M. P. Möller Opus 6861 (1940)

Images

1950 - Console (Photograph by Collection of Eugene Poole, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1950-10-10 - Console (Photograph by William J. Bunch/Database Manager)

1992-11-06 - Great chamber grille (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1992-11-06 - Great pipework (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1992-11-06 - Great Gemshorn basses (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1992-11-06 - Great chimes (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1992-11-06 - Swell pipework (l-r): 8' Oboe, 8'/4' Salicional, 16' - 2' Gedeckt (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

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Notes

2007-04-10 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ originally cost $3,100.00 and was a gift of the Class of 1940 as a memorial to the first principal, Mr. V. K. Froula. The high school is undergoing a major redesign and renovation, and the organ was removed and placed in sealed contaners in a Seattle School District storage facility. The organ was rather desperately in need of rebuilding. The rocker tablets for the couplers had begun to warp, crack, and disintegrate. And the drawknobs weren't far behind. Some of the other console controls had been removed. The Swell had damaged pipework. And regulator leather was dry and flaking. A group called Friends of Roosevelt High School Froula Memorial Organ is trying to raise $115,000.00 for the rebuilding and reinstallation of the organ. Its fate is presently (April 2007) undetermined. -Database Manager

2009-06-20 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The School Dist. agreed to pay for prepared chamber space for the organ if funding for its rebuild could be raised elsewhere. Private donations and a very generous gift from the Seattle Chapter of the AGO have made this a reality. The School Dist. also provided the shop space at the former Lincoln High School for the rebuilding, enlargement, and set-up of the organ. The Moller was delivered to Lincoln H.S. from storage in Sept. 2008 and has been under reconstruction and enlargement by the Pipe Organ Foundation of Mercer Island, WA. Reinstallation at Roosevelt H.S. is scheduled for the summer of 2009. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Seattle, Washington Roosevelt High School M.P. MÖLLER, Opus 6861, 1940 - Original Specifications GREAT (Expressive) COUPLERS 8 Open Diapason 73 Swell to Pedal [8],4 8 Claribel Flute 73 Great to Pedal [8],4 8 Gemshorn 61 4 Octave 12 Swell to Great 16,[8],4 4 Flute 12 4 Gemshorn 12 2 2/3 Gemshorn 7 FINGER PISTONS 2 Gemshorn 5 Full Organ 1 - 4 1 3/5 Gemshorn –- Swell & Pedal 1 - 4 8 Trumpet 73 Great & Pedal 1 - 4 Tremulant Chimes (Maas; A22-f42) (21) Blank TOE STUDS Gr. to Ped. Rev. (rev) Great 16 To Set Combons Unison Off Great 4 SWITCHES (Pistons in Gt. keyslip) Stage Expression On / Off SWELL (Expressive) 16 Lieblich Gedeckt 12 8 Stopped Diapason 61 PEDAL MOVEMENTS 8 Salicional 61 Swell Expression (bal.) 4 Lieblich Flöte 12 Great Expression (bal.) 4 Viol 12 Crescendo (bal.) 2 2/3 Twelfth 7 2 Piccolo 5 8 Oboe 73 Tremulant Blank Blank Swell 16 Unison Off Swell 4 ACTION: E-P Pitman & Unit STOPS: 7 PEDAL (Expressive) 16 Diapason (Gt) 12 REGISTERS: 24; inc. chimes 16 Lieblich Gedeckt (Sw) –- 8 Open Diapason (Gt) –- RANKS: 7 8 Stopped Diapason (Sw) –- 8 Salicional (Sw) –- PIPES: 583 NOTES This organ was a gift of the Class of 1940 as a memorial to the first beloved Principal, Mr. Vaclav Karel Froula. V.K. A subsequent Principal, Mr. Cecil Bullock, would play weekly organ concerts before school. The organ was installed in two chambers on either side of the stage arch. Concrete grilles fronted the chambers (and limited tonal egress). The Great was on the left and the Swell on the right. The Swell division had an addition set of expression shutters which faced onto the stage and were made available or not by the use of On/Off pistons in the Great key slip. The console sat in fixed position at the front of the auditorium at the left edge of the stage with the organist facing across the front of the room – stage to the left and aud- ience to the right. When the high school underwent a major interior renovation in the early 2000s, no provision for the re-installation of the organ was made. The Seattle School Board agreed that they would pay for funds for the creation of chambers if the funds required for its rebuilding could be raised elsewhere. The Friends of the Roosevelt High School Froula Memorial Organ was established and $115,000.00 was raised for the rebuilding and enlargement of the organ for installation in the new theatre. The old auditorium became the library. Sources: Möller opus list; James R. Stettner, extant organ (before removal)

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