Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2016-06-12 - Organ relocated without any change. Identified by James R. Stettner, based on personal knowledge of the organ. <br>This was the relocation of the previously installed Hinners organ in the old church in 1946, to the chapel of the new edifice. A minimal combination action was added at this time, but no tonal changes or additions. The organ later suffered from wood rot and the chests were discarded. The pipework was acquired by the Pipe Organ Foundation of Mercer Island. Disposition of console is uncertain. -Database Manager
Stoplist copied from the console May 30, 1991; verified & updated March 17, 1993 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Seattle, Washington
University Lutheran Church - Chapel
HINNERS ORGAN CO., Opus ____, 1920's
Balcom and Vaughan, Opus 435, 1946 - “Installation in Old Church”
Balcom and Vaughan, Opus 480, 1949 - “Add Combinations”
Balcom and Vaughan, Opus 435A, 1968 - “Move/Re-install in Chapel”
GREAT (Expressive) COUPLERS
8' Open Diapason 61 Swell to Pedal 8
8' Melodia 61 Great to Pedal 8,4
8' Dulciana 61
Tremolo Swell to Great 16,8,4
Great 16'
Unison Off FINGER PISTONS
Great 4' Swell & Pedal 1 - 3
Great & Pedal 1 - 3
SWELL (Expressive)
8' Stopped Flute 61 TOE STUDS
8' Salicional 61 General 1 – 3
8' Voix Celeste (tc) 49
4' Harmonic Flute 61
Tremolo PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Chimes Expression (bal.)
Crescendo (bal.)
Swell 16'
Unison Off
Swell 4'
PEDAL (Expressive)
16' Bourdon 32
16' Lieblich Gedeckt –-
8' Flute 12
ACTION: E-P ventil VOICES: 8 STOPS: 10 RANKS: 8 PIPES: 459
NOTES
This organ was originally built for the Congregational Church in Forest Grove, Oregon.
When they got a new M.P. Möller pipe organ in 1944, the Hinners was made available.
It was installed in the old edifice of University Lutheran without tonal changes in
1946 by Balcom and Vaughan as their opus 435. In 1949, Balcom and Vaughan provided a
new stop rail and a minimal combination action as their opus 480. Then in 1968, the
Hinners was moved to the chapel of the new church by Balcom and Vaughan and installed
in side-by-side formation in a single long chamber along the right wall of the chapel.
The console was placed at the front with the organist facing across the chapel. The
chimes were a console preparation only.
About 2007, the organ was having problems and the windchests were found to have dry rot.
Rather than repair the organ with new windchests, the church opted to give it to the Pipe
Organ Foundation of Mercer Island. The windchests were discarded. The pipework was taken,
and the disposition of the console is uncertain.
The 8' Open Diapason rank was used in an organ provided by the Foundation for Blessed
Seelos Catholic Church in New Orleans, LA. It became the Pedal 8' Open Diapason and 4'
Choral Bass unit.
Sources: Eugene M. Nye compilation; JRS; extant organ
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