The organ in the church balcony was built in 1890 by W.K. Adams' Sons, a small firm in Providence, RI. It has served at least two other churches and was restored in 1985 and installed here by Richard Bond Organbuilders of Portland.

At that time the facade was altered to fit with the rose window, a 3 rank mixture was added, and the original Swell 4' Violina was rescaled to a 2' Piccolo. It now comprises 16 ranks on 2 manuals and pedal.

The organ is highly versatile and musical - one of the best examples of historic American organ building in the Northwest. It is a special and rare instrument because of its long history, and because it utilizes mechanical (“tracker”) action to control the pipes. This sort of action is the most sensitive and most reliable way to build an organ. Our organ will still be leading praises when the 22^nd century opens!

The Sohmer grand piano was built in 1924 and purchased in 1989 as a memorial to Dr. James O'Banion. The O'Banions were part of the St. Luke's family for decades. On December 6, 1931, Jim, then a 13-year-old acolyte at St. Luke's, happened to be on hand when fire broke out in our second building at 8^th and C Streets. He frantically helped save some of the furnishings from the burning building – the bishop's chair that he carried to safety is still used in the present church.

The Mason & Hamlin Melodeon (reed organ) was probably built in 1868, and was played in St. Luke's first building by Kate Fauble Hardin. When a new building was built in 1873, a new organ was also purchased, and the Melodeon was given to Miss Fauble. It passed to her nephew, Mr. Richard Fauble, who donated it back to the church in 1992.

Our set of 37 Petit and Fritsen handbells was made in Holland. Dutch bells have a richer, more complex tone color than American handbells common in this country – more like a tower carillon. Generous donations made it possible for St. Luke's to purchase them, and they were blessed on Pentecost Sunday, 2006. They are played frequently in worship by our Handbell Choir.

Any description of our handbells would be incomplete without a word about Dick McNamara (at left). He was an active member of St. Luke's, and he decided in 2005 that the church would have a set of handbells. (When Dick decided something was going to happen, it tended to happen.) He took the lead in raising money, and in only a few weeks, we were able to buy a set of bells that had luckily come on the market.

Although weakened by his battle with cancer, Dick rehearsed and rang with the Handbell Choir the first time the bells were heard in worship, on Easter Sunday, 2006. He died eight days later – he is affectionately remembered and greatly missed at St. Luke's.

Our harpsichord was donated by church member Bill Rawson in 1973. Not content with merely giving money, Bill made the instrument by hand from a kit by Zuckerman Harpsichords. (The instrument is one of their “small Flemish” designs, with one register at 8' and one at 4'.) Bill's love and hard work lives on to beautify our worship today.