2016-02-19 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
1928-03-21 - Organ Case and Keydesk (Image Courtesy of the OHS Archives/Database Manager)
2012-07-01 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Electrified in 1932 by unknown builder; additions in 1945 as Balcom & Vaughan Op. 428. -Database Manager
2016-01-30 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. <br>The organ was partially funded with a $1,000.00 grant from the Carnegie Foundation. The contract was signed in 1914, but the organ wasn't installed until 1915. The organ was electrified and moved to divided chambers in the front gallery in 1932. -Database Manager
Stoplist reconstructed from extant pipes and chests, and church history Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Seattle, Washington
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Geo. Kilgen & Son, Opus ___, 1914 - Original Specifications
GREAT COUPLERS
8' Open Diapason 61 Swell to Pedal 8
8' Melodia 61 Great to Pedal 8
8' Dulciana 61
4' Flute d'Amour 61 Swell to Great 16,8,4
Great 16'
Great 4' FINGER PISTONS
Four, non-specifically documented
combination pistons with two in the
SWELL (Expressive) Swell keyslip and two in the Great
8' Violin Diapason 61 keyslip. Either a General 1 – 4, or
8' Stopped Diapason 61 Swell & Pedal 1, 2 and Great & Pedal
8' Salicional 61 1, 2.
4' Harmonic Flute 61
8' Oboe Gamba 61
Tremolo FOOT LEVERS
Gr. to Ped. (rev)
PEDAL
16 Sub Bass 30 PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Expression (bal.)
Crescendo (bal.)
ACTION: T-P ventil VOICES: 10 STOPS: 10 RANKS: 10 PIPES: 579
NOTES
The exact nomenclature of stops and controls listed above is not verified since the
original case and keydesk have been gone since 1932. Stop names given are taken from
writing on the original, extant pipework, and also from the original, electrified
ventil windchests. Other information is presented based upon other extant and docu-
mented examples of the builder's work from this period. A church history published
during the Centennial Year (1990) states that the organ had 18 stop keys, 579 pipes,
4 combination pistons, and 3 pedal movements. It also tells us that the instrument
as a partial gift of the Andrew Carnegie Foundation who, in 1914, offered $1,000.00
towards the purchase of an organ if the congregation could raise a matching sum. The
contract as signed in 1914, but the organ was installed in 1915.
As originally installed, the organ was placed on the front, left side of the sanctuary.
It was in a free-standing case of oak, portions of which were quarter-sawn, and was
stained a medium brown. The façade contained 33 pipes, which included the first 17
pipes of the Great 8' Open Diapason, which were the only speaking pipes. The remaining
16 were decorative and for symmetry. The façade layout was three flats separated by two
towers and arranged: 5-5-13-5-5. All of these were painted gold.
Sources: Eugene M. Nye organ history; extant, electrified organ
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