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Moline Organ Co. (1885)

First Presbyterian Church / Central Lutheran Church
1001 South G Street
Tacoma, WA

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

Images

1889 - Interior of church in 1889 (Photograph from an archival source: Church website, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

Unknown - Photograph of framed picture at First Presbyterian in Tacoma: sanctuary interior and organ facade (Photograph courtesy of James R. Stettner (before 1929)/Database Manager)

ca. 1890 - Church exterior (Church website: Church History/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

2 manuals
3 divisions
Manual compass: 58 notes
Pedal compass: 27 notes

Notes

2009-05-22 - Identified through information in *Seattle Organ Atlas 2008*. "Mechanical action. Church torn down 1955, organ electrified and installed in new church." -Database Manager

2024-06-24 - This edifice was originally built by First Presbyterian Church, and it was for this congregation that the Moline was built. When the Presbyterians decided to build a new and larger church home, the building with the organ was sold to the Central Lutheran congregation. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Eugene M. Nye, "Old Tracker Organs of the West -- Part III," The Tracker, 4:2 (January 1960), p. 7 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Tacoma, Washington
Central Lutheran Church

Moline Organ Co.   1885

GREAT 58

16' Double Open Diapason
8' Open Diapason
8' Viol di Gamba
8' Dulciana
8' Melodia
4' Octave
4' Flute d' Amour
2.2/3' Twelfth
2' Fifteenth
IV Rks. Mixture
8' Trumpet

SWELL 58

16' Lieblich Bourdon (12 pipes)
16' Lieblich Gedact TC
8' Open Diapason
8' Dolcissimo
8' Stopped Diapason
8' Salicional
8' Quintadena
4' Fugara
4' Flute Harmonique
2' Flautina
II Rks. Dolce Cornet
8' Oboe
   Tremolo

PEDAL 27

16' Open Diapason
16' Bourdon
8' Violoncello

COUPLERS

Swell to Great
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal 

 [Received from John Speller 2012-07-06.]

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