1993-09-19 - Organ Case (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
1993-09-19 - Keydesk (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1998 -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - This entry represents the rebuilding and installation of a used instrument. Relocated through the Organ Clearing House from St. Mary's R.C., Shawnee, Ohio which was demolished. Restored ca. 1992 (altered) by Herbert & Marianne Huestis of Ladner, British Columbia and Scot Huntington of Stoning, Connecticut with volunteers from the church. 2' Flautino from another Koehnken & Grimm added to Swell. -Database Manager
2006-01-06 - Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager
2007-05-10 - Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager
2015-03-03 - Updated through online information from Scot Huntington. -- This restoration project was a joint collaborative effort between Heustis & Associates of Ladnor, B.C. and S.L. Huntington & Co. of Stonington, CT. Internal evidence indicates the organ was a later rebuild and enlargement by Koehnken & Grimm, of an early Koehnken & Co. or Charles Schwab one-manual instrument. -Database Manager
Typed stoplist from James R. Stettner Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Chehalis, Washington
St. John's Lutheran
1895 Koenken & Grimm/1992 Huntington, Huestis & volunteers
GREAT
8 ft. Gr. Principal. 58
8 ft. Gr. Melodia. 58
8 ft. Gr. Dulciana. 46
4 ft. Gr. Octave. 58
2-2/3 ft. Gr. Quinte. 58
2 ft. Gr. Super Octave. 58
SWELL (Expressive)
8 ft. Sw. Geigen Principal. 58
8 ft. Sw. Stopd Diapason. 58
8 ft. Sw. Salicional. 46
4 ft. Sw. Floete Harmonic. 58
2 ft. Sw. Piccolo 46 **
Tremulant.
PEDAL
16 ft. Ped. Bourdon 27
Pedal Check.
Blowers Signal
Couplers (drawknob)
Swell to Pedal.
Great to Pedal.
Swell to Great.
Foot Levers (unlabeled; l - r)
Gr. Forte - 8, 8, 8, 4, 2-2/3, 2 (full)
Gr. Piano - 8' Mel. & 8' Dulc. (s-a)
Pedal Movements
Swell Expression (bal.)
Notes**The Sw. 2' Piccolo pipes (also by Koehnken and Grimm) replace an 8' Aeoline.
Original pipes and rackboard were preserved.
Unused for over 25 years at St. Mary's R. C., Shawnee, OH. In 1992 the organ
was moved and reinstalled here by some 50 volunteers from the church.S. L. Huntington
(of Stonington, Connecticut) worked with Herbert and MarianneHuestis (Ladner, BC,
Canada) on the restoration and installation in Chehalis.
Painted decorations copied from the original facade pipes. Amy Huestis, student at
Concordia University, Montreal, prepared stencils which reproduced the original colors.
Typed stoplist from the OHS PC Database. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
St. John's Lutheran, Chehalis, WA 1895 Koenken & Grimm/1992 Huntington, Huestis & volunteers GREAT 8' Open Diapason 8' Melodia 8' Dulciana 4' Octave 3' Quinte 2' Super Octave SWELL 8' Geigen Diapason 8' Stopped Diapason 8' Salicional 4' Harmonic Flute 2' Piccolo** PEDAL 16' Bourdon **The piccolo pipes (also by Koehnken and Grimm) replace an 8' Aeoline. Original pipes and rackboard were preserved. Unused for over 25 years at St. Mary's R. C., Shawnee, OH. In 1992 the organ was moved and reinstalled here by some 50 volunteers from the church. S. L. Huntington (of Stonington, Connecticut) worked with Herbert and Marianne Huestis (Ladner, BC, Canada) on the restoration and installation in Chehalis. Painted decorations copied from the original facade pipes. Amy Huestis, student at Concordia University, Montreal, prepared stencils which reproduced the original colors.
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