1050-04-02 - Organ and Chorus (Archival photograph submitted by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2005-01-08 - Information identifying this instrument from the Austin Organs, Inc. web site, accessed December 31, 2004: http://www.austinorgans.com/organ-research.htm. -Database Manager
2008-01-30 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- This was essentially the electrification on new Austin chests of the church's existing 1907 Estey, Opus 447. The entire organ was under common expression. Most of the Estey pipework was retained. The original Estey Swell 8' Stopped Diapason was the only "unified" manual rank, utilizing 1-12 of the Estey 16' Bourdon as the bass extension, and unknown trebles or the 4' Flute d'Amour extension -- making a 16-8-4 unit. The rest of the Swell was straight. The original Estey Pedal 16' Bourdon was extended with 14 pipes to play at 16' & 8' with a 32-note compass. The organ was acquired by a family who moved to North Bend, Washington. It was placed in a storage facility with the hope of installing it in their home. In late 2007, they offered the organ to the Pipe Organ Foundation who took five selected ranks. Jim Stettner dba Puget Sound Pipe Organs took the remaining seven manual ranks to augment another electrified Estey in Seattle. And Clint Meadway took the 44-pipe Pedal 16'/8' Bourdon unit for use in an organ in Port Townsend, Washington. The Austin console and chests are all that remain. -Database Manager
2008-03-28 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The remaining windchests and console will be picked-up from storage this Friday, 3/28/08 and delivered to Wallingford Presbyterian in Seattle where they will be used to rebuild that church's electrified Estey in a new location within the sanctuary. -Database Manager
2012-09-28 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The failing economy caused Wallingford Presbyterian to not pursue combining this organ with their existing Estey/Balcom and Vaughan organ. It was removed by Puget Sound Pipe Organs of Seattle in early 2012 and is in storage in their shop on Camano Island. -Database Manager
Stoplist copied from the console November 2011 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Winfield, Kansas
First Methodist Church
AUSTIN ORGANS, Inc., Opus 2083, 1946 - Original Specifications
GREAT (Expressive) COUPLERS
8’ Open Diapason 73 Swell to Pedal 8,4
8’ Melodia 73 Great to Pedal 8,4
8’ Dulciana 73
4’ Octave 73 Swell to Great 16,8,4
4’ Harmonic Flute 73
Chimes
FINGER PISTONS
Great to Great 16' General 1 - 8
Great Unison On Swell 1 - 8
Great to Great 4' Great 1 - 8
SWELL (Expressive) TOE STUDS
16’ Bourdon 12 General 9 - 12
8’ Violin Diapason 73 Great to Ped Rev (rev)
8’ Rohr Flute 61 Swell to Ped Rev (rev)
8’ Salicional 73 Sforz (rev)
8’ Voix Celeste (tc) 61
8’ Aeoline 73
4’ Flute d’Amour 12 PEDAL MOVEMENTS
8’ Oboe 73 Sw/Gt Expression (bal.)
Tremolo Crescendo (bal.)
Swell to Swell 16’
Swell Unison On
Swell to Swell 4’
PEDAL
16’ Bourdon 32
16’ Lieblich Gedeckt (Sw) --
8’ Octave Flute 12
ACTION: E-P Primary (Austin Universal™)
VOICES: 12 STOPS: 17; inc. chimes
RANKS: 12 PIPES: 847
NOTES
This was a rebuild of Estey Opus 447, 1907. Almost all of the original Estey pipework was
retained and placed on a common, new Austin universal windchest under expression within the
original Estey case.
All of the existing ranks had 12 new trebles added to increase their compass to 73-notes.
The original Swell 8’ Stopped Diapason was unified by adding both a 12-pipe treble extension
and using the first 12 pipes of the original 16’ Swell Bourdon as a bass extension. The chest
was fitted with an E-P pull-down rail.
The organ was replaced by a new Reuter in 2002 and was listed on eBay. The ad was seen by
Washington State resident McCollum who flew to Winfield to examine and hear the organ prior
to its dismantling to see if he wanted to buy the organ for his home - which he did. He was
assured that the removal crew would dismantle and pack the organ for shipping. When it arrived
in WA. State, the metal pipes had been bundled together in groups and strapped together with
tape. The pipes were badly dented and ears folded-in over the pipes. The organ was placed in
storage and remained there until 2008 when it was donated to the Pipe Organ Foundation of Mercer
Island, WA.
The POF decided to only take 4 ranks of the pipes: the Great 8’ Open Diapason and 4’ Octave; the
Swell unified 16-8-4 stopped flute and 8’ Oboe; and the expression shutters. The Pedal 16’ Bourdon
was taken by organ technician Clinton B. Meadway of Monroe, WA. for an organ at Trinity United
Methodist in Port Townsend, WA. The rest of the organ: windchests, pipes, and console were accepted
as a gift by Wallingford Presbyterian Church in Seattle, WA. with the hopes of combining it with
their existing, electrified Estey.
Sources: Estey opus list; extant, stored organ in North Bend, WA.
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