Tacoma, Washington
Church of St. Patrick, R.C.
M.P. Möller, Opus 7072, 1946 - Original Specifications
GREAT (Expressive w/Ch. - Left)
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8 Open Diapason 61
8 Harmonic Flute 73
8 Gemshorn 73
4 Octave 73
4 Flute 12 Extension of the 8 Harmonic Flute
4 Gemshorn 12 Extension of the 8 Gemshorn
Tremolo
Great to Great 16
Unison Off
Great to Great 4
SWELL (Expressive - Right)
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16 Bourdon 12 Extension of the 8 Stopped Flute
8 Salicional 73
8 Voix Celeste (tc) 61
8 Stopped Flute 61
4 Orchestral Flute 12 Extension of the 8 Stopped Flute
2-2/3 Nazard (SF) -- From the Stopped Flute unit
2 Flautino 12 Extension of the 8 Stopped Flute
8 Trumpet 73
Tremolo
Swell to Swell 16
Unison Off
Swell to Swell 4
CHOIR (Expressive w/Gt.)
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8 Clarabella 73
8 Dulciana 61
4 Claribel Flute 12 Extension of the 8 Clarabella
4 Dulciana 12 Extension of the 8 Dulciana
2-2/3 Dulcet (Dul) --
2 Dulcet 12 Extension of the 8 Dulciana
8 Clarinet 73
Tremolo
Choir to Choir 16
Unison Off
Choir to Choir 4
PEDAL (Expressive)
16 Bourdon 32
16 Lieblich Gedeckt (Sw) --
16 Contra Dulciana (Ch) 12 Extension of the Choir 8 Dulciana
8 Major Flute 12 Extension of the 16 Bourdon
8 Stopped Flute (Sw) --
8 Dulciana (Ch) --
COUPLERS
Swell to Pedal [8],4
Great to Pedal [8],4
Choir to Pedal [8]
Swell to Great 16,[8],4
Choir to Great 16,[8],4
Swell to Choir 16,[8],4
FINGER PISTONS
Full Organ 1 - 6
Swell 1 - 6
Great 1 - 6
Choir 1 - 6
Pedal 1 - 6
SFZ. (rev)
FOOT LEVERS
Gt. To Ped. Reversible (rev)
Sforzando Reversible (rev)
PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Gt/Ch Expression (bal.)
Swell Expression (bal.)
Crescendo (bal.)
ACTION: E-P Pitman & Unit
VOICES: 12
STOPS: 27
RANKS: 12
PIPES: 907
NOTES
The organ is housed in the rear gallery in a free-standing “case”
consisting of two, side-by-side chambers with a quarter-sawn oak
façade-and-grille front. The façade portion consists of three flats
and two towers of gold dummy pipes - each separated by a wooden lattice
grille. There are 29 pipes in total arranged: 5-7-5-7-5.
While the Great and Choir share the same chamber, there is no pipework
shared between them. The Pedal 16 Bourdon / 8 Major Flute unit is housed
along the back wall of the Swell.
The Swell Stopped Flute, Choir Dulciana, and Pedal Bourdon are the only
unified registers. Other duplexing like the Choir Clarabella (8/4), the
Great Harmonic Flute (8/4), and the Great Gemshorn (8/4) is achieved with
standard Moller shifters.
The pipes for the top octave of the Great 4’ Octave, Great 4’ Flute,
Great 4’ Gemshorn, Swell 2’ Flautino, and Choir 2’ Dulcet all break back
an octave in pitch beginning at f# 55 for the top 7 notes.
The Great 8 Harmonic Flute becomes harmonic at note g 32. The Swell 8’
Trumpet has 54 reed pipes.
At an unidentified later date, an electronically amplified Maas-Rowe
Carillon was added to the organ. The tone generation module is in the
Swell, but the speakers are in the Great. It plays from the Great manual
via a volume selector switch, and is also optionally available to be
amplified outside thru speakers in the tower. The compass is 25 notes
from tenor F thru f 42.
SOURCE: Extant organ documented January 27, 2010
[Received on line from James R. Stettner January 28, 2010.]