Owner (2004)

Images

2010-10-07 - Organ from rear gallery (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-10-07 - Organ from rear gallery; closer view (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-10-07 - Keydesk and facade (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-10-07 - Keydesk and facade from right (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-10-07 - Keydesk from left (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-10-07 - "Manuals, couplers, combination trundles" (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-10-07 - Manuals and couplers (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-10-07 - Left stopjamb (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-10-07 - Right stopjamb (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-10-07 - Builder's nameplate (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-10-07 - Combination trundles and expression shoe (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-10-07 - Pedal 16' Bourdon at the rear (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Notes

2006-11-25 - Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

2010-10-08 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ was originally built for the Nazareth German Evangelical Lutheran Church in Camden, NJ. When that congregation disbanded in 1995, the organ was removed by J. Patrick Murphy & Assoc. and stored at their facility. It was purchased by the Port Townsend church in 2002, and picked up by two parishioners and driven across the country in 2003. Assembly took place in 2003-04 primarily by parishioners Stan Goddard and Harry Takata assisted by Monroe, WA organ builder Clinton B. Meadway. Some of the pipework was badly damaged in the past and has been replaced. The drawknobs for each division are a different color wood. The 3-sectional stenciled facade contains the first 19 pipes of the Great 8 ft. Open Diapason. 1-6 are stopped wood diatonically divided on either side of the other 13 zinc facade pipes. The fixed foot trundles are for Piano and Forte and affect both Swell and Great, but not the Pedal nor the couplers. -Database Manager

2012-02-11 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- In November 2011, Puget Sound Pipe Organs of Seattle replaced all pedalboard felt to attain proper pedal position and playing depth. Broken pedal stickers were repaired or replaced. All four couplers were adjusted for proper pluck and optimum opening/function. A future tonal regulation and finishing to correct speech problems and make the organ sound its best is hoped-for. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the console October 6, 2010 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Port Townsend, Washington Trinity United Methodist Church Bernard Mudler, ca. 1902 - Original Specifications GREAT COUPLERS 8 ft. Open Diapason 61 Swell to Pedal [8] 8 ft. Melodia 61 Great to Pedal [8] 8 ft. Dulciana 49 4 ft. Octave 61 Swell to Great [8] Sw. to Gr. Octave [4] SWELL (Expressive) 8 ft. Violin Diapason 49 FOOT LEVERS 8 ft. Stop'd Diapason 61 Forte – Gr.: 8,8,8,4. (s-a) 8 ft. Salicional 61 Sw.: 8,8,8,4. 4 ft. Flute 61 Tremolo Piano – Gr.: Mel. & Dulc. (s-a) Sw.: S.D. & Sal. PEDAL 16 ft. Bourdon 27 PEDAL MOVEMENTS Pedal Check Swell Expression (bal.) Bellows Signal ACTION: Mechanical key VOICES: 9 STOPS: 9 RANKS: 9 PIPES: 491 & stop NOTES This organ was built for the Nazareth German Evangelical Lutheran Church in Camden, NJ. It was contracted in 1900, but not completed and installed until 1902. When the German-speaking congregation disbanded in 1995, the organ was removed by Patrick J. Murphy & Assoc. of Stowe, PA. and stored at their facility. It was purchased by Trinity United Methodist in 2003 for $5000.00 “as is.” The organ was retrieved by Stan Goddard and Beth Mackey of the church, and driven across country. It was reassembled in 2003-04 by Stan Goddard and Harry Takata with assistance by Monroe, WA. organ builder Clinton B. Meadway. The organ is free-standing and encased with an attached, projecting keydesk – the cover of which opens to make a music rack. The stops are drawknobs in terraced jambs. The Swell drawknob heads are brown. The Great drawknob heads are black. And the Pedal drawknob, Pedal Check,and Bellows Signal are light-colored wood. The engraved inserts are replacements since the originals were badly worn, faded, and damaged. Some of the pipework also appears not to be original...and has characteristics of Kimball pipework. The 3-sectional stenciled facade contains 19 pipes of the Great 8 ft. Open Diapason arranged: 3 – 13 – 3. The two sets of 3 pipes are stopped wood and notes 1 – 6. The remaining 13 facade pipes are open zinc. The 8 ft. Dulciana is grooved to the 8 ft. Melodia for its bottom octave. On the Swell, the 8' Salicional was badly damaged. The first 12 pipes are capped metal quintadena basses and were retained. But it is a replacement set from tenor C. The 8 ft. Violin Diapason is grooved to the 8' Stop'd Diapason for its bottom octave. The 4 ft. Flute is a Harmonic Flute from middle C. The Pedal 16 ft. Bourdon is a the back of the organ on a chest in two rows. The outer set faces outward. The inner set faces inward. Sources: Photo & document album by Stan Goddard; extant organ [Received from James R. Stettner 2010-10-08.]

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