Better Pipe Organ Database

R. Byard Fritts (1977)

Anchorage Lutheran Church
1420 N Street
Anchorage, AK

Images

Dec 18, 2021 - The organ sitting in the loft of the church (Photograph by John Petrash/John Petrash)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Non-Traditional Style, As Consoles by Holtkamp, Schlicker, et al
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
2 manuals
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 56 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons

Notes

2006-10-31 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Contract signed 11/25/75. Dedicated 10/2/77. Organ a gift to the church and community from the James Webster family. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist Source: church website Date not recorded

Anchorage, Alaska
Anchorage Lutheran Church

R. Byard Fritts   1977
2 manuals, 22 stops, 29 ranks
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         GREAT ORGAN
     16' Bourdon              56
      8' Praestant            56
      8' Holpijp              56
      4' Octave               56
      4' Spitzflöte           56
      3' Quinte               56
         Mixture III-IV      212
      8' Trompete             56

         OBERWERK
      8' Praestant Descant    44
      8' Gedackt              56
      8' Praesant             56
      4' Rohrflöte            56
      2' Octave               56
         Scharff II-IV       188
         Sesquialter II (TC)  88
      8' Regal                56

         PEDAL ORGAN
     16' Subbass              32
      8' Octave               32
      4' Octave               32
      2' Octave               32
     16' Fagott               32
      8' Trompete             32

         COUPLERS
         Great to Pedal
         Oberwerk to Pedal
         Oberwerk to Great


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2018-04-13]

Websites

anchoragelutheran [Pipe Organs of Alaska] - Photographs and description of the organ. (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)