2006-01-09 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager
2006-01-19 - Updated through information adapted from <i>E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List</i>, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: <br><i>E. M. Skinner Opus 460 (1924), relocated from Ithaca, New York and installed here without alteration.</i> -Database Manager
2008-05-31 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager
2012-06-03 - Updated through online information from jeffrey a. fox. -- This organ all original and in use each Sunday for worship. -Database Manager
Stoplist copied from the console April 13, 1995 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Bellingham, Washington
Our Saviour's Lutheran Church
E.M. SKINNER ORGAN CO., Opus 460, 1924 - Original Specifications
Heustis & Associates, 1985-86 - Re-Installation
GREAT COUPLERS
8 Diapason 61 Swell to Pedal [8],4
8 Clarabella 61 Great to Pedal [8]
8 Gedeckt (Sw) --
8 Aeoline (Sw) -- Swell to Great 16,[8],4
4 Flute (Sw) --
8 Cornopean (Sw) --
8 Flugel Horn (Sw) -- FINGER PISTONS
Swell 1 - 4
Great to Great 4' Great 1 - 3
Cancel
[Set] [unlabeled]
SWELL (Expressive)
16 Bourdon 73
8 Diapason 73 TOE STUDS
8 Gedeckt 73 Pedal 1 - 3
8 Salicional 73
8 Voix Celeste 73
8 Aeoline 73 FOOT LEVERS
4 Flute 73 Gr. to Ped. (rev)
8 Cornopean 73 Sforz. (rev)
8 Flugel Horn 73
Tremolo
PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell to Swell 16' Swell Expression (bal.)
Swell to Swell 4' Crescendo (bal.)
PEDAL ACTION: E-P pitman
16 Bourdon 32
16 Echo Bourdon (Sw) -- VOICES: 12 STOPS: 20
8 Gedeckt 12
8 Still Gedeckt (Sw) -- RANKS: 12 PIPES: 823
NOTES
This organ was originally built for the Lutheran Church of Ithaca, NY. It was
installed in a right-side chamber in the chancel with dummy gold facade pipes.
The Great division was non-expressive. The organ remained in use until it was
replaced in 1971 by a 2/14 Gress-Miles in the rear gallery. The Skinner facade
remains today. (The church was renamed St. Luke Lutheran Church in 1993.) The
Skinner was sold and put in storage in British Columbia.
In 1985-86, it was installed in Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, Bellingham, WA.
by Herb and Marianne Heustis. It is installed in a central chamber at the front
of the room with the non-expressive Great exposed to view and in front of the
Swell expression louvers – much as it had been in Ithaca. A 21-note set of Maas
chimes are playable from the Great.
It was dedicated in worship and recital on May 4th, 1986 by church organist
Leonard Larson, the choir, local organist John French, and trumpeter Peter
Kirkman.
Sources: EMS opus list; Dedication Program; JRS; Aeolian-Skinner Archives website;
extant organ
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