Return to PSTOS Home Page
Welcome to PSTOS

Royal Theatre - 2/4 Wicks
Seattle, Washington
Organ installation timeframe: 1926 - ?
 
Back to the Washington Original Theatre Installations page

The Royal Theatre had a 2/4 Wicks, opus 659 installed in 1926. It was one of the Wicks Special Style 65 Orchestral organs. The four ranks were: Horn Diapason, Flute, Violin, and Vox Humana.
 
Records show that organist Emma L. Barry played at the Royal in 1927.

According to Jim Stettner, the instrument was later acquired for a private residence, and was most recently donated to the Seattle based Pipe Organ Foundation. The chest, and some of the pipes, are now in-use at the "new" organ the Foundation has assembled for Mercer Island Presbyterian Church.
 
Stoplist from the original Wicks documents, courtesy Jim Stettner 2005
 
Acomp  ( I  -  enclosed)

8     Horn Diapason
8     Concert Flute
8     Viola
8     Vox Humana
4     Horn Principal
4     Orchestral Flute
4     Violina
2     Flageolet
       Vibrato
       Snare Drum
       Triangle
       Tambourine
       Castanets
       Tom Tom
       Wood Drum
       Bird Whistle
 
 
Solo  ( II  -  enclosed)
8     Horn Principal
8     Concert Flute
8     Violin
8     Vox Humana
4     Orchestral Flute
4     Violina
4     Vox Humana
2     Piccolo
       Vibrato
       Xylophone
       Chimes
 

Pedal  (Enclosed)
16   Bss Flute
8     Horn
8     Flute
8     Cello
8     Vox Humana
4     Orchestral Diapason
       Chimes
       Bass Drum
       Snare Drum
       Cymbal
       Timpani
       Triangle

 
Pipe Summary

Horn Diapason                 Concert Flute                 Violin                             Vox Humana
73 pipes                         97 pipes                        73 pipes                         73 pipes


Pedal Movements
Expression              (balanced)
Crescendo              (balanced)


Action:  Direct-Electric

Voices:  4

Stops:  40; inc. chimes, xylophone, and percussions

Ranks:  4

Pipes:  316


Notes
The chimes were 20 notes from tenor A thru e 41.  The Xylophone was 37 notes from tenor C thru c 49.  All of the other percussion stops played for 37 notes on the manuals, and for 18 notes on the Pedal: CCC thru FF.

All percussion and sound effects were available as both stop tablets and toe studs.

The installation was completed on July 22, 1926

 


About this site© PSTOS, 1998-2014