Better Pipe Organ Database

Kenneth Coulter Opus 5 (1981)

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
8501 40th St. SE
Mercer Island, WA

Images

1992-06-12 - Balcony and Organ Case (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1992-06-12 - Keydesk (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1992-06-12 - Brustwerk Grille (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1992-06-12 - Pipework (Brustwerk) (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1992-06-12 - Pedal Pipework (behind main case) (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
16 stops
19 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Suspended Tracker)
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 Radiating
Combination action: None
Has hitchdown couplers

Notes

2007-10-27 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The case is made of fumed red oak. The Pedal case - behind the main case - houses the 16' Subbass and the 16' wood Trombone. Facade pipes are of hammered, 70% tin. Key naturals are of cow bone and the sharps of coco bolo. Stopknobs are also of cow bone and coco bolo. The music rack is made of koa, ebony, maple, and cherry. The Great vertical tracker run is directly behind the Brustwerk grille. The Brustwerk is enclosed by folding doors. The pedalboard is flat and radiates slightly inward. The first 12 notes of the Pedal 8' Principal are shared with the Great 8' Prestant. The organ was dedicated on October 4, 1981 by Andrew J. King - organist at First Lutheran of West Seattle. Documented June 12, 1992. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Original document from James R. Stettner. Source: Stplist copiede from the keydesk June 12, 1992 2019-01-21

Mercer Island, Washington
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church

Kenneth Coulter, Opus 5, 1981 - Original Specifications


GREAT                                        COUPLERS (hitch-down)
   16    Bourdon                    56          Great to Pedal
   8     Praestant                  56          Brustwerk to Pedal
   8     Chimney Flute              56
   4     Octave                     56          Brustwerk to Great
   2-2/3 Nazard                     56
   2     Open Flute                 56
   1-3/5 Tierce                     56       FOOT LEVERS (Unlabeled; l - r)
   IV    Mixture                   224          I – Ped                       (h-d)
   8     Trumpet                    56          II – Ped                      (h-d)
         Tremulant
                                                II – I                        (h-d)

BRUSTWERK (Enclosed; Folding Doors)
   8     Gedackt                    56
   4     Koppelflute                56
   2     Principal                  56
   1-1/3 Quint                      56
   8     Krummhorn                  56       ACTION: Mech. Key & Stop

                                             VOICES: 17
PEDAL
   16    Subbass                    30       STOPS: 19
   8     Principal                  18
   4     Octave               (Gt)  –-       RANKS: 20
   16    Trombone  [wood]           30
   8     Trumpet              (Gt)  –-       PIPES: 1,030


NOTES
The organ is free-standing and encased in the rear gallery with an attached,
projecting keydesk. The Pedal case is behind the main case and houses the 16'
Subbass and 16' Trombone.  Both cases are made of fumed red oak.  Key naturals
are of cow bone and sharps are of coco bolo.  Stop knobs are also of cow bone
and coco bolo.  The music rack is made of koa, ebony, maple, and cherry woods.
The Great vertical tracker run is directly behind the Brustwerk grille.  The
pedalboard is flat and radiates slightly inward.  The first 12 notes of the
Pedal 8' Principal are shared with the Great 8' Praestant.

The organ was dedicated on October 4, 1981 by Andrew J. King, then organist at
First Lutheran Church of West Seattle.

Sources: Parish files; JRS; extant organ


Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
8501 SE 40th St.
Mercer Island, WA. 98040
(206) 232-3270                               Documented: June 12, 1992