First Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
20 Tacoma Ave. S.
Tacoma, WA
Images
2022 - Church exterior (Photograph by Cameron Jergensen, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2017 - Church interior to rear (Photograph by Andrew Gould, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2022 - Church interior to rear and Echo Organ (Photograph by Andrew Gould, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2022 - Church interior and organ chambers (Photograph by Andrew Gould, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
1925 - Church interior, organ chambers, façade pipes (Photograph from an archival source: From the 1929 Reuter catalog, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Unknown - Church Exterior ((1940's) Vintage Postcard in the collection of James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
2015-04-16 - Choir Gallery Pipe Facade (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
2015-04-16 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
- 4 manuals
- 45 stops
- 68 registers
- 6 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Stop Keys on Angled Jambs
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2005-11-24 - Identified from the Reuter Opus List, provided by Chris Leaver, Reuter Organ Co., November, 2005. -Database Manager
2012-08-20 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager
2015-04-19 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ was tonally altered and enlarged in 1977 by Tacoma organ technician Homer R. Johnson. A Peterson solid state relay was added at that time. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> February 1925 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Tacoma, Washington
First Presbyterian Church
Reuter Op. 138 1925 4/47
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GREAT SWELL
16' Bourdon 73 16' Bourdon 61
16' Violone 73 * 8' Diapason 73
8' Diapason I 73 8' Clarabella 73
8' Diapason II 73 * 8' Viole d'Orchestre 73
8' Doppelflöte 73 8' Viole Celeste 61
8' Violoncello 73 * 8' Salicional 73
8' Concert Flute 73 * 8' Voix Celeste 61
8' Flauto Dolce 73 * 8' Gedeckt 12
8' Flute Celeste 61 * 8' Aeoline 73
4' Octave 73 4' Flute 12
4' Flute d'Amour 73 * 2 2/3' Nazard 7
16' Tuba Profunda 73 2' Flautina 5
8' Tuba 12 III Dolce Cornet 183
Sub 16' Contra Fagotto 73
Unison Off 8' Cornopean 73
Super 8' Oboe Horn 73
Chimes 25 8' Vox Humana 73
Tremolo
* enclosed in Choir Sub
Unison Off
CHOIR Super
16' Violone GT
8' Diapason GT GALLERY
8' Violoncello GT 8' Diapason 73
8' Concert Flute GT 8' Claribel Flute 73
8' Flauto Dolce GT 8' Gamba 73
8' Flute Celeste GT 8' Dulciana 73
4' Flute GT 8' Unda Maris 61
8' French Horn 73 4' Flute Harmonic 73
8' Clarinet 73 8' Tromba 73
Tremolo 8' Corno di Bassetto 73
Sub Tremolo
Unison Off
Super ECHO
Chimes GT 8' Diapason 73
Harp 61 8' Rohrflöte 73
8' Viole Aetheria 73
PEDAL 8' Vox Angelica 61
32' Diapason -- 8' Quintadena 73
16' Diapason 32 4' Fernflöte 73
16' Bourdon 32 8' English Horn 73
16' Violone GT 8' Vox Humana 73
16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW Tremolo
8' Cello GT
8' Bourdon 12 GALLERY PEDAL
8' Still Gedeckt SW 16' Bourdon 32
16' Trombone GT 16' Gedeckt 12 EC
16' Contra Fagotto SW 8' Gamba GA
[Received online from Jeff Scofield August 19, 2012]
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