Seattle, Washington
Roosevelt High School

M.P. MÖLLER, Opus 6861, 1940 - Original Specifications


GREAT (Expressive)                           COUPLERS
  8     Open Diapason              73          Swell to Pedal                [8],4
  8     Claribel Flute             73          Great to Pedal                [8],4
  8     Gemshorn                   61
  4     Octave                     12          Swell to Great             16,[8],4
  4     Flute                      12
  4     Gemshorn                   12
  2 2/3 Gemshorn                    7        FINGER PISTONS
  2     Gemshorn                    5          Full Organ                    1 - 4
  1 3/5 Gemshorn                   –-          Swell & Pedal                 1 - 4
  8     Trumpet                    73          Great & Pedal                 1 - 4
        Tremulant

        Chimes  (Maas; A22-f42)  (21)
        Blank                                TOE STUDS

                                               Gr. to Ped. Rev.              (rev)
  Great 16                                     To Set Combons
  Unison Off
  Great 4             
                                             SWITCHES (Pistons in Gt. keyslip)
                                               Stage Expression          On / Off
SWELL (Expressive)
  16    Lieblich Gedeckt           12    
  8     Stopped Diapason           61        PEDAL MOVEMENTS
  8     Salicional                 61          Swell Expression            (bal.)
  4     Lieblich Flöte             12          Great Expression            (bal.)
  4     Viol                       12          Crescendo                   (bal.)
  2 2/3 Twelfth                     7
  2     Piccolo                     5
  8     Oboe                       73
        Tremulant
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  Swell 16
  Unison Off
  Swell 4                                    ACTION: E-P Pitman & Unit

                                             STOPS: 7
PEDAL (Expressive)
  16    Diapason             (Gt)  12        REGISTERS: 24; inc. chimes
  16    Lieblich Gedeckt     (Sw)  –-
  8     Open Diapason        (Gt)  –-        RANKS: 7
  8     Stopped Diapason     (Sw)  –-
  8     Salicional           (Sw)  –-        PIPES: 583


NOTES
This organ was a gift of the Class of 1940 as a memorial to the first beloved Principal,
Mr. Vaclav Karel Froula. V.K. A subsequent Principal, Mr. Cecil Bullock, would play
weekly organ concerts before school.

The organ was installed in two chambers on either side of the stage arch. Concrete grilles
fronted the chambers (and limited tonal egress). The Great was on the left and the Swell
on the right. The Swell division had an addition set of expression shutters which faced
onto the stage and were made available or not by the use of On/Off pistons in the Great
key slip.


The console sat in fixed position at the front of the auditorium at the left edge of the
stage with the organist facing across the front of the room – stage to the left and aud-
ience to the right.


When the high school underwent a major interior renovation in the early 2000s, no provision
for the re-installation of the organ was made. The Seattle School Board agreed that they
would pay for funds for the creation of chambers if the funds required for its rebuilding
could be raised elsewhere. The Friends of the Roosevelt High School Froula Memorial Organ
was established and $115,000.00 was raised for the rebuilding and enlargement of the organ
for installation in the new theatre. The old auditorium became the library.


Sources: Möller opus list; James R. Stettner, extant organ (before removal)