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M. L. Bigelow & Co. (2023)

Originally M. L. Bigelow & Co. (Opus 31, 2004)

Location:

Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church
5050 8th Avenue NE
Seattle, WA 98105 US
Sanctuary; rear gallery
Organ ID: 72858

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Roman Catholic Churches
  • The organ is unaltered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is good, in regular use.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jim Stettner on March 03, 2023.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 30 ranks. 1,582 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 24 stops. 27 registers.
Great:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a gallery-level case at the rear of the room.
  • Built by M. L. Bigelow & Co.
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on March 03, 2023.

Swell (Expressive):
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a gallery-level case at the rear of the room.
  • Built by M. L. Bigelow & Co.
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on March 03, 2023.

Pedal:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a gallery-level case at the rear of the room.
  • Built by M. L. Bigelow & Co.
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on March 03, 2023.
Main:
  • Built by M. L. Bigelow & Co.
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 24
  • Registers: 27
  • Position: Keydesk attached.
  • Manual Compass: 58
  • Pedal Compass: 30
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style without cover.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in vertical rows on angled jambs.
  • Combination Action: Computerized/Digital system.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
  • 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
  • Has a Piston Sequencer
We received the most recent update for this console from Jim Stettner on March 03, 2023.
Jim Stettner on March 03, 2023:

This entry represents the installation of a used organ by its original builder. Identified via email by parish Music Dir. Michael Plagerman. The Bigelow was originally built for the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago, Illinois. The School is relocating and the organ had to be sold and removed before the lease was up. Blessed Sacrament acquired the organ at a handsome price, and Bigelow fit its relocation and reinstallation into his schedule to accomodate imminent and inflexible timelines.

The Bigelow displaced a used Francis Tallman organ - itself a rebuild of an Erben - which Blessed Sacrament had gotten from St. Dominics in San Francisco in 2005. Sadly, the Erben/Tallman was not saved excepting some pipework and perhaps select parts.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on March 03, 2023.
Stoplist copied from a related OHS Database entry: Open In New Tab Originally copied from the builder's website.
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Jim Stettner on March 03, 2023.

Instrument Images:

Church exterior during construction: Photograph from an archival source: Parish website, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. ca. 1910

Church exterior: Photograph from an archival source: Parish website, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. ca. 2016

Keydesk: Photograph by Steven Schnurr, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. ca. 2019

Builder's nameplate: Photograph by Stephen Schnurr, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. ca. 2019

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