PSTOS - Sprague Residence, Seattle Washington

Sprague Residence - 3/28 hybrid
Seattle, Washington
Organ installation timeframe: 1931 -

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Hollister Sprague's residence organ was installed in 1931-1933 by Balcom & Vaughan. It included a combination of parts from several instruments including:

Estey (opus 3001) purchased new by Mr. Sprague in 1931 and installed in the main house.

2/10 Estey (opus 2277) from the Irvington Theatre in Portland

2/5 Wurlitzer (opus 387) from the Liberty (A.H. Hilton, Ike Bernard) Theatre in Lewiston, Idaho.

The organ included other new Gottfried parts, many used parts and was controlled by a large, three-manual Kilgen console with eleven hand-carved panels.

The organ had three chamber areas:

Estey chests and pipework

Additional Wurlitzer, Gottfried pipework and percussions

Echo chamber located above a large stone fireplace