Bond Organ Builders, Inc.
2005

Jim Stettner on March 3rd, 2023:
Blessed Sacrament is acquiring a used 2-manual, 30-rank Bigelow (Opus 31, 2004) from the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago, Illinois. According to a March 2, 2023 email from Music Dir. Michael Plagerman, the Tallman had not been working reliably since his arrival, with major problems in the action, primarily. Because it also did not leave room for the choir in the south transept and relocating the gallery Vermeulen to the chancel was not feasible, it was determined that the Tallman had to be removed imminently so that the choir could relocate with the Vermeulen to the south transept until the loft was complete. This also avoided delaying the Bigelow project, since installation was being fit into a fairly small window within which Bigelow and Co. could complete the project. Additionally, the installation of the Bigelow was happening with such rapidity that Blessed Sacrament had to clear out of the loft basically immediately after the sales agreement was signed to make room for structural analysis, architectural analysis, and construction. This timeline was a result of the Lutheran School of Theology's timeline for vacating their building and the insistence of the University of Chicago that the organ be removed prior to the termination of LSTC's lease. Rose City Organ Builders of Portlane, Oregon did reach out and claimed several of the nicest ranks of the organ. That work was done in early February 2023. Unfortunately, because no interested party came forward in a timeline that worked with Blessed Sacrament's rather truncated schedule, the remainder of the organ was removed and recycled or disposed of according to the nature of its parts.

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Database Manager on March 12th, 2012:
Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Since the Seattle OHS convention, the sanctuary interior has been restored to its original design. The organ was literally shrink-wrapped in plastic to protect it from dust during the construction process, and has since been put back into use. Last I saw it in October of 2011 - only the pointed finials atop the case had yet to be reinstated. The Pedal 8- Bass Flute is made from 1926 Estey open wood pipes (opus 2517) from First Congregational Church in Sacramento, California.

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Database Manager on July 13th, 2008:
Identified through information in *OHS Seattle 2008 Organ Atlas*. Relocation and modification of previously rebuilt organ from St. Dominic's, San Francisco; originally built for First Presbyterian Church, Nyack, New York.