Jim Brumbaugh
1984

Originally Estey Organ Co. (Opus 23, 1902)

Vashon Presbyterian Church

Sanctuary; front, right

17708 Vashon Hwy. SW
Vashon Island, WA, US

7 Ranks - 384 Pipes
Instrument ID: 24856 ● Builder ID: 7582 ● Location ID: 22006
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Builder: Estey Organ Co.
Position: Keydesk Attached
Design: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Pedalboard Type: Flat Straight
Features:
2 Manuals (61 Notes)30 Note Pedal3 Divisions7 Stops7 RegistersTubular Pneumatic (Unknown) Key ActionTubular Pneumatic (Unknown) Stop Action

Stop Layout: Haskell Style Stop-Keys/Keyboard
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination Action: None
Control System: Unknown or N/A

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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location

Database Manager on November 26th, 2017:
Updated by Carl Kishline, who has heard or played the organ.<br> Instrument is used in worship occasionally. No tuning was done for about 10 years, the tuning was rough but surprisingly good after that long. It was tuned November 2017.

Database Manager on June 19th, 2007:
Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Installed by church's Organist/Music Dir. - Jim Brumbaugh - assisted by parishioners. It is a much-traveled organ: 1. 1902, W.H. Hart in Philadelphia, PA. 2. 19??, Asa Lovejoy mansion, Portland, OR. 3. 1930's, Miller and Tracy Funeral Home of Portland, OR. 4. 1978 ca., Colonial DeWitt Funeral Home of Walla Walla, WA. 5. 1984, Vashon Presbyterian, Vashon Island, WA.

Database Manager on November 28th, 2006:
Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Originally built for W. H. Hart who owned some kind of store in Philadelphia. Acquired before 1915 by Portland, Oregon resident Asa Lovejoy. Shipped around Horn to Portland. 1930s relocated to Portland area funeral home. Shifted to another funeral home in Portland after a merger. Ca. 1978 made available for sale. Sold to Bill L. Watson of Colonial-DeWitt Funeral Home in Walla Walla, Washington. Ca. 1984 purchased by Vashon Presbyterian. Installed by parishioners. Some releathering done by former Moller rep. Charles Rich of Orting, Washington. Removed in June 1999 to Meadway & Stettner shop in Monroe, Washington for restoration. Reinstalled in February 2000.

Related Instrument Entries: Estey Organ Co. (Opus 23, 1902) , Meadway & Stettner Pipe Organs (1999-2000) , Owner (1978 ca.) , Unknown Builder , Unknown Builder (1930's)

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