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Building/Room: Thomsen Chapel
Paul Fritts & Co., Organbuilders (2003, Opus 22).
Current Status: extant, unaltered. (Last update 2009-08-09.)
2 manuals. 2 divisions. 18 stops. 17 ranks. 14 registers. 950 pipes. 56-note manuals. 30-note pedals.
Slider chests. Suspended mechanical key action. Mechanical stop action.
The organ is in a gallery-level case at the rear of the room.
Traditional style console. Attached keydesk. Drawknobs in vertical rows on flat jambs. Balanced swell shoes/pedals. No combination action. Flat straight pedalboard.
Additional notes.
- Identified through information from the builder's web site. (Database Manager. 2005-11-05)
- Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ is free-standing in a small rear gallery where the previous Möller chamber used to be. It is housed in an oak case with carved pipe shades. The facade is five-sectional. Front pipes are of burnished tin. Tremulant is variable. Stone gallery rail had to be notched-out to make room for performer! (Database Manager. 2007-04-30)
- Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. (Database Manager. 2007-06-13)
- Updated through on-line information from Jude Fritts. (Database Manager. 2009-06-08)
- Updated through on-line information from Jude Fritts. (Database Manager. 2009-08-09)
Photographs.

Thumbnail image. Click to enlarge.	Organ gallery. Photograph by Jim Cook. 2008-07-14.
Thumbnail image. Click to enlarge.	Thomsen chapel exterior. Photograph by Michael A. Way. 2009-07-26.
Thumbnail image. Click to enlarge.	Upper case as seen from the floor. Photograph by Michael A. Way. 2009-07-26.
Thumbnail image. Click to enlarge.	Lower case with manuals and stop controls. Photograph by Michael A. Way. 2009-07-26.
Thumbnail image. Click to enlarge.	Left stopjamb. Photograph by Michael A. Way. 2009-07-26.
Thumbnail image. Click to enlarge.	Right stopjamb. Photograph by Michael A. Way. 2009-07-26.
Thumbnail image. Click to enlarge.	Pedal pipes behind the case. Photograph by Michael A. Way. 2009-07-26.

Bibliography.
- Dahl, David. "St. Mark's Cathedral, Seattle," Seattle Organ Atlas 2008 (pp. 44-49). [Stoplists]
Related web sites. (Selected sites will open in a new window or tab.)
- St. Mark's Cathedral [Builder's Web Site]. Photograph, stoplist.[Last accessed 2005-11-05.]
- Jude Fritts - Wood Carving & Wood Carved Sculpture. Photographs.[Last accessed 2009-06-08.]
- Jude Fritts - Wood Carving & Wood Carved Sculpture [St. Marks page]. Photographs of carvings.[Last accessed 2009-08-09.]

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St. Mark's Cathedral (Episcopal)
1245 10th Ave. E.
Seattle, Washington 98102

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1245 10th Ave. E.
Seattle, Washington 98102