2020-09-21 - Console (Photograph by René A. Marceau/René A. Marceau)
ca. 1991 - Rear gallery and organ (Photograph from an archival source: Builder's promotional photo, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2005-12-26 - Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- This is an essentially "new" organ created from the existing and much rebuilt & enlarged 1934 Reuter, opus 452. The Great, Swell, and Pedal are encased in the rear gallery, and a chancel division of 8 speaking stops (inc. Pedal) and 8-ranks is at the front. The organ was dedicated in worship and recital on Sunday. May 19, 1991 with Dr. Edward Hansen as guest recitalist. -Database Manager
2005-12-30 - Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager
2012-09-17 - Updated through online information from Jim Van Horn. -Database Manager
Source: Stoplist copied from the console May 19, 1991
Fort Lewis, Washington
Fort Lewis Army Base
The REUTER ORGAN CO., Opus 452, 1934
Marceau & Associates, Opus VI, 1991 - Rebuild & Enlargement
GREAT (Expressive) SWELL (Expressive)
16 Pommer (tc) 49 16 Rohrgedeckt 12
8 Principal 61 8 Rohrflöte 61
8 Gedeckt 61 8 Salicional 61
8 Flute Harmonique 49 8 Voix Celeste (tc) 49
4 Octave 61 4 Principal 61
4 Koppelflöte 61 4 Nachthorn 61
2 Octave 61 2-2/3 Nasard 61
IV Mixture 1⅓ 244 2 Blockflöte 61
16 Fagott 61 1-3/5 Tierce (tc) 49
8 Trumpet 61 V Plein Jeu 2' 305
8 Krummhorn 61 8 Trompette 61
Tremulant 8 Oboe 61
4 Clarion --
Tremulant
PEDAL
32 Resultant -- Swell to Swell 16'
16 Principal-Bass 32 Swell to Swell 4'
16 Subbass 32
16 Bourdon (Chan) 12
16 Rohrgedeckt (Sw) -- CHANCEL
8 Octave-Bass 32 8 Bourdon 61
8 Gedeckt-Bass 12 8 Salicional 61
8 Rohrflöte (Sw) -- 4 Principal 61
4 Choral-Bass 32 4 Rohrflöte 61
4 Flöte-Bass 12 2 Octave 61
III Mixture 96 2 Flöte 12
16 Bombarde (Sw) 12 III Scharff 1' 183
16 Fagott (Gt) --
8 Trompette (Sw) --
4 Clarion (Sw) --
ACTION: E-P primary VOICES: 33 STOPS: 46 RANKS: 44 PIPES: 2,505
& unit
COUPLERS FINGER PISTONS
Swell to Pedal 8 General 1 – 10
Great to Pedal 8 Swell 1 – 6
Chancel to Pedal 8 Sw. to Ped. (rev)
Sw.to Gt. (rev)
Swell to Great 16,8,4 Great 1 – 6
Chancel to Great 8 Gt. to Ped. (rev)
Chancel 1 – 6
Chancel to Swell 8 Chan. to Ped. (rev)
Chan. to Sw. (rev)
Sforz (rev)
TOE STUDS Set
General 1 - 10 Cancel
Pedal 1 - 6
Sw to Ped (rev)
Gt to Ped (rev) PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Chan to Ped (rev) Swell Expression (bal.)
Ch to Gt (rev) Crescendo (bal.)
Sforzando (rev)
NOTES
As originally built, this organ was a II-manual and pedal instrument of 12 ranks and
18 stops. It was installed new for Reuter by Balcom and Vaughan of Seattle. In 1944,
Balcom and Vaughan added a new, chancel console to the instrument.
At some later date the organ was rebuilt and enlarged by Dr. R. Byard Fritts of Tacoma
who also built the organ for the chapel at Ft. Greely in Fairbanks, Alaska, and revised
the organ in the chapel at Ft. Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska.
Another rebuild also took place, ultimately enlarging the organ to a size of 24 stops
and 34 ranks.
The organ is located in the rear gallery in a large, 3-sectional case containing 47
pipes arranged: 9-29-9. The 9 pipes in each of the two side flats are all dummies.
The Marceau rebuild and enlargement makes use of most of the existing pipes with other
new and some other recycled pipework added. Some of the existing pipework was rescaled
and/or moved to another division. New chests were built to make maximum use of the
available space, and a new III-manual console with solid state appointments controls
the instrument.
On the Great, the 16' Pommer is new pipework, and borrows its bottom octave from the
Swell 16' Rohrgedeckt. The 8' Principal was existing, but has 1-14 new façade pipes.
The 8' Gedeckt was existing pipework from the I-manual small chapel organ. The 8'
Flûte Harmonique is existing pipes relocated from the Swell. It borrows its first 12
notes from the 8' Gedeckt. The 4' Octave, 4' Koppelflöte, and IV Mixture were all
existing. The 2' Octave and 8' Trumpet are existing pipework relocated from the Swell.
The 16' Fagott and 8' Krummhorn are both new.
The Swell is comprised almost entirely of existing pipework. Only the 4' Nachthorn and
tenor C 1-3/5' Tierce are entirely new. The 2-2/3' Nasard is the former Great 1-1/3'
Larigot with a new bottom octave. The 2' Blockflöte and 8' Oboe were also relocated
from the Great. The 8' Trompette is the former Pedal unit.
The Chancel division is also mostly existing pipework. The 8' Salicional is of recycled
pipes of unknown provenance. The 2' Octave is new, and the III Scharff contains some new
pipework but was otherwise existing.
In the Pedal, the 16' Principal-Bass, 8' Octave-Bass, 4' Choral-Bass and III Mixture were
all existing, but the 8' Octave-Bass has 1-15 new pipes in the façade. The 16-8-4 Subbass
unit is new as is the 16' Bourdon extension of the Chancel 8' Bourdon.
The organ was dedicated in worship and recital on Sunday, May 19, 1991 at 1600 hours. The
guest recitalist was Dr. Edward Hansen who was on staff at the University of Puget Sound
in Tacoma and was also the organist at Plymouth Congregational Church in Seattle.
Sources: Marceau & Associates opus list and files; JRS; extant organ.
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