United Lutheran Church: Sanctuary, chancel
1231 South 76th Street
Tacoma, WA
Images
2020-07-27 - Offset Open Diapason and Bourdon pipes behind case (Photograph by Erik McLeod, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2020-07-27 - Console: builder's nameplate (Photograph by Erik McLeod, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2020-07-27 - Console (Photograph by Erik McLeod, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2020-07-27 - Organ case with chimes beside (Photograph by Erik McLeod, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2020-07-27 - Organ case in front, right corner of sanctuary. (Photograph by Erik McLeod, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
Consoles
Main (chancel)
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
- 2 manuals
- 4 stops
- 23 registers
- 1 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Has crescendo
- Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
- Has combination thumb pistons
Notes
2020-07-28 - NOTES
This organ was originally built for Norwegian Zion Lutheran Church on So. 59th Street in So. Tacoma, and was installed in a chamber. The church later before 1963) modified its name to Mt. Zion Lutheran to avoid confusion with the Zion Lutheran on 6th Avenue.
At an unknown date in the 1960's, the Mt. Zion Lutheran built a new edifice on Thompson St. The organ was brought along and again installed in a chamber under expression with an ornamental grille containing gold dummy pipes.
Shortly after the 1987 merger that created the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, three Lutheran churches in south Tacoma (that had been in different church bodies) joined to create United Lutheran Church at 1231 S. 76th St., the existing home of one of those churches. The
building on S. Thompson Ave. was sold and the organ put into storage. It remained in storage for many years, and was installed at S. 76th St. in a new freestanding case incorporating the old swell shades and the dummy facade. The case only contains the main chest, several off chests are unenclosed behind it. -Jim Stettner
Stoplist
Source: Stock model Moller stoplist July 27, 2020
Tacoma, Washington
United Lutheran Church (ELCA)
M.P. MÖLLER, Opus 7135, 1944 - Original Specifications
Unknown Person or Firm, 19__ - 1st Moving & Re-installation
Unknown Person or Firm, 1998 - 2nd Moving & Re-installation; New case
GREAT (Expressive) SWELL (Expressive) PEDAL (Expressive)
8 Diapason 16 Bourdon 16 Bourdon
8 Gedeckt 8 Gedeckt 8 Diapason
8 Viole Dolce 8 Viole Dolce 8 Flute
4 Octave 4 Flute 4 Octave
4 Flute 4 Fugara 4 Flute
4 Fugara 2-2/3 Flute Twelfth
2-2/3 Viole Twelfth 2 Flautino
2 Viole Fifteenth 8 Trumpet
8 Trumpet 4 Clarion
Tremolo
STOP / RANK / PIPE ANALYSIS
16 Bourdon (Sw/Ped) 12 Extension of the 8' Gedeckt. Tenor C on
the Swell.
8 Diapason (Gt/Ped) 61
8 Gedeckt (Gt/Sw) 61
8 Flute (Ped) -- Same as the 8' Gedeckt.
8 Viol Dolce (Gt/Sw) 61
4 Octave (Gt/Ped) 12 Extension of the 8' Diapason.
4 Flute (Gt/Sw/Ped) 12 Extension of the 8' Gedeckt.
4 Fugara (Gt/Sw) 12 Extension of the 8' Viol Dolce.
2-2/3 Viol Twelfth (Gt) 7 Extension of the 8' Viol Dolce. Top 2
pipes break back to 4' pitch.
2-2/3 Twelfth (Sw) 7 Extension of the 8' Gedeckt. Top 2 pipes
break back to 4' pitch.
2 Viol Fifteenth (Gt) 5 Extension of the 8' Viol Dolce. All 5
pipes break back to 4' pitch.
2 Flautino (Sw) 5 Extension of the 8' Gedeckt. All 5 pipes
break back to 4' pitch.
8 Trumpet (Gt/Sw) 61
4 Clarion (Sw) 12 Extension of the 8' Trumpet.
Tremolo (Sw) Affects the entire instrument.
PIPE SUMMARY
Diapason Bourdon/Gedeckt Viole Dolce Trumpet
73 pipes 97 pipes 85 pipes 73 pipes
ACTION: E-P unit VOICES: 4 STOPS: 23 RANKS: 4 PIPES: 328
COUPLERS FINGER PISTONS
Swell to Pedal [8] Full Organ 1 – 4
Great to Pedal [8]
Swell to Great [8] PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Expression (bal.)
Crescendo (bal.)
FOOT LEVERS
Gt. to Ped. Reversible (rev)
NOTES
This organ was originally built for Norwegian Zion Lutheran Church on So. 59th
Street in So. Tacoma, and was installed in a chamber. The church later before
1963) modified its name to Mt. Zion Lutheran to avoid confusion with the Zion
Lutheran on 6th Avenue.
At an unknown date in the 1960's, the Mt. Zion Lutheran built a new edifice on Thompson St. The organ was brought along and again installed in a chamber under expression with an ornamental grille containing gold dummy pipes.
Shortly after the 1987 merger that created the Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America, three Lutheran churches in south Tacoma (that had been in different church
bodies) joined to create United Lutheran Church at 1231 S. 76th St., the existing
home of one of those churches. The building on S. Thompson Ave. was sold and the
organ put into storage. It remained in storage for many years, and was installed
at S. 76th St. in a new freestanding case incorporating the old swell shades and
the dummy facade. The case only contains the main chest, several off chests are
unenclosed behind it.
Sources: Moller Opus List; Tim Drewes (former organist) via phone and email; Erik
McLeod; JRS; extant, relocated organ
United Lutheran Church (ELCA)
1231 South 76th Street
Tacoma, WA. 98408
(253) 475-3175 Documented: July 27, 2020
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