Mercer Island Presbyterian
Mercer Island, Washington

1968, Schlicker

NOTES

The organ is free-standing atop a pedestal bass. This pedestal holds the chest and
pipes, junction boards, blower, regulator, and rectifier. The detached console
contains the stop switching.

All of the metal pipes are of spotted metal. The 2' Rohrfloete is a chimney flute
and has some cone-tuned trebles. The Gedeckt is entirely of wood. The Pedal 16'
Untersatz extension is a unique Schlicker feature. It is built essentially of two
sheets of voidless plywood - a front and a back. Divider partitions separate each
"pipe." The mouths face to the rear and have an ornamental false front. This is in
two diatonic, 6-note units. The tallest pipes are mitred over the shorter pipes.

The Pedal II Rausch Pfeife was added after the original purchase. It is completely
derived from the 4' Octave (unisons) and 2' Rohrfloete (quints). It is not known
what individual or firm added this stop nor when.

The organ was originally installed on the elevated ledge at the east end of the
contemporary sanctuary. It has occupied several different positions in the room over
the years.

It was replaced in 2005 with a new instrument assembled by the Pipe Organ
Foundation. The Schlicker was taken in trade by the Foundation and was reinstalled
at Faith Lutheran of Seattle in April of 2005 by the Pipe Organ Foundation and Clint
Meadway. It is meant as a temporary installation, and the Founation is seeking a
larger, used instrument to install at Faith Lutheran.


Documented June 12, 1992. Confirmed and updated March, 2005 - James R. Stettner.