Bethel Temple: Auditorium
Aurora Ave.
Seattle, WA
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
Images
ca. 1920's - Sanctuary interior (3rd view) (Photograph from an archival source: Vintage postcard, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
ca. 1920's - Sanctuary interior (2nd view) also showing organ chamber (Photograph from an archival source: Vintage postcard, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
ca. 1920's - Sanctuary interior showing organ chamber at front, left (Photograph from an archival source: Vintage postcard, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
ca. 1920's - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Vintage postcard, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- 2 manuals
- 6 stops
- 26 registers
- 1 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)
- Has crescendo
- Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
- Has combination thumb pistons
Notes
2008-02-21 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager
2012-06-12 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ was moved in 1943 by an undocumented person or firm to the old Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Spokane, Washington and installed without any tonal or mechanical changes. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Source: Stoplist copied from the relocated console January 1996
Seattle, Washington
Bethel Temple Pentacostal Church
M.P. MÖLLER, Opus 6470, 1936 - Original Specifications
GREAT (Expressive) SWELL (Expressive) PEDAL (Expressive)
8 Open Diapason 16 Bourdon 16 Bourdon
8 Salicional 8 Diapason 8 Open Diapason
8 Lieblich Gedeckt 8 Lieblich Gedeckt 8 Flute
8 Viole Dolce 8 Salicional 8 Cello
4 Octave 8 Vox Celeste 8 Viola
4 Flute 8 Viole Dolce
4 Fugara 4 Octave
2 Piccolo 4 Flute
8 Oboe 4 Fugara
2-2/3 Twelfth
2 String Dolce
8 Oboe
Tremolo
STOP / RANK / PIPE ANALYSIS
16 Bourdon (Sw/Ped) 12 Extension of the 8' Lieblich Gedeckt.
Tenor C on the Swell.
8 Open Diapason (Gt/Ped) 61
8 Diapason (Sw) -- Same as the 8' Open Diapason.
8 Lieblich Gedeckt (Gt/Sw) 61
8 Flute (Ped) -- Same as the 8' Lieblich Gedeckt.
8 Salicional (Gt/Sw) 61
8 Cello (Ped) -- Same as the 8' Salicional.
8 Vox Celeste (Sw) 49 Tenor C.
8 Viole Dolce (Gt/Sw) 61
8 Viola (Ped) -- Same as the 8' Viole Dolce.
4 Octave (Gt/Sw) 12 Extension of the 8' Open Diapason.
4 Flute (Gt/Sw) 12 Extension of the 8' Lieblich Gedeckt.
4 Fugara (Gt/Sw) 12 Extension of the 8' Viole Dolce.
2-2/3 Twelfth (Sw) 7 Extension of the 8' Lieblich Gedeckt.
2 Piccolo (Gt) 5 Extension of the 8' Lieblich Gedeckt.
2 String Dolce (Gt) -- From the 8' Viole Dolce. Top octave
repeats.
8 Oboe (Gt/Sw) 61
Tremolo (Sw) Affects the entire instrument.
PIPE SUMMARY
Open Diapason Lieblich Gedeckt Salicional
73 pipes 97 pipes 61 pipes
Vox Celeste Viole Dolce Oboe
49 pipes 73 pipes 61 pipes
FINGER PISTONS PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Full Organ 1 - 5 Expression (bal.)
Crescendo (bal.)
FOOT LEVERS
To Set Combinations
ACTION: E-P unit VOICES: 6 STOPS: 26 RANKS: 6 PIPES: 414
NOTES
This organ was originally built for Bethel Temple Pentecostal Church (old) in Seattle.
It was moved in 1943 by an undocumented person or firm to the old Sacred Heart Catholic
Church in Spokane, Washington and installed without tonal or mechanical changes.
Sources: Möller opus list; JRS; extant, relocated organ.
[Received from James R. Stettner 2012-06-11.]
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