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Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc. Opus 14 (1890)

First Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary; front
Third Ave.
Seattle, WA

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

Images

2007-04-19 - Organ, restored and in its 2007 location (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Undated - Sanctuary interior with organ in front (Church archives/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
12 stops
14 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 58 notes
Pedal compass: 27 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: None

Notes

2005-07-18 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Original installation. -Database Manager

2006-12-31 - Now in its fifth home. Built for this church (First Presbyterian, Seattle); Hillcrest Presbyterian, West Seattle; House of Prayer Lutheran, South Park 1964; relocated to Tacoma 1975; Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland 1987. 9/90 Dahl stoplist. Moved here 1986 by Randall J. McCarty. New facade pipes 1990. (Source: OHS PC Database. Date: 2004-10-30) -Database Manager

2007-05-02 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist copied from the console July 24, 2008

Seattle, Washington
First Presbyterian Church

Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc., Opus 14, 1890 - Original Specifications

 
GREAT                                        COUPLERS (Drawknob) 
Gr. 8'  Open Diapason            58          Swell to Pedal
Gr. 8'  Dulciana           (tc)  46          Great to Pedal
Gr. 8'  Melodia            (tc)  46
Gr. 8'  St. Diap'n Bass          12          Swell to Great
Gr. 4'  Octave                   58
Gr. 3'  Twelfth                  58
Gr. 2'  Fifteenth                58          PEDAL MOVEMENTS
                                             Swell Expression      (bal.)

SWELL (Expressive)
Sw. 8'  Geigen Principal   (tc)  46
Sw. 8'  Viola              (tc)  46
Sw. 8'  Stopped Diapason   (tc)  46
Sw. 8'  St. Diap'n Bass          12
Sw. 4'  Violina                  58          ACTION: Mech. key & stop
Sw. 4'  Flute                    58
Sw.     Tremolo                              VOICES: 12

                                             STOPS: 14
PEDAL
Ped. 16' Bourdon                 27          RANKS: 12

         Bellows Signal                      PIPES: 629


NOTES
The organ is free-standing and encased. The 3-sectional facade contains
19 stenciled pipes arranged: 5-9-9. The keydesk is attached, projecting
keydesk with a lid that opens to form a music rack.

The organ was originally built for First Presbyterian in Seattle and was
the second pipe organ in that city. In 1907 it was moved to Hillcrest
Presbyterian in West Seattle. In the 1950's, it was moved to House of
Prayer Lutheran Church in Burien. Later, it was moved to a basement 
practice room at Pacific Lutheran University in Parkland, WA. It was
finally moved by students to the chapel of Trinity Lutheran Church in
Parkland, adjacent to the PLU campus.


Sources: Eugene M. Nye compilation; David Dahl; JRS; extant organ

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