2017-05-05 - This entry represents the installation of a used organ is a new home that was altered when it was moved from another location. Identified by James R. Stettner, the builder. This is a 3-rank Moller 'Portable' that was originally built for Mountain View Lutheran Church in Puyallup, Washington. When that congregation built a new church and purchsaed a new Werner Bosch tracker in 1965, the Moller was sold to the Lutheran Bible Institute of Seattle; where it was reinstalled by Glenn D. White of Olympic Organ Builders. Tonal changes were made in an effort to make the organ more 'Lutheran'. The original 4' Salicet was cut-down to become a 2' Principal (but never actually put back on-speech properly). The organ was later moved to Issaquah when the LBI purchased the former Providence Heights College. LBI later renamed as Trinity College. The Moller was placed in the Rainier Room which was rented as a worship space by other area churches. The property was sold to City Church of Seattle in 2008 and the Moller was removed to storage by Jim Stettner. It remained in storage at the Pipe Organ Foundation of Mercer Island for a time. Then it was in a storage facility in Shoreline. From there it went to the Puget Sound Pipe Organs shop on Camano Island, WA. and remained there until it was purchased by Christ Episcopal organist, Carl Bradley as a gift to the church. The organ was fully restored mechanically. A replacement string of slightly larger scale was installed where the original Salicet had been. A used 1962 Reuter console originally built for Milliken College in Decatur, Illinois (and subsequently housed in various places) was used rather than the Moller console which was in rough condition. The Reuter also offered the opportunity for an expanded stoplist of 25 speaking stops rather than the traditional 19 of a standard Moller 'Portable.' It was installed in April 2017 at the rear of the church to the left of the window with the console at the front on the right. -Database Manager
Source: Stoplist copied from the console April, 2017
GREAT (Expressive) Bourdon 16, Diapason Conique 8, Stopped Diapason 8, Viola 8, Octave Conique 4, Flute 4, Viola 4, Viole Twelfth 2 2/3, Viole Fifteenth 2
SWELL (Expressive) Stopped Diapason 8, Viola 8, Quintadena 8 ([Synthetic]), Flute d'Amour 4, Violina 4, Nasard 2 2/3, Flautino 2, Tierce 1 3/5, Oboe 8 ([Synthetic]), blank tablet, Tremulant (Affects entire instrument)
PEDAL (Expressive) Bourdon 16, Bourdon 8, Quint 5 1/3, Choral Bass 4, Flute 4, Super Octave 2, Grave Mixture II ([12-15]), blank tablet, blank tablet
PIPE SUMMARY Bourdon 16 (85 pipes), Diapason Conique 4 (49 pipes), Viola 4 (61 pipes)
COUPLERS None
FINGER PISTONS Swell (1 & 2), Ped. to Man. (On/Off), Great (1 & 2), Ped. to Man. (On/Off)
TOE STUDS Pedal (1 & 2)
PEDAL MOVEMENTS Expression (bal.), Crescendo (bal.)
ACTION (E-P unit)
VOICES (3)
STOPS (25)
RANKS (3)
PIPES (195)
Source: Stoplist taken from the console April, 2017
Blaine, Washington
Christ Episcopal Church
M.P. MOLLER, Opus 7325, 1946 - "Portable"
Puget Sound Pipe Organs, 2017 - Mech. Restoration, Tonal Revision, Installation
GREAT (Expressive) SWELL (Expressive) PEDAL (Expressive)
16' Bourdon 8' Stopped Diapason 16' Bourdon
8' Diapason Conique 8' Viola 8' Bourdon
8' Stopped Diapason 8' Quintadena (Syn.) 5-1/3' Flute Quint
8' Viola 4' Flute d'Amour 4' Choral Bass
4' Octave Conique 4' Violina 4' Flute
4' Flute 2-2/3' Nasard 2 Super Octave
4' Viola 2 Flautino II Grave Mixture
2-2/3' Viole Twelfth 1-3/5' Tierce blank
2' Viole Fifteenth 8' Oboe (Syn.) blank
blank
Tremulant
STOP / RANK / PIPE ANALYSIS
16' Bourdon (Gt/Ped) 12 Extension of the 8' Stopped Diapason.
8' Diapason Conique (Gt) 49 1 – 12 from the 8' Stopped Diapason.
8' Stopped Diapason (Sw/Gt) 61
8' Bourdon (Ped) –- Same as the 8' Stopped Diapason.
8' Viola (Sw/Gt) 49 1 – 12 from the 8' Stopped Diapason.
8' Quintadena (Syn.) (Sw) –- Synthetic. Derived from the 8' Viola
and the 2-2/3' Nasard.
5-1/3' Flute Quint (Ped) –- From the Stopped Diapason unit.
4' Octave Conique (Gt) –- From the (tc) 8' Diapason Conique.
Top octave from the 4' Flute.
4' Choral Bass (Ped) –- Same as the 4' Octave Conique.
4' Flute d'Amour (Sw) 12 Extension of the 8' Stopped Diapason.
4' Flute (Gt/Ped) –- Same as the 4' Flute d'Amour.
4' Viola (Gt) 12 Extension of the (tc) 8' Viola.
4' Violina (Sw) –- Same as the 4' Viola.
2-2/3' Nasard (Sw) –- From the Stopped Diapason unit. Breaks
back to 5-1/3' pitch at. 57 notes.
2-2/3' Viole Twelfth (Gt) –- From the Viola unit. Breaks back to
5-1/3' pitch at
2' Super Octave (Ped) –- From the Diapason Conique unit.
2' Flautino (Sw) –- From the Stopped Diapason unit. Top
octave repeats.
2' Viole Fifteenth (Gt) –- From the Viola unit. Top octave repeats.
1-3/5' Tierce (Sw) –- From the Stopped Diapason unit. Breaks
back to 3-1/5' pitch at
8' Oboe (Syn.) (Sw) –- Synthetic. Derived from the 8' Viola,
4' Flute d'Amour, and 2-2/3' Nasard.
Tremulant (Sw) Affects the entire instrument.
PIPE SUMMARY
Diapason Conique Stopped Diapason Viola
49 pipes 85 pipes 61 pipes
COUPLERS FINGER PISTONS
None Swell 1 & 2
Ped. to Man. On/Off
Great 1 & 2
PEDAL MOVEMENTS Ped. to Man. On/Off
Expression (bal.)
Crescendo (bal.)
TOE STUDS
Pedal 1 & 2
ACTION: E-P unit VOICES: 3 STOPS: 25 RANKS: 3 PIPES: 195
NOTES
This organ originally built for the 1904 edifice of Mountain View Lutheran Church
in Puyallup, WA. It was relocated to the Lutheran Bible Institute of Seattle in
1965 by Glenn D. White of Seattle with tonal changes.
The original Diapason Conique was revoiced. The original 16-8-4 Gedeckt remained
unchanged. And the original 4' Salicet was cut-down, de-bearded, and revoiced as
a 2' Octave. The stoplist was altered as a result of the tonal changes. The orig-
inal blower was replaced with a new Meidinger blower from Switzerland.
When LBI moved to Issaquah to the former campus of Providence Heights College,
the Möller was moved-along and re-installed in the Rainier Room where it remained
until its removal by Jim Stettner of Puget Sound Pipe Organs in 2008 when LBI
(since renamed Trinity Lutheran College) down-sized and relocated to the old Bon
Marche building in Everett, WA.
The organ was stored for a time at the Pipe Organ Foundation on Mercer Island.
Next, it was in a rented storage facility in Shoreline, Washington. It was
finally moved to the shop of Puget Sound Pipe Organs on Camano Island, Washington
where it remained disassembled until purchased by Carl Bradley – organist at
Christ Episcopal Church in Blaine, WA.
The console is a Reuter console from that firm's Opus 1397 built in 1962 for
Milliken University in Decatur, Illinois. In the 1980's, the organ was moved to
a private residence in Decatur. Later, it was sold to a private party in Olympia
who never got it installed. It was again sold to a private party in Seattle, but
the console was not needed. The console was selected to the Blaine installation
of the Möller because it was newer than the Möller console, and also afforded
the opportunity to both enlarge and re-specify the stoplist.
The organ was installed in Blaine on April 27, 28, and 29, of 2017.
Sources: Möller opus list; JRS; extant organ
Christ Episcopal Church
382 Boblett St.
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