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Estey Organ Co. Opus 634 (1908)

Westminster Presbyterian Church (1894): Sanctuary; front
10th & Weidler
Portland, OR

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

1910-11-22 - Chancel and organ (Archival photograph, courtesy of James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
8 stops
8 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: None

Notes

2007-02-27 - Identified through online information from Westminster Presbyterian. -- Three-sectional case containing 25 gold-painted pipes arranged: 5-15-5. Later relocated to the new building on NE Hancock ca. 1915 by an unknown person or firm. Haskell "miniature keyboard" stop action above Swell manual. -Database Manager

2007-09-17 - Updated through online information from Philip Stimmel. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist copied from the console January 24, 1990 at Kenilworth Presbyterian

Portland, Oregon
Westminster Presbyterian Church

Estey Organ Co., Opus 624, 1908

GREAT
   8   Grt. Open Diapason           61
   8   Grt. Dulciana                61
   4   Grt. Octave                  61 
 
SWELL (Expressive)
   8   Sw. Stopped Diapason         61
   8   Sw. Salicional               49   1-12 from 8' St. Diap.
   4   Sw. Harmonic Flute           61
   8   Sw. Oboe               (tc)  49   Labial.
       Sw. Tremolo

PEDAL
   16  Ped. Bourdon                 30

COUPLERS
   Swell to Pedal
   Great to Pedal

   Swell to Great
   Swell to Great 8ves

PEDAL MOVEMENTS
   Swell Expression             (bal.)

ACTION:  Tubular-Pneumatic
VOICES:  8
STOPS:  8
RANKS:  8
PIPES:  433

NOTES
This organ was originally built this location. It replaced the I-manual
ca. 1851 Erben tracker that had formerly served First Presbyterian Church
and was then loaned to Westminster.

The Estey served both the old Westminster church for which it was built
(1908-1914) and was then moved to the new (present) church (1914-1940).
It was woefully inadequate for the size of the new church, and in 1941
it was replaced by a minimalist III-manual, 9-rank Moller in divided
chambers.

The Estey was sold to the Guenther Organ Co. of Portland, OR. and was
offered for resale through them. It was purchased primarily by Zelma
Weymouth - the organist of Kenilworth Presbyterian Church in Portland,
and installed at that church by the Guenther Organ Co.

The bass of the Swell 8' Salicional is borrowed from the stopped bass of
the 8' Rohr Flöte.

 [Received on line from James R. Stettner April 19, 2009.]

Stoplist from PortlandORgans.com (now inoperative) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

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Websites

Opus 634 - Westminster Presbyterian, Portland, OR [Estey Organs web site] - Photograph, stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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