Astoria, Oregon
Trinity Lutheran Church / Clatsop Community College
ESTEY ORGAN CO., Opus 1429, 1916
Guenther Organ Co., 1936 - Moving, Electrification, Rebuild, & Re-installation
GREAT (Expressive w/Choir) SWELL (Expressive)
8' Diapason 61 16' Bourdon [prep] -- *
8' Gross Flute 61 blank
8' Gamba 61 8' Diapason 61
8' Gemshorn 61 8' Stopped Flute 61
4' Octave [prep] -- 8' Gedeckt [prep] -- *
4' Wald Flute 61 8' Salicional 61
2' Fifteenth [prep] -- 8' Vox Celeste (tc) 49
8' Trumpet 61 8' Viol d'Amour 61
Tremolo 4' Flute Traverse 61
Chimes 4' Flauto [prep] -- *
2-2/3' Nasard [prep] -- *
Great 16' 2' Flautina [prep] -- *
Unison Off 8' Cornopean 61
Great 4' 8' Oboe [labial] 61
8' Vox Humana 61
blank
CHOIR (Expressive w/Great) Tremolo
8' Melodia 61
8' Viol d'Orchestre 61 Swell 16'
8' Viol Celeste [prep] -- Unison Off
8' Dulciana 61 Swell 4'
4' Flute d'Amour 61
2' Piccolo [prep] --
8' Clarinet [labial] 61 PEDAL (Expressive)
Tremolo blank
Harp 16' Bourdon [in Gt] 30
16' Lieblich Gedeckt [in Sw] 30
Choir 16' 8' Traverse Flote [in Gt] 30
Unison Off blank
Choir 4'
COUPLERS FINGER PISTONS
Swell to Pedal 8,4 General 1 – 5
Great to Pedal 8 Swell 1 – 5
Choir to Pedal 8,4 Great 1 – 5
Choir 1 – 5
Swell to Great 16,8,4
Choir to Great 16,8,4
PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell to Choir 16,8,4 Swell Expression (bal.)
Gt/Ch Expression (bal.)
Crescendo (bal.)
FOOT LEVERS
General 1 - 5
ACTION: E-P primary to VOICES: 23 STOPS: 23 RANKS: 23 PIPES: 1,298
ventil chests
NOTES
This organ was originally built for the Sellwood [Portland], Oregon residence of Dr.
John Sellwood, and was one of five, 3-manual Estey pipe organs built for Portland. It
later appeared on the Estey Opus List as “broken up”. However, it was acquired by the
Guenther Organ Co. of Portland, Oregon, and was rebuilt with a new drawknob console for
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Astoria, Oregon. It was installed there in 1936.
In 1975, Trinity Lutheran merged with what had once been Zion Evangelical Lutheran
Church to form Peace Lutheran Church. Trinity's former edifice was purchased by Clatsop
Community College, and was renovated as a Performing Arts Center with the lower level
serving as offices, science labs, and practice rooms.
At the time of the building's purchase, the college entered into contract with Portland,
Oregon organ technician Michael Dillon to have the organ repaired, re-leathered, and
brought into top condition. This work was never completed. In more recent years, the
organ has been cared for by Mr. Leonard Vernon, Mr. Fred Efaw, and Mr. Michael Cole of
Astoria.
Unfortunately, the Fine Arts Department of the College dwindled substantially after the
acquisition and conversion of the church, and the organ has continued to decay into poor
condition – showing its age through multiple dead notes, ciphers, and dead stops.
The Swell division has console preparations for five stops in the form of a stopped flute
unit of 97 pipes from 16' Bourdon through 2' Flautina. Those stops are marked with an
asterisk (*) in the specification. The Choir has two prepared-for stops: the 8' Viol
Celeste and the 2' Piccolo. And the Great is prepared for a 4' Octave and a 2' Fifteenth.
All of the couplers, both intra-manual and inter-divisional, appear as drawknobs within
the divisions they affect.
The Great, Choir, and Pedal 16' Bourdon & 8' Traverse Flote [sic] are in a large chamber
on the left side of the chancel. The Swell and Pedal 16' Lieblich Gedeckt share the chamber
on the right side of the chancel. Both chambers have expression shutters facing across the
chancel and into the sanctuary.
The Swell 8' Vox Humana is located on its own chest inside a box which is elevated above
the main Swell chest.
Sources: Estey opus list; JRS; extant, rebuilt organ
[Received from James R. Stettner 2015-05-18.]