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Heathman Hotel - 2/9 Leathurby-Smith
Park and Salmon Sts.
Portland, Oregon
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The original Heathman Hotel 2/9 console
There were two Heathman Hotels located within two blocks of each other in downtown Portland:
The original Heathman Hotel opened in 1926. It had a 2/9 Leathurby-Smith theatre organ in the lobby.
The "New" Heathman Hotel opened in 1927. The hotel itself did not have an organ, but radio station KOIN, located on the mezzanine level, had a 3/6 Robert Morton installed in its studio.
Lobby of the original Heathman Hotel, organ console visable at right
The two-manual, nine rank designation for the Leathurby-Smith disagrees somewhat with the Junchen opus listing which shows only a 5 rank instrument. The stoplist shown below (taken directly from the console) shows nine ranks. It is possible that the instrument was upgraded after the initial install.
Similar instruments were installed at the Roseway Theatre
and the Laurelhurst Theatre.
The Heathman organ went to an Episcopal church in Mt. Angel, Oregon. The original console
was sold to a private party. Its current status is unknown. The remainder of the organ was
involved in a fire at the church and was removed, being replaced by a Rodgers
pipe-combination. |
Postcard view of the original Heathman |
The 3HP Spencer Orgoblo blower survived the fire because it was installed quite a distance from the chamber. It is now owned by Tom Blackwell of Seattle.
The instrument had unique labels for the two expression pedals: "Lobby" and "Dining Room".
It is unclear whether there were two chambers or just two sets of shutters.
Heathman Hotel Stop List
Two manuals, 9 ranks, 72 stops, 633 pipes
Pedal
16 Bourdon
8 Bass Flute
8 Open Diapason
8 Cello
8 Clarinet
8 Tibia Clausa
8 Tuba
4 Octave
Chimes
Pedal 2nd Touch
Kettle Drum
Bass Drum
Cymbals
Crash Cymbal
Expression
Lobby
Dining Room
Crescendo |
Accompaniment
16 Bourdon
8 Concert Flute
8 Open Diapason
8 Tibia Clausa
8 Viol d'Orchestre
8 Violin Celeste
8 Tuba
8 Clarinet
8 Oboe (Syn)
8 Kinura
8 Vox Humana
4 Tibia Clausa
4 Octave
4 Viol d'Orchestre
4 Violin Celeste
4 Harmonic Flute
2-2/3 Twelfth
2 Piccolo
Glockenspiel
Xylophone
Orchestra Bells
Accomp. 2nd Touch
8 Open Diapason
8 Clarinet
8 Tibia Clausa
Percussions 2nd Touch
Snare Drum
Tambourine
Castanets
Tom Tom
Chinese Block |
Solo
16 Bourdon
8 Tuba
8 Diapason Phonon
8 Concert Flute
8 Kinura
8 Tibia Clausa
8 Clarinet
8 Viol d'Orchestre
8 Viol Celeste
8 Vox Humana
8 Oboe (Syn)
4 Principal
4 Harmonic Flute
4 Violin
4 Violin Celeste
4 Tibia
2-2/3 Twelfth
2 Piccolo
Xylophone
Solo Chimes
Orchestra Bells
Glockenspiel
Tremolo
Solo to Solo 16
Solo to Solo 8
Solo 2nd Touch
8 Open Diapason
8 Clarinet
8 Tibia Clausa |
The New Heathman Hotel still exists - it is now named simply
the "Heathman Hotel."
Heathman Hotel, c.1999
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