Puget Sound Pipe Organs (2019)

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2019-11-22 - Swell pipework (Photograph by Michael A. Way, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2015-05-29 - Keydesk and pedalboard (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

2015-05-29 - Console: pedalboard and composition trundles, and hitch-down couplers (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

2020-01-18 - Organ in rear gallery from front (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

2020-01-18 - Organ in rear gallery (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

2020-01-18 - Organ facade from side aisle (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

2019-11-22 - Great pipework (l-r): 8' Principal Diapason, 8' Viola da Braccio, 8' Hohlpfeife, 4' Octava Acuta, 2' Octavino, 4' Flauto di Camino (Photograph by Michael A. Way/Database Manager)

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2019-12-22 - This was a project of removing all of the pipework for cleaning, repairs, putting pipes back on-speech, re-leathering stoppers, and restoring displaced original pipework. One original removed rank was reinstated in a new application. Some tonal changes were also made utilizing original pipework and some other added vintage pipework. -Database Manager

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Kirkland, Washington St. John's Episcopal Church COLE & WOODBERRY, 1892 Robert J. Reich, 1958 - Tonal Changes Olympic Organ Builders, 1974 - Re-installation Richard L. Bond, 1979 - Refurbishing and Tonal Revisions Puget Sound Pipe Organs, 2019 – Restorative Repairs, Tonal Revisions GREAT 8 Principal Diapason 61 Original throughout. 8 Viola da Braccio 61 Original Swell (tc) 16' Contra Viola with a top 8ve added by Bond on the original Viola Dolce toeboard. 8 Hohlpfeife 61 Original 8' Flauto Concerto bass with the original Swell 4' Hohlpfeife on the original 8' Flauto Concerto toeboard which had been modified in 1958 to hold the III Ripieno. 4 Octava Acuta 61 1-4 used pipes added by Bond in 1979; 13-61 used 1903 Eifert & Stohr 4' Octave on the original 8' Flautileno toeboard. 4 Flauto di Camino 61 Used ca. 1904 Kimball 4' Flute d'Amour on the original Flauto Soave toeboard. 2 Octavino 61 2' component of the 1958 III Ripieno on the original 4' Octava Acuta toeboard. SWELL (Expressive) 8 Viola Principale 56 Original rank restored to original use on its original toeboard. 1-5 borrowed from the 8' Doppel Flöte. 8 Doppel Flöte 61 Original rank and toeboard. 8 Viola Dolce 61 Original Great rank moved to the Swell on the 8' Dolceano toeboard. 8 Viola Celeste 49 Original Dolceano pipes on the former (tc) 16' Contra Viola toeboard. 4 Octava Clara 61 Original Great 4' Octava Acuta pipes moved to the Swell. 4 Flautileno 61 Original Great 8' Flautileno moved to the Swell on the original 4' Hohlpfeife toe- board. 2 Piccolino 61 Vintage common metal pipes marked “Pic”. Unknown origins. On the former 1-1/3' Nonodecima toeboard. II Sesquialtera 122 Former Ripieno and Quincena pipes on the former 2' Quincena toeboard. Mounted. 1-12: 17-19; 13-49: 12-17; 50-61: 12-15. 8 Corno di Cappella 61 Original pipes and chest. PEDAL 16 Bordone Principale 27 Original pipes and chest. 16 Lieblich Gedeckt 27 Original pipes and chest. 8 Flauto Basso -- Prepared-for. COUPLERS Swell to Peds. [mech. finger piston] Great to Peds. [mech. finger piston] Swell to Great [mech. finger piston] Sw. Sub 8ve to Gt. [hitch-down] Sw. 8ve's to Gt. [hitch-down] FINGER PISTONS (Mechanical) Swell to Peds. On/Off Great to Peds. On/Off Swell to Great On/Off Swell Tremolo On/Off FOOT LEVERS (Labeled; l - r) Gt P.P. - 8' Hohlpfeife Gt F.F. - 8', 8' 8' 4' 4' 2' (full) Sw. Sub to Gt. (h-d) Sw. 8ve's to GT. (h-d) Sw. P. - 8' Viola Dolce, 8' Doppel Fl. Sw. F. - 8' V.P., 8' Dop. Fl., 4' O.C. 4' Flutileno, 2' Piccolino, 8' Corno; Ped. 16' Bord. Prin. PEDAL MOVEMENTS Swell Expression (bal.) ACTION: Mech Key & Stop VOICES: 17 STOPS: 17 RANKS: 18 PIPES: 1,067 NOTES The organ was given to Highland Congregational Church in Lowell, Massachusetts as a memorial to Lucretia Buttrick (1801-1892) by her son James G. Buttrick. It was originally hand-pumped until a Meidinger blower was installed. In 1958, then organist Robert J. Reich of the Andover Organ Co. made several tonal changes. The Great 8' Flauto Concerto was removed in favor of a III Ripieno. The 8' Flautileno which had always shared the bass of the Flauto Concerto received the bass pipes. On the Swell, the 8' Viola Ætheria was cut- down at-scale, and revoiced to become a 4' Octava Clara. Also cut-down at-scale were the 4' Salicetto Dolce which became a 2' Quincena; and the 2' Violettino became a 1-1/3' Nondecima. In 1969, the property had been acquired by the Montefiore Synagogue. But it was a short-lived ownership. In 1970, the building was razed for freeway construction. The Cole and Woodberry was purchased by organ buff James Merriman. He photographed it in the church and recorded its sound before its removal, and then it was placed in storage with the Andover Organ Co. in Methuen, Massachusetts. In 1973, St. John's Episcopal in Kirkland, WA. began its first Project Reaffirma- tion Capital Fund Drive. One part of this was the desire to acquire a better organ, though a pipe organ was not conceived to be an affordable part of the budget. But through the Organ Clearing House, the church learned of the Cole & Woodberry, and was put in contact with James Merriman, who sold the organ for $2,500.00. The Vestry agreed to the purchase in January, 1974. Shipping costs were $3,200.00, and re-installation was another $2,800.00 for a total of $8,500.00. Julia Kissell of Seattle who was a member of the Organ Historical Society and friends with the Hayman family was instrumental in helping to locate the organ. The organ's 10,000 lbs. of pipes and parts arrived on Maundy Thursday, and it was distributed in the undercroft for sorting and staging. Glenn D. White of Olympic Organ Builders in Seattle supervised reconstruction assisted by many volunteers over a 5 month period. Large components like the windchests were hoisted into the loft by crane through a removed window. On September 29, 1974 – the organ was dedicated in concert by Swiss organist Guy Bovet. In 1979, Richard L. Bond of Portland, Oregon was retained to do some refurbishing of the organ which had been installed “as is.” While the tonal concept of the organ was retained, some pipes were replaced. The original Great 8' Flautileno was transposed to 4' pitch replacing the original 4' Flauto Soave. A new 8' Chimney Flute from tenor C with the original bass became the new 8' flute. On the Swell, the original 8' Viola Principale became the 'new' 4' Octava Clara and fill-in pipes replaced the Viola Principale from tenor C. The original 4' Hohl- pfeife was replaced with a 4' Harmonic Flute of unknown origins. Other pipework was switched around in an attempt to make a more cohesive ensemble. And all ranks had their bass CC removed or omitted and all pipes were shifted-down a half-step in order to raise the pitch to A=440. Slide tuners were added. The Swell Tremolo was repaired. Pallets were re-covered. The couplers were repaired. And the organ was tonally refinished and tuned. At a later date, the two replacement supply house regulators were removed and the original double-rise regulator body was rebuilt as a huge floating top reservoir. After completion of the work, another dedicatory recital was given. Scott Shaw, a senior organ performance major at the University of Washington and organist of St. Paul's Episcopal in Seattle was the guest recitalist. In 2019, St. John's Episcopal Church signed a contract with Puget Sound Pipe Organs of Stanwood/Camano Island, Washington to remove and clean all pipework, re-leather stoppers, repair pipework, and revise the tonal design back more towards something resembling the original 19th century American heritage. The Neo-Baroque revision had never been wholly successful. Sources: 1980 OHS Convention Handbook; phone conversation with Robert J. Reich; church records; JRS; extant organ. [Typed stoplist from James R. Stettner]

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