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Paul Fritts & Co., Organbuilders Opus 13 (1992)

Grace Lutheran Church
140 E. 56th Street
Tacoma, WA

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

before 2014 - Organ case/facade (Builder's promotional photo on Pipedreams/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
17 stops
20 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: 58 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
Combination action: None
Has hitchdown couplers

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1998. -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Kellner temperament. -Database Manager

2005-11-05 - Updated through online information from the builder's web site. -Database Manager

2007-11-11 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- This is the congregation's second edifice and location. The organ is housed in a white oak case. The facade is 5-sectional containing 39 pipes arranged: 7-9-7-9-7. The Great has one half-draw stop: Quint/II Sesquialtera. Manuals I & II share the 8' Rohrflote. And the Pedal has three independent registers and three stops borrowed by transmission from Manual I. The tremulant is variable. All three unison couplers are via hitch-down pedals. The organ was dedicated on Sunday, December 13, 1992. -Database Manager

2009-06-08 - Updated through online information from Jude Fritts. -Database Manager

Websites

Jude Fritts - Wood Carving & Wood Carved Sculpture - Photographs (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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