Better Pipe Organ Database

Bond Pipe Organs Inc. (1989)

Bethlehem Lutheran Church
1244 NE 39th Ave.
Portland, OR

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

Images

1990-02-09 - Console (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
24 stops
10 registers
2 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons

Notes

2007-03-22 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- This organ was originally built for First Methodist Church in Bend, Oregon. -Database Manager

2016-09-30 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. <br>The congregation disbanded. The building was purchased by a Buddhist organization. The Bond firm removed the organ, and it has been parted-out - incorporated into other projects. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the console February 9, 1990 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Portland, Oregon
Bethlehem Lutheran

M.P. MÖLLER, Opus 6636, 1938                  
Bond Pipe Organs, Inc., 1989 - Tonal Changes & Additions


GREAT (Expressive)                           COUPLERS
   16'    Bourdon             (tc)  –-          Swell to Pedal                   [8]
   8'     Open Diapason             61          Great to Pedal                   [8]
   8'     Lieblich Gedeckt          61
   4'     Octave                    12          Swell to Great                   [8]
   4'     Flute                     12
   2'     Piccolo                   12
   II     Mixture  [19-22]         122       FINGER PISTONS
   8'     Trumpet                   61          Full Organ                     1 - 4
          Chimes                   (20)

   1      blank stoptablet                   TOE STUDS (Labeled)
                                                To Set Combinations

SWELL (Expressive)
   8'     Rohr Flöte                61       PEDAL MOVEMENTS
   8'     Viole Dolce               61          Expression                    (bal.)
   8'     Voix Celeste        (tc)  49          Crerscendo                    (bal.)
   4'     Octave              (Gt)  –-
   4'     Rohr Flöte                12
   2-2/3' Nazard                    61
   2'     Octave              (Gt)  12
   II     Cornet  [12-17]     (tc)  98
   8'     Trumpet             (Gt)  –-
   8'     Clarinet                  61
          Tremolo  [All]                     ACTION: E-P

                                             VOICES: 10
PEDAL (Expressive)
   16'    Bourdon             (Gt)  12       STOPS: 24; inc. chimes
   8'     Open Diapason       (Gt)  –-
   8'     Lieblich Gedeckt    (Gt)  –-       RANKS: 12
   4'     Octave              (Gt)  –-
   4'     Flute               (Gt)  –-       PIPES: 768


NOTES
This organ was originally built for First Methodist in Bend, Oregon. Who moved it to
Portland and when are not presently known. The organ appears on both the numerical
and denominational opus lists of Balcom and Vaughan of Seattle as their Opus 405,
1945. The denominational opus list only states, “Additions to Moller.” But the numer-
ical opus list states, “Dulc. & Diapason chests to 1938 Moller.” Both entries list the
size of the organ as being 2-4.

Both the Great 2' Piccolo and the Swell 2' Octave break back to 4' pitch at F#3. The
Swell Nazard breaks-back to 5-1/3' pitch at b3.


Sources: Möller opus list; Balcom and Vaughan opus lists; JRS; extant organ

 [Received from James R. Stettner 2016-09-26.]

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#25676†* - M. P. Möller Opus 6636 (1938)