Pipe Organ Database

a project of the organ historical society

Richard L. Bond (1979)

Originally Gebr. Späth (1963)

Location:

St. Paul's Episcopal Church
15 Roy St.
Seattle, WA 98109 US
Sanctuary; rear gallery
Organ ID: 25923

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Episcopal and Anglican Churches
  • The organ is unaltered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is good, in regular use.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jim Stettner on November 10, 2020.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 18 ranks. 987 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 14 stops. 15 registers.
Manual I:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: Pipes exposed (in whole or in part) in a gallery at the rear of the room.
  • Built by Gebr. Späth
  • Slider Motors: Pneumatic (EP or TP) slider motors.
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on November 16, 2020.

Manual II:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: Pipes exposed (in whole or in part) in a gallery at the rear of the room.
  • Built by Gebr. Späth
  • Slider Motors: Pneumatic (EP or TP) slider motors.
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on November 16, 2020.

Pedal:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: Pipes exposed (in whole or in part) in a gallery at the rear of the room.
  • Built by Gebr. Späth
  • Slider Motors: Pneumatic (EP or TP) slider motors.
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on November 16, 2020.
Main:
  • Built by Gebr. Späth
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 14
  • Registers: 15
  • Position: Console in fixed position, center.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with a keyboard cover that can be lifted to form a music rack.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in horizontal row above top manual.
  • Combination Action: Freie Kombinationen, i.e., German style switches above stop controls.
  • Swell Control Type: No enclosed divisions.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard.
  • Has Crescendo Pedal
  • Has Tutti Reversible Thumb Piston(s)
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Piston(s)
We received the most recent update for this console from Jim Stettner on November 10, 2020.
Database Manager on April 30, 2007:

Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- This was a project of tonal changes to the existing Gebr. Späth instrument. The Manual II 8' Spitzgedackt (one of two 8' flutes on this manual) was replaced with an 8' Trompete. And the Manual II, Zimbel II was replaced with a tenor C, Sesquialtera II.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on February 11, 2019.
Stoplist taken from the console: Open In New Tab Originally published March 2, 2019
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Jim Stettner on November 10, 2020.

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