Better Pipe Organ Database

Kenneth Coulter Opus 3 (1978)

Ascension Episcopal Church: Chapel
1823 SW Spring Street
Portland, OR

Images

1990-03-28 - Keydesk (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

2007-03-13 - Organ (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
1 manuals
10 stops
5 registers
1 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Manual compass: 56 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
Combination action: None

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1997 -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Modified Kirnberger temperament. -Database Manager

2007-03-05 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ is at the back of the chapel on the right wall (when facing rear) adjacent to the entry. The facade is 3-sectional containing 18 pipes arranged: 6-6-6. There are no independent pedal registers and the manual is permamently coupled to the pedals. All stops are divided into bass (25) and treble (31) with the dividing point between middle c/c#. Stoplist: 8 - 4 - 4 - 2 - II-III. The organ was dedicated on September 29, 1978. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist from James R. Stettner Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Ascension Episcopal, Chapel, Portland, Oregon
1978 Kenneth Coulter, Op. 3


MANUAL (56 notes)

8       Gedackt              treble   31
                             bass     25

4       Praestant            treble   31
                             bass     25


4       Koppelflute          treble   31
                             bass     25

2       Gemshorn             treble   31
                             bass     25

II-III  Mixture              treble   31
                   [19-22]   bass     25

        Tremulant
 
 
PEDAL (30 notes)

There are no independent pedal registers.


COUPLERS

The manual is permanently coupled to the pedal.


ACTION: Mechanical Key & Stop

VOICES:  5

STOPS:  10 (5, divided)

RANKS:  7

PIPES:  367


NOTES
The organ is free-standing and encased at the rear of the chapel 
with an attached, projecting keydesk.  The 3-sectional facade 
contains 18 pipes, arranged: 6 - 6 - 6.  The pedalboard is flat 
and parallel.  Modified Kirnberger temperament.

The organ was dedicated on Sept. 29, 1978.


SOURCES: Extant organ [March 28, 1990]; James R. Stettner

Stoplist from PortlandORgans.com (now inoperative) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

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Typed stoplist from the OHS PC Database. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Ascension Episcopal, Chapel, Portland, OR
1978 Kenneth Coulter, Op. 3

Manual
8' Gedackt
4' Praestant
4' Koppelflute
2' Gemshorn
II-III Mixture

Pedal
Pulldown only.

Modified Kirnberger temperament