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Rieger Orgelbau (1987)

Location:

Sunnyside Seventh-day Adventist Church
10501 SE Market
Portland, OR 97216 US
Organ ID: 335

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Seventh-day Adventist Churches
  • The organ has been altered 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 Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 59 ranks. 4 divisions. 3 manuals. 50 stops.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a case at the front of the room.
  • Slider Motors: Solenoids.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 3
  • Divisions: 4
  • Stops: 50
  • Position: Keydesk attached, manuals set into case.
  • Manual Compass: 56
  • Pedal Compass: 30
  • Key Action: Suspended tracker.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style without cover.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in vertical rows on angled jambs.
  • Combination Action: Computerized/Digital system.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
  • Has Crescendo Pedal
  • Has Tutti Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Tutti Reversible Toe Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Toe Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Toe Pistons
  • Has a Piston Sequencer
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on February 28, 2017:

Updated by Richard Crowley, who has heard or played the organ. Additionally, Richard Crowley listed this web site as a source of information: http://www.rcrowley.com/Rieger/SSDAReiger2.htm (this is my own website).
Nine digital stops added.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on February 23, 2007:

Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- 9-sectional French oak case containing 53 pipes arranged: 5-5-5-9-5-9-5-5-5. Keys of bone and ebony. Organ ordered Feb. 1985. Delivered March 29, 1988. Final cost approx. $280,000.00. Dedicated by church organist Dr. Melvin West on June 25, 1988.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Specification from builder's web site
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Organ Case: (1987) Builder's Promotional Photograph; image from the collection of James R. Stettner.

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