Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2019-08-10 - Updated through online information from Sean Haley. -- The building has just been demolished [November, 2015] to make way for more high density housing. It is unknown if the organ was saved, but is presumed destroyed. The management seemed to be reluctant to invest in any expense for repairing the organ or even in relocation to save it from the wrecking ball. The additions of the two tenor C Aeoline and Celeste was made by Balcom & Vaughan circa 1960. The added chests were electro-mechanical. -Database Manager
Typed stoplist from James R. Stettner Source: Stoplist copied from the console in June, 1992; verified and updated August 1999. Date not recorded
Seattle, Washington
Wiggin & Sons Funeral Home
M.P. MÖLLER, Opus 7316, 1946
Balcom and Vaughan, Opus 664, 1958 - Tonal Additions/Changes
GREAT (Expressive) SWELL (Expressive) PEDAL (Expressive)
8 Diapason Conique 8 Lieblich Gedeckt 16 Bourdon
8 Lieblich Gedeckt 8 Salicional 8 Lieblich Gedeckt
8 Salicional 8 Quintadena (Syn.) 4 Octave Conique
8 Dulciana 4 Lieblich Flute 4 Flute
8 Unda Maris 4 Salicet 2 Super Octave
4 Octave Geigen 2-2/3 Nazard
2 Piccolo
8 Oboe (Syn.)
Tremolo
STOP / RANK / PIPE ANALYSIS
16 Bourdon (Ped) 12 Extension of the 8' Lieblich Gedeckt.
8 Diapason Conique (Gt) -- From the 4' Octave Conique. 1-12 from
the 8' Lieblich Gedeckt.
8 Lieblich Gedeckt (Gt/Sw/Ped) 61
8 Salicional (Gt/Sw) -- From the 4' Salicet. 1-12 from the 8'
Lieblich Gedeckt.
8 Quintadena (Syn.) (Sw) -- Synthetic. Derived from the 8'
Salicional and 2⅔' Nazard.
4 Octave Geigen (Gt/Ped) 49 Top octave from the 4' Flute.
8 Dulciana (Gt) 49 Added 1958. New chest.
8 Unda Maris (Gt) 49 Added 1958. New chest.
4 Lieblich Flute (Sw) 12 Extension of the 8' Lieblich Gedeckt.
Pipes break back to 8' pitch at
g# 57 for the last 5 pipes.
4 Flute (Ped) -- Same as the 4' Lieblich Flute.
4 Salicet (Sw) 61
2-2/3 Nazard (Sw) -- From the Lieblich Gedeckt. Breaks
back to 4' pitch at c# 50, and
to 8' pitch at c# 57.
2 Super Octave (Ped) -- From the 4' Octave Conique.
2 Piccolo (Sw) -- From the Lieblich Gedeckt. Breaks
back to 4' pitch at g# 45, and
to 8' pitch at g# 57.
8 Oboe (Syn.) (Sw) -- Synthetic. Derived from the 8'
Salicional, 4' Lieblich Flute,
and 2⅔' Nazard.
Tremolo (Sw) -- Affects the entire instrument.
PIPE SUMMARY
Octave Geigen Lieblich Gedeckt Salicet Dulciana Unda Maris
49 pipes 85 pipes 61 pipes 49 pipes 49 pipes
COUPLERS PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell to Great [8] Expression (bal.)
Crescendo (bal.)
ACTION: E-P unit VOICES: 5 STOPS: 19 RANKS: 5 PIPES: 293
NOTES
The is an original installation. It is a standard 'Portable' in a case with dummy half-
round wooden facade pipes painted gold and a detached console.
In 1958, Balcom and Vaughan extended the organ case at the back and added 2 ranks: a
used Aeoline and Celeste on electro-mechanical chests. On the Great, the 2-2/3' Quint
and 2' Super octave – both from the Salicet rank – were sacrificed for the additions.
In 2015, the property was sold for more high density living development. The status
of the organ is unknown and presumed destroyed.
Sources: M.P. Möller opus list; JRS; extant altered organ
Wiggen & Sons Mortuary, Inc.
2003 NW 57th
Seattle, WA. 98107 Documented: June, 1992
(206) 782-4700 Verified & Updated: August, 1999
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