Don P. Gorman (1972)

Images

2006-02-07 - Chimes (Photograph by Steve Getman/Jim Stettner)

2006-02-07 - Pipes inside Swell enclosure (Photograph by Steve Getman/Jim Stettner)

2006-02-07 - Pedal 16' Bourdon, pipes 1-6 at bass end of case (Photograph by Steve Getman/Jim Stettner)

2006-02-07 - Original builder's plate and re-dedication plaque (Photograph by Steve Getman/Jim Stettner)

2006-02-07 - Keydesk: pedalboard (Photograph by Steve Getman/Jim Stettner)

2006-02-07 - Keydesk: Pedal stops (Photograph by Steve Getman/Jim Stettner)

2006-02-07 - Keydesk: Swell stops (Photograph by Steve Getman/Jim Stettner)

2006-02-07 - Keydesk: Great stops (Photograph by Steve Getman/Jim Stettner)

2006-02-07 - Keydesk: manuals and stops (Photograph by Steve Getman/Jim Stettner)

2006-02-07 - Keydesk and case front (Photograph by Steve Getman/Jim Stettner)

2006-02-07 - Right end of organ case with dummy pipes concealing Pedal 16' Bourdon pipes. (Photograph by Steve Getman/Jim Stettner)

2006-02-07 - Organ case (Photograph by Steve Getman/Jim Stettner)

2006-02-07 - Organ in rear gallery, left (Photograph by Steve Getman/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Notes

2008-05-17 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ is designed to be installed in a left corner - having no left side to its case. The 3-sectional front façade contains 25 pipes arranged: 7-11-7. The first 17 pipes of the Great 8' Open Diapason are en facade. A flat of 11 gold-painted dummy pipes wraps around the right side of the case. The Gt. 8' Open Diapason is the only unexpressive manual rank. The four expressive ranks are duplexed to the Great with spelling variations on the engraved stops. Organ originally built for the Swedish Lutheran Church in Moscow, ID. This church later became known as Emmanuel Lutheran and built a new edifice. The organ was relocated to an undocumented church in Spokane, Washington. After a 1972 fire at that church, it was relocated to the rear gallery of St. Paul's Lutheran in Spokane by Don Gorman. St. Paul's subsequently merged with another Lutheran congregation and the building was acquired by a denomination which did not want the organ. It was available for sale on the Internet in 2006. It was later offered to Jim Stettner of Seattle if he would simply remove it. Jim, in turn, gave it to the Pipe Organ Foundation - and it was removed in February of 2007 by Jim, members of the POF, and church volunteers. The facade and Open Diapason were incorporated into the organ that the POF built for Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos of New Orleans in 2007-08. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Spokane, Washington St. Paul's Lutheran Church M.P. MÖLLER, Opus 3342, 1922 - Original Specifications Don P. Gorman, 1970 - Moving & re-installation GREAT COUPLERS 8 Open Diapason (1-17 façade) 61 Swell to Pedal [8] 8 Stopped Diapason (Sw) -- Great to Pedal [8] 8 Viol d'Orchestre (Sw) -- 8 Dulciana (Sw) -- Swell to Great 16,[8],4 4 Flute Traverso (Sw) -- Great to Great 4' FINGER PISTONS Swell & Pedal 1,2 Great & Pedal 1,2 SWELL (Expressive) 8 Gedeckt 61 8 Viol d'Orchestre 61 TOE STUDS 8 Dolce 49 Gr. to Ped. Reversible (rev) 4 Flute 61 Tremulant PEDAL MOVEMENTS Swell to Swell 4' Swell Expression (bal.) Crescendo (bal.) PEDAL 16 Bourdon 30 ACTION: T-P VOICES: 6 STOPS: 10 RANKS: 6 PIPES: 323 NOTES This organ was originally built for the Swedish Lutheran Church in Moscow, ID. It was designed to be installed in a front or rear, left corner. The front and right-end of the case both have gold façade pipes. The front is divided into three flats arranged 7 - 11 - 7. The right end flat contains 11 pipes. The first 17 pipes of the Great 8' Open Diapason are in the front façade, and the remainder of the rank is behind. This is the only unenclosed manual rank. Notes 1 - 12 of the 8' Dolce are borrowed (grooved) to the 8' Stopped Diapason. The pistons for setting the combination action are located over the divisional stoptablets. The organ was installed at St. Paul by Don Gorman, perhaps with Bill Bunch. A set of Maas chimes is playable from the Great. They are activated by an ON/OFF toggle as well as the Off/Volume Selector. Their compass is tenor A thru f 42, 21 notes. The organ was dedicated at St. Paul on October 25, 1970. The congregation later merged with anothe nearby Lutheran congregation and the building was sold with the organ to Grace Christian Fellowship. The organ was given to James R. Stettner of Seattle, who in-turn gave it to the Pipe Organ Foundation of Mercer Island, WA. It was removed in February, 2006 by the Pipe Organ Foundation and James R. Stettner. The facade went to Blessed Seelos RC Church in New Orleans. The main chest is intended for St. Philip's Episcopal in Marysville, WA. The 4' Flauto Traverso was installed in the Dobkins resi- dence organ in Oak Harbor, WA. And the casework is owned by Puget Sound Pipe Organs of Stanwood/Camano Island, WA. Sources: Möller Opus List; EMN list; extant organ. St. Paul Lutheran N. 2159 Hamilton St. Spokane, WA. 99207 Documented: April 24, 1996

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries