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Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. Opus 1216 (1953)

First United Methodist Church
423 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
Tacoma, WA

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

Images

1992-04-26 - Cancel and Chamber Grillework (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1992-04-26 - Console (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
28 stops
34 registers
4 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 (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2007-05-02 - Identified through online information from Jonathan Young. -- Echo division of 1 stop added by Byard Fritts sometime around 1970, situated on side wall in sanctuary behind screen and playable from Choir; otherwise instrument was intact and unaltered until removal to storage -Database Manager

2009-10-08 - Updated through online information from Joe O'Donnell. -- The organ has been relocated and is no longer in storage -Database Manager

2018-11-13 - Buildings sold 2006 and organ purchased by Bond Pipe Organs; organ renovated and installed in 2007 at First Baptist Church, Seattle, Washington; the console was upgraded to solid-state combination action. -Database Manager

Stoplist

From Allen Kinzey via <i>The Aeolian-Skinner Archives</i> Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Tacoma, Washington
First Methodist Church

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.   Opus 1216   1952     3 manuals, 34 stops, 37 ranks
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             GREAT ORGAN                             SWELL ORGAN
         16' Quintaton           61               8' Rohrgedeckt         68
          8' Montre              61               8' Viola Pomposa       68
          8' Bourdon             61               8' Viola Celeste       68
          4' Principal           61               4' Spitzflöte          68
          4' Flute Harmonique    61               2' Octavin             61
          2' Fifteenth           61             III  Plein Jeu          183
      III-V  Fourniture         257              16' Fagotto             68
             Chimes                               8' Trompette           68
                                                  4' Hautbois            68
             CHOIR ORGAN                             Tremulant 
          8' Spitzgamba          68
          8' Cor de Nuit         68                  PEDAL ORGAN
          8' Kleinerzähler II   124              16' Contre Basse        32
          4' Koppelflöte         68              16' Quintaton           GT
      2 2/3' Nasat               61              16' Rohrbordun (ext SW) 12
          2' Blockflöte          61               8' Principal           32
          8' English Horn        68               8' Rohrgedeckt         SW
             Tremulant                            4' Choralbass          32
                                                III  Mixtur              96
                                                 16' Posaune             32
                                                 16' Fagotto             SW
                                                  8' Trumpet             12
                                                  4' Clarion             12


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2015-11-23]

Websites

Opus 1216: First Methodist Church - (Aeolian-Skinner Archives website) Specification, photos (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#30035 - Bond Pipe Organs Inc. (2007)