Bigelow & Co. Organ Builders, American Fork, Utah, has installed their Opus 45 at The Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Seattle, Washington.
Bigelow Opus 45 was originally built as Opus 31 for Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC). When LSTC sold their building in 2022, Bigelow brokered the sale of Opus 31 to Blessed Sacrament Church, Seattle, Washington.
The new organ comprises 32 stops, 32 ranks, 1,720 pipes across two manuals and pedal.
Opus 45 is featured on the cover of the October 2025 issue of The Diapason:
https://www.thediapason.com/content/cover-feature-bigelow-co-opus-3145
https://www.thediapason.com/sites/diapason/files/Diap1025_FullIssue.pdf
Michael Plagerman, DMA, ChM, is Director of Sacred Music at The Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Seattle.
Builder’s website: www.bigeloworgans.com
Church’s website: www.blessed-sacrament.org
On the video Naomi Bernstein plays music of Buxtehude and Bach.
Buxtehude, Komm, heiliger Geist, Herre Gott, BuxWV199.
Bach, Nun komm, her Heiden Heiland, BWV 659, 660.
