Pipe Organ Database

a project of the organ historical society

Randall J. McCarty (1986)

Originally The Aeolian Co. (Opus 1528, 1924)

Location:

Museum of History & Industry
2700 24th Ave. E.
Seattle, WA 98112 US
Organ ID: 51587

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Museums
  • The organ has been relocated.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on July 04, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Information unknown or not applicable
  • 23 ranks. 1,249 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 23 stops. 40 registers.
All:
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on July 04, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 23
  • Registers: 40
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Toe Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on July 04, 2018.
Database Manager on July 09, 2013:

Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- In a July 8, 2013 reply to an inquiry I had posted on the MOHAI Facebook page, they responded, "The organ was deaccessioned in 1997 and then transferred last year to the Pipe Organ Foundation. They have since transferred it to Dr. Ken Long in TX who intends to restore it and donate it to the Houston Presbyterian Church."

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on July 07, 2013:

Organ relocated without any change. Identified by James R. Stettner, based on personal knowledge of the organ. -- The organ was originally built for the Freeport, Maine residence of Stanley Wood. Relocated at some point to the Lester Wolff townhouse residence in New York (Manhattan), New York. It was relocated to Seattle ca. 1984 and installed in the museum by Randall McCarty in about 2000 hours of volunteer labor between 1984 and 1986. The museum has since relocated and the fate of the organ is unknown.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist copied from the console May 14, 1996
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Console in storage: Photograph by James R. Stettner. Taken on 1996-05-14

Left Stop Jamb: Photograph by James R. Stettner. Taken on 1996-05-14

Right Stop Jamb and Builder's Nameplate: Photograph by James R. Stettner. Taken on 1996-05-14

Roll Player and Couplers: Photograph by James R. Stettner. Taken on 1996-05-14