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Hutchings-Votey Organ Co. Opus 1623 (1907)

St James Roman Catholic Cathedral: Sanctuary; rear gallery
804 9th Avenue
Seattle, WA

OHS convention: 1980


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1916-02-02 - View towards the West Gallery Hutchings-Votey organ following the collapse of the central dome (Photograph from an archival source: Joseph Adam, submitted by Joseph Adam/Joseph Adam)

c1920 - View of the reconstructed St. James Cathedral and the Hutchings-Votey organ, c. 1920 (Photograph from an archival source: submitted by Joseph Adam/Joseph Adam)

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Notes

2006-10-25 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- This was additions to the enclosed portion of the Great. The Choir 8' Gamba had been borrowed to the Great in 1982. In 1996, Marceau & Assoc. also refurbished the console and converted it to solid state. -Database Manager

2012-05-27 - Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. -- The organs console was restored and electrical systems updated in 1996 by Marceau & Associates Pipe Organ Builders, Inc., Portland, Oregon. ((Source: cathedral music website, accessed 5/26/2012) -Database Manager


Stoplist

Source: 1982 OHS Handbook June 1982

GREAT (61 notes) Diapason 16 (61 m, sc 30), I Diapason 8 (61 m), II Diapason 8 (61 m, sc 42), Doppel Floete* 8 (61 w), Gross Floete* 8 (61 w), Octave 4 (61 m, sc 54), Harmonic Flute* 4 (61 m), Fifteenth 2 (61 m, sc 67), Trumpet* 8 (61 m)

SWELL (61 notes, enclosed) Bourdon 16 (61 w), Diapason 8 (61 m, sc 43), Salicional 8 (61 m, sc 58), Unda Maris TC 8 (49 m, sc 58), Stopped Diapason 8 (61 w&m), Quintadena 8 (61 m), Octave 4 (61 m, sc 62), Flauto Traverso 4 (61 w&m), Nazard 2⅔ (61 m, sc 68), Flautino 2 (61 m), Dolce Cornet V (61 m), Contra Fagotto 16 (61 m), Comopean 8 (61 m), Oboe 8 (61 m), Vox Humana 8 (61 m), Clarion 4 (61 m), Tremolo

CHOIR (61 notes, enclosed) Dulciana 16 (73 m, sc 41), Diapason 8 (61 m, sc 43), Gamba 8 (61 m, sc 56), Viola 8 (73 m, sc 62), Vox Celestis TC 8 (49 m, sc 62), Concert Flute 8 (61 w), Flute D' Amour 4 (61 w&m), Piccolo 2 (61 m), Clarinet 8 (61 m), Tremolo

SOLO (61 notes) Stentorphone 8 (61 m), Philomela 8 (61 w), Flute Harmonique 4 (61 m), Tuba Mirabilis 8 (73 m)

ECHO (61 notes) Bourdon 16, Diapason 8, Salicional 8, Unda Maris 8, Concert Flute 8, Octave 4, Flute 4, Trumpet 8, Vox Humana 8, Pedal Diapason 16, Pedal Bourdon 16, Tremolo , Chimes

PEDAL (30 notes) Bourdon 32 (12 w, ext. Bourdon 16'), Diapason 16 (30 w), Violone 16 (30 w), Bourdon 16 (30 w), Lieblich Gedacht 16 (Swell), Quint 10⅔ (7 w, ext. Bourdon 16'), Flute 8 (12 w, ext. Diapason 16'), Violoncello 8 (12 m, ext. Violone 16'), Trombone 16 (30 m)

COUPLERS (by drawknobs) Great to Pedal (dupl. by reversible toe lever), Swell to Pedal , Swell 4' to Pedal, Choir to Pedal , Solo to Pedal , Swell to Great , Choir to Great , Solo to Great , Swell to Choir , Echo to Choir , Choir 16' to Choir , Choir 4' to Choir , Swell 16' to Swell , Swell 4' to Swell , Great to Solo, Echo to Solo, Solo 16' to Solo, Solo 4' to Solo

COMBINATIONS (by thumb pistons under indicated keyboard) General 1-4 (under Gt., dupl. by toe levers: "Full 1", "Full 2", etc.), Swell 1-5 (under Swell), Solo 1-3 (under Solo), Great 1-2 (under Great), Choir 1-3 (under Choir), Echo 1-2 (under Solo)

SETTER (under Great, Combinations (by hitch down toe levers) ) SF (Sforzando), Pedal Ventil (missing)

MECHANICALS Balanced Swell pedal to Swell , Balanced Swell pedal to Choir, All Swells (toe lever, combines both Swell pedals), Crescendo with indicator , Gallery On (thumb piston, 1926)


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