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Unknown Builder (1969)

Vashon Island Lutheran Church
18623 Vashon Island Hwy. SW
Vashon Island, WA

Consoles

Main


Notes

2006-11-28 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- This organ was built for the original Evangelical Lutheran Church in Anacortes, Washington. In 1966, it was relocated by an unidentified person/firm to their new building. In 1969, a scant 3 years later, it was sold to Vashon Island Lutheran Church and reinstalled here by an unidentified person/firm where it exists in original form. -Database Manager

2015-07-21 - Updated through online information from Carl Kishline. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the console June, 1999 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Vashon Island, Washington
Vashon Island Lutheran Church

M.P. MÖLLER, Opus 7659, 1947 - Original Specifications


GREAT (Expressive)            SWELL (Expressive)            PEDAL (Expressive)
   8     Diapason Conique        8     Lieblich Gedeckt        16    Bourdon
   8     Lieblich Gedeckt        8     Salicional              8     Lieblich Gedeckt
   8     Salicional              8     Quintadena  (Syn.)      4     Octave Conique
   4     Octave Conique          4     Flute                   4     Flute
   2-2/3 Quint                   4     Salicet                 2     Super Octave
   2     Super Octave            2-2/3 Nazard
                                 2     Piccolo
                                 8     Oboe  (Syn.)
                                       Tremolo


STOP / RANK / PIPE ANALYSIS
   16    Bourdon                   (Ped)  12     Extension of the 8' Lieblich Gedeckt.
   8     Diapason Conique           (Gt)  --     From the 4' Octave Conique. 1-12 from
                                                    the 8' Lieblich Gedeckt.
   8     Lieblich Gedeckt    (Gt/Sw/Ped)  61
   8     Salicional              (Gt/Sw)  --     From the 4' Salicet. 1-12 from the 8'
                                                    Lieblich Gedeckt.
   8     Quintadena  (Syn.)         (Sw)  --     Synthetic. Derived from the 8'
                                                    Salicional and 2-2/3' Nazard.
   4     Octave Conique         (Gt/Ped)  49     Top octave from the 4' Flute.
   4     Octave                    (Ped)  –-     Same a the 4' Octave Conique.  
   4     Flute                  (Sw/Ped)  12     Extension of the 8' Lieblich Gedeckt.
                                                    Pipes break back to 8' pitch at
                                                    g# 57 for the last 5 pipes.
   4     Salicet                    (Sw)  61
   2-2/3 Quint                      (Gt)  --     From the 4' Salicet. Top 7 notes
                                                    repeat. 
   2-2/3 Nazard                     (Sw)  --     From the Lieblich Gedeckt. Breaks
                                                    back to 4' pitch at c# 50, and
                                                    to 8' pitch at c# 57.
   2     Super Octave               (Gt)  --     From the 4' Salicet. Top octave
                                                    repeats.
   2     Super Octave              (Ped)  --     From the 4' Octave Conique.
   2     Piccolo                    (Sw)  --     From the Lieblich Gedeckt. Breaks
                                                    back to 4' pitch at g# 45, and
                                                    to 8' pitch at g# 57.
   8     Oboe  (Syn.)               (Sw)  --     Synthetic. Derived from the 8'
                                                    Salicional, 4' Lieblich Flute,
                                                    and 2-2/3' Nazard.
         Tremolo                    (Sw)  --     Affects the entire instrument.


PIPE SUMMARY

   Octave Conique                     Lieblich Gedeckt                   Salicet 
   49 pipes                           85 pipes                           61 pipes


COUPLERS                                     PEDAL MOVEMENTS
   Swell to Great                  [8]          Expression                    (bal.)
                                                Crescendo                     (bal.)


ACTION: E-P unit        VOICES: 3        STOPS: 19        RANKS: 3        PIPES: 195


NOTES
This organ was originally built for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Anacortes, 
Washington. In 1966, it was moved to their new church and re-installed by an unknown
person or firm.

In 1969, only three years later, it was sold to the Lutheran Church on Vashon Island
and installed here by an unknown person or firm.

The organ was installed in a central-axis, elevated chamber at the front with the
console below and to the right (if facing the front) with the organist facng the
congregation. 

Sources: M.P. Möller opus list; Eugene M. Nye compilation; JRS; extant organ

 [Received from James R. Stettner 2014-01-19.]

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