1990-02-05 - Pipe Facade and Console (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
1990-02-05 - Pipe Facade (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
1990-02-05 - Console (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2007-02-24 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Pipes installed in an expressive chamber in the front, left corner of the room. There are 26 gold-painted façade pipes arranged: 7-7-7-5, all of which are wooden dummies. The 5 are around the corner from the front façade and face the altar. The church was originally Trinity Lutheran, and the building is said to have one of only two like it in the world - the other having been in Germany. The building and organ were destroyed in a 4-alarm fire on February 6, 2007. -Database Manager
2015-06-01 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- In reading an online article called "The Volga Germans in Portland, Oregon" a history of Trinity Lutheran Church was included. It states, "A used pipe organ was bought and rebuilt for some $3,000." So evidently the Guenther instrument was made from recycled material of unknown provenance. -Database Manager
Original document from James R. Stettner. Source: Stoplist copied from the console on February 5, 1990 2018-08-09
Portland, Oregon
Morning Star Baptist Church / Trinity Lutheran Church
GUENTHER ORGAN CO., ca. 1920 - Original Specifications
GREAT (Expressive) COUPLERS
8 Diapason Swell to Pedal 8
8 Melodia Great to Pedal 8
8 Cello
8 Dulciana Swell to Great 16,8,4
4 Gamba
4 Flute
Chimes FINGER PISTONS
None
Great to Great 16'
Great Unison Off
Great to Great 4' TOE STUDS
Gr to Ped [has been removed] (rev)
Sforz [has been removed) (rev)
SWELL (Expressive)
16 Bourdon
8 Stopped Flute PEDAL MOVEMENTS
8 Gedeckt Expression (bal.)
8 Cello Crescendo (bal.)
8 Salicional
4 Flute
4 Flute d'Amour
2-2/3 Nazard
2 Flautina
8 Oboe
8 Vox Humana
Tremolo
Chimes
Swell to Swell 16'
Swell Unison Off
Swell to Swell 4'
ACTION: E-P
1 blank stoptablet
VOICES:
PEDAL (Expressive) STOPS: 23; inc. chimes
16 Bourdon
16 Lieblich Gedeckt RANKS:
8 Cello
8 Gedeckt PIPES:
NOTES
This building was originally built in 1919 by Trinity Lutheran Church. It was the
congregation's second edifice and was said one of only two like churches in the world,
the other being somewhere in Germany.
The choir gallery was on the front, left side of the sanctuary with the organ directly
behind in the front, left corner. The 4-sectional facade had 26 solid wood, gold-painted
dummy pipes arranged: 7-7-7-5. The last 5 bent around the corner and faced the chancel &
altar.
In an online article called "The Volga Germans in Portland, Oregon" a history of Trinity
Lutheran Church was included. It states, "A used pipe organ was bought and rebuilt for
some $3,000." So evidently the Guenther instrument was made from recycled material of
unknown provenance.
When the congregation moved in the 1950's the property became Morning Star Missionary
Baptist church.
When I [Jim Stettner] stopped-by the church to document the organ on February 5, 1990,
the blower switch would not turn-on the organ. No breaker was found in the basement to
correct the problem. And the keys to the organ chamber were missing so I was unable to
discern the number of ranks, etc.
The church and organ were lost to a 4-alarm fire on February 6, 2007.
Sources: JRS; extant organ
Morning Star Baptist Church
106 NE Ivy St.
Portland, OR. 97212
(503) 281-4925 Documented: February 5, 1990
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