Pipe Organ Database

Olympic Organ Builders (1962)

Location:

Trinity United Methodist Church
6512 23rd Ave. NW
Seattle, WA 98177 US
Organ ID: 24284

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Status and Condition:

This instrument's location type is: Methodist Churches
The organ has been altered from its original state.
The organ's condition is unknown.

We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

Chests: Electro-pneumatic (EP)
33 ranks. 2,137 pipes. 4 divisions. 3 manuals. 29 stops. 40 registers.

Divisions

All:

Chest Type(s): Electro-pneumatic (EP) chests
Position: In center chambers at the front of the room. Facade pipes or case front visible.

We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Consoles

Main:

Manuals: 3
Divisions: 4
Stops: 29
Registers: 40
Position: Console in fixed position, right.
Manual Compass: 61
Pedal Compass: 32
Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
Console Style: Traditional style with roll top.
Stop Controls: Drawknobs in vertical rows on angled jambs.
Combination Action: Adjustable combination pistons.
Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
Has Crescendo Pedal
Has Tutti Reversible Thumb Pistons
Has Tutti Reversible Toe Pistons
Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
Has Combination Action Toe Pistons
Has Coupler Reversible Thumb Pistons
Has Coupler Reversible Toe Pistons

We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Notes

James Ludden on January 10, 2021:

Tonal changes were made by David Dahl and James Ludden (not by Glenn White). Date is correct. [David and I were house-mates at the time, living across the street from the church. In 1962 Olympic Organ Builders had not yet been formed by partnership between White and Dahl, joined by Ludden in 1967.]
Originally a Hook and Hastings organ, put on electro-pneumatic windchests by Balcom and Vaughan and installed in Trinity Methodist. Your entry for the Hook and Hastings in this location is correct. The pipework was mostly  all originally Hook and Hastings.

We received the most recent update for this note from James Ludden on January 10, 2021.

Database Manager on December 27, 2006:

Updated through online information from James R. Stettner.  -- Tonal changes were made again in 1963 - again by Glenn White & David Dahl. The dedicatory recitalist for the 1963 revision was E. Power Biggs.  A Peterson solid state combination action, coupler driver, and relay were added by Frans W.M. Bosman.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Database Manager on October 18, 2006:

Identified through online information from James R. Stettner.  -- This was tonal changes to the existing Balcom and Vaughan rebuild and electrification of the Hook & Hastings from First Methodist in Tacoma. Work was done by Glenn White and David Dahl dba Olympic Organ Builders.