The Aeolian Co.
Opus 1635, 1927

Rhodes Department Store

2nd Avenue and Union Street
Seattle, WA, US

14 Ranks - 901 Pipes
Instrument ID: 40976 ● Builder ID: 51 ● Location ID: 36137
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  • Notes: Enclosed section
  • Notes: sc. 32
  • Notes: sc. 40
  • Notes: (Gross Flute reg.)
  • Notes: (sc. 57 Gamba)
  • Notes: (Gemshorn)
  • Notes: Harm. Reg.
  • Notes: 5" sc.
  • Notes: (free reed)
  • Notes: (F & P control) 61 bars
  • Notes: (F & P control) 20 tubes
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  • Notes: Duplexed from Great
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  • Notes: (12 pipes, 24 sc. Bourdon; 61 pipes 37 sc. Stand. Stop. Diap. 19 tapered metal)
  • Notes: sc. 44
  • Notes: Viole, sc. 57
  • Notes: sc. 57
  • Notes: (rewired to 12th)
  • Notes: (reg.)
  • Notes: (reg.)
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  • Notes: (Gt.) in case 32n
  • Notes: (Sc. 13 Bourdon) 32w
  • Notes: (Swell)
  • Notes: (Ext. Gt. Str. F) sc. 45 12n
  • Notes: (Gt. 8ʹ Diap)
  • Notes: (reg. 5ʺ) 32r
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  • Notes: (Blind)
  • Notes: (stud)
  • Notes: (stud)
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Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
Design: Traditional Without Cover
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
3 Manuals (610 Notes)32 Note Pedal3 Divisions14 Stops31 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)
Stop Layout: Tilting/Rocking Tablets on Angled Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Fixed Mechanical
Control System: Unknown or N/A

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DETAILS

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This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location

Paul R. Marchesano on March 1st, 2022:
Sold through Sherman Clay & Co. Cost $25,000 plus $5,000 freight and installation. 3 h.p. Orgoblo, 1/3 h.p. Turbo Suction unit, 12ʺ 40 cu/ft. for player; 6ʺ w.p. With Aeolian Duo-Art player, purchased because of favorable experience with Aeolian installed in the Rhodes residence. Aeolian compound windchest system. -- *2008 OHS Atlas*
Database Manager on July 17th, 2013:
Photograph from MOHAI courtesy of Howard Giske: -- PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle.
Database Manager on July 7th, 2013:
Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ was installed in a mezzanine in the Dining Room. It was chambered with a 3-sectional facade containing 57 pipes arranged: 17-23-17. Only the Great 16' Open, Pedal 16' Bourdon, and the 16' extension of the Swell 8' Oboe were non-expressive. The store closed ca. 1968 and the organ was given to the City of Seattle. It was moved to the Civic Ice Arena and installed by Glenn D. white and his crew.
Database Manager on May 22nd, 2009:
Identified through information in <i>Seattle Organ Atlas 2008</i>. "Store closed June, 1968, organ installed Seattle Center Arena May 1969."

Related Instrument Entries: Glenn D. White (1969)

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