rohr Flöte. 54 notes: CC - f 54.
   2'     Super Octave            (Gt)  12  Extension of 8' Principal. 49 notes. No
                                               top octave.
   2'     Principal               (Sw)  61  1-11, exposed.
   2'     Wald Flote [sic]    (Gt/Ped)  61
   2'     Gemshorn                (Sw)  --  Preparation.
   1-3/5' Terz                    (Gt)  --  From 2' Wald Flote. 49 notes. No top 8ve.
   1-1/3' Quint                   (Sw)  --  From 2' Principal. 49 notes. No top 8ve. 
   1'     Octave                  (Sw)  --  From 2' Principal. 49 notes. No top 8ve.
   1'     Sifflöte                (Sw)  --  From 2' Wald Flote. 49 notes. No top 8ve.
          Chimes                  (Gt) (25) Compass: Tenor G thru g 44.


PIPE SUMMARY

8' Principal                    16' Bour./8' Gedeckt          4' Choral Bass
   73 pipes                        73 pipes                      32 pipes

4' Rohr Flöte                   2' Principal                  2' Wald Flöte
   61 pipes                        61 pipes                      61 pipes


COUPLERS                                     FINGER PISTONS
   Swell to Pedal                    8          Swell Generals              C,1 – 4
   Great to Pedal                    8          Swell                         1 & 2
                                                Great Generals              C,1 - 4 
   Swell to Great                    8          Great                         1 & 2


PEDAL MOVEMENTS                              TOE STUDS
   Swell Expression             (bal.)          Pedal Generals                1 & 2
   Crescendo                    (bal.)          Pedal                         1 & 2


ACTION: E-M     VOICES: 6 [7]     STOPS: 25     RANKS: 6 [7]     PIPES: 361 [422]
                                (inc. chimes)


NOTES
The organ has its origins in Mr. Goetz's former home organ in California. The pipework
is from Aug. Laukhuff GmbH.

The organ was voiced and tonally finished by Allan Van Zoeren of Portland, OR. Mr. Van
Zoeren had a Gemshorn unit he was willing to sell to the church for only $500.00 but
the church declined to spend the additional funds, so that stop was a full preparation
awaiting only pipes.

The only unexpressive pipes are the 12-pipe extension for the 16' Bourdon, the 8' Prin-
cipal unit, the 4' Choral Bass, and pipes 1-11 of the Swell 2' Principal. The Swell 
division was originally under expression, but whomever built the shutters for Mr. Goetz
used unseasoned lumber which warped badly and no longer fit properly – so they were
removed.

Before Mr. Goetz moved to Daytona Beach, Florida, he added an 8' Oboe to the organ on
the prepared-for Gemshorn windchest. Again, the church declined to expend funds for
properly-engraved rocker tablets, so the 16' octave plays from the Pedal 5⅓' rocker
tablet, and the manual 8' Oboe plays on the Swell only from the 1' Sifflöte rocker
tablet. The top octave of treble pipes is missing. The Oboe pipes were from Jacques
Stinkens in Holland.

The mutation stops are engraved in red print. The organ does have a 10-level memory.
A plaque at the console reads:

                                The Junior Haberman
                                  Memorial Organ
                          Elmer Goetz. Designer & Builder
                              Dedicated July 7, 1985

Sources: JRS; phone conversation with Elmer Goetz in June 1994; extant organ

 [Received from James R. Stettner 2015-04-24.]

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