Seattle, Washington
University Lutheran Church - Chapel

HINNERS ORGAN CO., Opus ____, 1920's
Balcom and Vaughan, Opus 435, 1946 - “Installation in Old Church”
Balcom and Vaughan, Opus 480, 1949 - “Add Combinations” 
Balcom and Vaughan, Opus 435A, 1968 - “Move/Re-install in Chapel”
          
         
GREAT (Expressive)                           COUPLERS
   8'  Open Diapason                61          Swell to Pedal                  8
   8'  Melodia                      61          Great to Pedal                  8,4
   8'  Dulciana                     61
       Tremolo                                  Swell to Great               16,8,4

   Great 16'
   Unison Off                                FINGER PISTONS
   Great 4'                                     Swell & Pedal                 1 - 3
                                                Great & Pedal                 1 - 3

SWELL (Expressive)
   8'  Stopped Flute                61       TOE STUDS
   8'  Salicional                   61          General                       1 – 3
   8'  Voix Celeste           (tc)  49
   4'  Harmonic Flute               61
       Tremolo                               PEDAL MOVEMENTS
       Chimes                                   Expression                   (bal.)
                                                Crescendo                    (bal.)
   Swell 16'
   Unison Off
   Swell 4'


PEDAL (Expressive)
   16' Bourdon                      32
   16' Lieblich Gedeckt             –-
   8'  Flute                        12


ACTION: E-P ventil      VOICES: 8       STOPS: 10       RANKS: 8       PIPES: 459


NOTES
This organ was originally built for the Congregational Church in Forest Grove, Oregon.
When they got a new M.P. Möller pipe organ in 1944, the Hinners was made available.

It was installed in the old edifice of University Lutheran without tonal changes in
1946 by Balcom and Vaughan as their opus 435. In 1949, Balcom and Vaughan provided a
new stop rail and a minimal combination action as their opus 480. Then in 1968, the
Hinners was moved to the chapel of the new church by Balcom and Vaughan and installed
in side-by-side formation in a single long chamber along the right wall of the chapel.
The console was placed at the front with the organist facing across the chapel.  The
chimes were a console preparation only.

About 2007, the organ was having problems and the windchests were found to have dry rot.
Rather than repair the organ with new windchests, the church opted to give it to the Pipe
Organ Foundation of Mercer Island. The windchests were discarded. The pipework was taken,
and the disposition of the console is uncertain.

The 8' Open Diapason rank was used in an organ provided by the Foundation for Blessed
Seelos Catholic Church in New Orleans, LA. It became the Pedal 8' Open Diapason and 4'
Choral Bass unit.

Sources: Eugene M. Nye compilation; JRS; extant organ

 [Received from James R. Stettner 2016-06-14.]