Seattle, Washington
Vereinige Deutschprachige Kirche / German United Church of Christ

HINNERS ORGAN CO., Opus 2324, 1917
Randall J. McCarty, 1976 - Installation and Tonal Change


    MANUAL (Expressive Except *)             COUPLERS (Drawknob)
8   Open Diapason Treble * (mc)  37          Octave Coupler
8   Open Diapason Bass   *       24
                                             Pedal Coupler
8   Viola d'Gamba Treble   (mc)  37
8   Viola d'Gamba Bass           24
                                             FOOT TRUNDLES (Unlab.; d-a; l-r)
8   Liebl Gedackt Treble   (mc)  37          Piano – 8' Liebl Ged., 4' Flute
8   Liebl Gedackt Bass           24
                                             Forte – Full
8   Aeoline Treble         (mc)  37
8   Aeoline Bass                 24
                                             PEDAL MOVEMENTS
4   Flute Treble           (mc)  37          Expression                   (bal.)
4   Flute Bass                   24

    Tremolo                                  MISC. CONTROLS
                                             Bellows Signal

PEDAL (30 notes)
16  Bourdon                      15


ACTION:  Mech. Key      VOICES: 6      STOPS: 11      RANKS: 6      PIPES: 308
            & Stop


NOTES
The organ was originally built for St. Jakobi Lutheran Church in Allison, Iowa.
It was moved some years later to the new church building for St. James Lutheran
(St. Jakobi, Anglicized). The church contracted for a new organ in 1975, and the
Hinners was sold to Mr. Ray Whipple of Waterloo, Iowa and placed in storage. 
While still in storage, it was again offered for sale and was purchased by the
Vereinige Deutschsprachige Kirche (German U.C.C.) of Seattle through the Organ
Clearing House of Harrisville, New Hampshire. It was installed by Randall J. McCarty, organist of the church, and replaced an electronic substitute. Mr.
McCarty had to narrow the case and alter the facade. The 8' Aeoline was also
replaced with a 4' Principal from a Hinners built for a church in Spokane,
Washington. The drawknobs are still labeled as Aeoline Bass and Aeoline Treble.

The 12 bass notes of the 8' Viola d'Gamba are grooved from the 8' Liebl Gedackt
Bass. The 8' Open Diapason is the only non-expressive manual rank. It has 27
zinc basses, 19 of which are in the facade and operated by tubular-pneumatic
action.


Sources: Hinners opus list; 1981 OHS Convention Handbook; JRS; extant organ


German United Church of Christ
1107 E. Howell
Seattle, WA. 98122                           Documented: July, 1992