Gebr. Späth
Opus 730, 1961

Residence: Edith and Dale McAnulty

2326 Bigelow Avenue N.
Seattle, WA, US

9 Ranks - 491 Pipes
Instrument ID: 9246 ● Builder ID: 7144 ● Location ID: 8556
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Builder: Unknown
Position: Keydesk Attached
Design: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
2 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal3 Divisions9 Stops9 RegistersMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop Action✓ Hitchdown Coupler(s)

Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
Combination Action: None
Control System: Unknown or N/A

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This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location

Paul R. Marchesano on February 28th, 2022:
Designed: Eugene Nye, 1959. Delivered September 1962. Reconstructed July 24-August 1, 1963, rescaled one note larger. Cost: $4,450 f.o.b. Mengen. Model: 313W, mechanical action. Identical scheme sent to six builders: Flentrop ($8000); Geneva (6000 elec, 8000 tr.), Metzler (8000), Späth (4450), Verscheuren (7500), von Beckerath (7970). -- *2008 OHS Atlas*

Database Manager on January 12th, 2013:
Updated through online information from James R. Stettner.

Database Manager on November 3rd, 2008:
Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The part of the case housing the pipes had folding doors to enclose it. The facade featured 27 polished tin (22) and polished copper (5) pipes in a 3-sectional arrangement: 11-5-11.

Database Manager on November 30th, 2006:
Updated through online information from James R. Stettner.

Database Manager on October 18th, 2006:
Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ was originally built for this location. The original cost was $6,000.00. It graced the living room of Mrs. McAnulty for 16 years before being sold in 1977 to the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma. It served at UPS for 14-15 years before being offered for sale. It was acquired in 1992 by Seattle AGO member John Griffen.

Related Instrument Entries: Owner (1992) , Unknown Builder (1977)

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