First Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
1200 SW Alder St.
Portland, OR
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
Images
2021 - Builder's nameplate (Photograph from an archival source: 2021 ebay sale listing, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
1960's - Original console before 1979 renovation (Photograph by William J. Bunch, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
1929 - Sanctuary interior and choir loft after 1929 renovation. (Photograph from an archival source: Church History, A Pioneer Church, pub. 1929, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
ca. 1929 - Church exterior (Church History, A Pioneer Church, pub. 1929/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
- 4 manuals
- 91 stops
- 53 registers
- 5 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Has crescendo
- Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has coupler thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2007-02-19 - Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ was installed in the front gallery behind where the 1890 Ryder tracker had been, and in poured concrete chambers: Solo, perpendicular extreme left; Great, left center lower; Choir, left center upper (over Gt.); Swell, right center - both upper and lower. The console was at the edge of the gallery rail behind a modesty screen with the organist facing the choir. The organ was installed by E.V. Clarke, Victor Zuck, and S.T. Anderson of M.P. Möller. The organ was dedicated on Sunday, June 9, 1929 at 3:00 p.m. by Warren D. Allen of Standford University. The recital included works by J.S. Bach, Alexander Russell, Louis Vierne, Richard Wagner, Joseph W. Clokey, Theodore Dubois, Camille Saint-Saëns, Seth Bingham, an old Negro spiritual (Deep River), and César Franck. -Database Manager
2012-01-12 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Source: Stoplist copied from the console February 17, 1991
Portland, Oregon
First Presbyterian Church
M.P. MÖLLER, Opus 5467, 1929 - Original Specifications
GREAT (Expressive except for *) SWELL (Expressive)
16 Double Diapason (*) 73 † 16 Bourdon 61 *
8 First Diapason (*) 73 8 Diapason 73
8 Second Diapason 73 8 Clarabella 73
8 Gross Flute 73 8 Gedeckt 73
8 Melodia 73 8 Salicional 73
8 Erzahler 73 8 Voix Celeste (tc) 61
8 Erzahler Celeste (tc) 61 8 Viol d'Orchestre 73
4 First Octave 73 8 Viol Celeste (tc) 61
4 Second Octave 24 † 8 Dolce 73
4 Flute Harmonic 73 4 Principal 73
2-2/3 Twelfth 61 4 Violina 73
2 Super Octave 61 4 Flauto Dolce 24 *
IV Mixture [2'] 244 2-2/3 Flute Quint 7 *
8 Tromba 61 « 2 Flautino 5 *
4 Clarion 12 « 1 Fife 4 *
Tremolo IV Dolce Cornet 244
Chimes (25) 16 Double Trumpet 12 +
8 Trumpet 61 +
Great to Great 16' 8 Cornopean 73
Great Unison On/Off 8 Oboe 73
Great to Great 4' 8 Vox Humana 73
4 Clarion 12 +
Tremolo
CHOIR (Expressive) Chimes (Gt) --
16 Dulciana 61 □ 8 Harp Celeste (tc) 49
8 English Diapason 73 4 Harp Celeste [49n – CC] --
8 Concert Flute 73
8 Flute Celeste (tc) 61 Swell to Swell 16'
8 Quintadena 73 Swell Unison On/Off
8 Dulciana 12 □ Swell to Swell 4'
8 Unda Maris (tc) 61
4 Flute d'Amour 73
4 Dulcet 12 □ SOLO (Expressive)
2-2/3 Dulciana 7 □ 8 Stentorphone 73
2 Flageolet 61 8 Tibia Clausa 73 ◘
2 Dulciana 5 □ 8 Gross Gamba 73 ◊
1 Dulciana -- □ 8 Gross Gamba Celeste (tc) 61
III Mixture 219 4 Suabe Flute 73
8 English Horn 73 16 Tuba Profunda 12 ∆
8 Clarinet 73 8 Tuba Sonora 61 ∆
Tremolo 8 Tuba Mirabilis 73
8 Harp Celeste (Sw) -- 8 French Trumpet 73
4 Harp Celeste (Sw) -- 8 French Horn 73
8 Orchestral Oboe 73
Choir to Choir 16' 4 Tuba Clarion 12 ∆
Choir Unison On/Off Tremolo
Choir to Choir 4' Chimes (Gt) --
Solo to Solo 16'
Solo Unison On/Off
Solo to Solo 4'
PEDAL (Expressive) COUPLERS
32 Diapason Resultant -- Solo to Pedal 8
16 FIRST DIAPASON [wood] 32 ▲ Swell to Pedal 8,4
16 Second Diapason (Gt) -- † Great to Pedal 8,4
16 FIRST BOURDON 32 ○ Choir to Pedal 8
16 Second Bourdon (So) 12 ◘
16 Lieblich Gedeckt (Sw) -- * Solo to Great 16,8,4
16 Dulciana (Ch) -- □ Swell to Great 16,8,4
8 Major Flute (Ped) 12 ▲ Choir to Great 16,8,4
8 Gedeckt (Ped) 12 ○
8 Cello (So) -- ◊ Solo to Choir 16,8,4
8 Still Gedeckt (Sw) -- * Swell to Choir 16,8,4
4 Flute (Sw) -- *
32 Double Trumpet (Sw) 12 +
16 TROMBONE 32 FINGER PISTONS
16 Tuba (So) -- ∆ General 1 - 8
16 Double Trumpet (Sw) -- + Solo 1 - 6
8 Tromba (Gt) -- « Swell 1 - 6
4 Clarion (Gt) -- « Great 1 - 6
Chimes (Gt) -- Choir 1 - 6
Pedal 1 - 6
All Sws (rev)
TOE STUDS Sforz. (rev)
Pedal 1 – 6
Sw. to Ped. (rev)
Gt. to Ped. (rev) PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Sforzando (rev) Solo Expression (bal.)
Swell Expression (bal.)
Great Expression (bal.)
PISTON COUPLERS Choir Expression (bal.)
Ped. to Man. Combon. [So] On/Off Crescendo (bal.)
Ped. to Man. Combon. [Sw] On/Off
Ped. to Man. Combon. [Gr] On/Off
Ped. to Man. Combon. [Ch] On/Off
ACTION: E-P pitman VOICES: 53 STOPS: 91 RANKS: 61 PIPES: 4,274
& unit (inc. harp)
(& chimes)
NOTES
The organ was installed in concrete chambers in the front gallery. The Great was lower
left with the Choir overhead in upper left. The Swell occupied both lower right and upper
right. The Solo was perpendicular to the front wall chambers and on the left side speaking
across the choir loft. The console was at the edge of the gallery rail behind a modesty
screen with the organist facing the choir.
The organ was installed by E.V. Clarke, Victor Zuck, and S.T. Anderson of M.P. Möller. The
organ was dedicated on Sunday, June 9, 1929 at 3:00 p.m. by Warren D. Allen of Standford
University. The recital included works by J.S. Bach, Alexander Russell, Louis Vierne,
Richard Wagner, Joseph W. Clokey, Theodore Dubois, Camille Saint-Saëns, Seth Bingham, an
old Negro spiritual (Deep River), and César Franck.
Sources: M.P. Möller opus list; church archives; extant [altered] organ
[Received from James R. Stettner 2012-06-02.]
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