Pipe Organ Database

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Hutchings-Votey Organ Co. (Opus 1623, 1907)

Originally Hutchings-Votey Organ Co. (Opus 1623, 1907)
Exhibited in the 1980 OHS convention(s)

Location:

St James Roman Catholic Cathedral
804 9th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104 US
Sanctuary; rear gallery
Organ ID: 24377

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Roman Catholic Churches
  • The organ has been altered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition needs attention, but in usable condition.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Paul R. Marchesano on February 15, 2022.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Electro-pneumatic (EP)
  • 46 ranks. 5 divisions. 4 manuals. 40 stops. 50 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Electro-pneumatic (EP) chests
  • Position: In a gallery-level case at the rear of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 4
  • Divisions: 5
  • Stops: 40
  • Registers: 50
  • Position: Console in fixed position, center.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 30
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Tubular-pneumatic connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with roll top.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in horizontal rows on terraced/stepped jambs.
  • Combination Action: Adjustable combination pistons.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, not in standard AGO position.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard not meeting AGO standards.
  • Has Tutti Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Tutti Reversible Toe Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Toe Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on May 27, 2012:

Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. -- The organs console was restored and electrical systems updated in 1996 by Marceau & Associates Pipe Organ Builders, Inc., Portland, Oregon. ((Source: cathedral music website, accessed 5/26/2012)

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 25, 2006:

Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- This was additions to the enclosed portion of the Great. The Choir 8' Gamba had been borrowed to the Great in 1982. In 1996, Marceau & Assoc. also refurbished the console and converted it to solid state.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
1982 OHS Handbook: Open In New Tab Originally published June 1982
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Paul R. Marchesano on September 02, 2021.
Specification: Open In New Tab Annotated specification from 1982 OHS Handbook
Document created on 1982-06-21
We received the most recent update for this document from Paul R. Marchesano on September 02, 2021.

Instrument Images:

View of the reconstructed St. James Cathedral and the Hutchings-Votey organ, c. 1920: Photograph from an archival source: submitted by Joseph Adam. Taken approx. c1920

View towards the West Gallery Hutchings-Votey organ following the collapse of the central dome: Photograph from an archival source: Joseph Adam, submitted by Joseph Adam. Taken on 1916-02-02