Better Pipe Organ Database

Fritts-Richards Organ Builders Opus 3 (1983)

Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd
1601 North Street SE
Olympia, WA

Images

1983 - Front view (Builder website/Paul R. Marchesano)

2022 - Church exterior (Church website/Jim Stettner)

after 1983 - Sanctuary interior with organ in front (Postcard/Jim Stettner)

2022-06-16 - Sanctuary interior with organ in front (Church Facebook page/Jim Stettner)

2022-06-16 - Organ case in front (Church Facebook page [cropped]/Jim Stettner)

2022-08-30 - Pedestal and lower casework (Church Facebook page [cropped]/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Keydesk

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
16 stops
20 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Suspended Tracker)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
Combination action: None

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1998. -Database Manager

2005-11-05 - Updated through online information from the builder's web site. -Database Manager

2024-04-25 - The HW II Sesquialtera is a half-draw stop. In half-draw position, only the 2 2/3' register plays. When fully-drawn, the 1 3/5' register is added. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Tremulant (presumably affect entire organ). Source: Builder website

Hauptwerk Principal 8, Bourdon 16, Hohlflöte 8, Octave 4, Sesquialtera II (Octave [2 2/3’] Quint / [1 3/5’] Tierce [Double Draw]), Mixtur III-VI, Trommet 8, Octave 2

Pedal Subbaß 16, Octave 8, Trommet 8 ([Duplex])

Brustwerk Nasat 3, Rohrflöte 4, Gedackt 8, Octave 2, Dulcian 8

Hauptwerk to Pedal 8, Brustwerk to Hauptwerk 8 (II - I [shove coupler]), Brustwerk to Pedal 8