2005-06-24 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ was originally built for the Cheerio (Stradley) Theatre atop Queen Anne Hill in Seattle. It was only there for six years before being relocated to the First Methodist Church in Aberdeen by Balcom & Vaughan of Seattle in 1930 and installed "as is" minus the percussions and toys - save for the retained chimes. The organ was moved to the present edifice and reinstalled by organ technician Richard Warburton of Seattle in 19?? -Database Manager
2006-06-11 - Updated through online information from Jim Stettner. -Database Manager
2007-05-05 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager
2008-06-23 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager
2014-01-21 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager
Stoplist copied from the console December 17, 1992 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Aberdeen, Washington
First United Methodist Church
W.W. KIMBALL CO., Opus 6805, 1925
Balcom and Provorse, 1930 - Move & Re-install
Richard Warburton, 19__ - Move & Re-install
ACCOMP. (Expressive) SOLO (Expressive) PEDAL (Expressive)
16 Vox Humana 16 Diapason 32 Acoustic Bass
8 Diapason 16 Contra Tibia Clausa 16 Bourdon
8 Tibia Clausa 16 Contre Viole 8 Diapason
8 Violin 16 Bourdon 8 Tibia Clausa
8 Vox Humana 8 Diapason 8 Violin
8 Flute 8 Tibia Clausa 8 Flute
4 Violin 8 Violin 4 Violin
4 Vox Humana 8 Oboe missing tablet
4 Forest Flute 8 Vox Humana missing tablet
2-2/3 Nazard 8 Flute missing tablet
2 Piccolo 4 Octave missing tablet
8 Chimes 4 Tibia Flute missing tablet
missing tablet 4 Violin missing tablet
missing tablet 4 Vox Humana missing tablet
missing tablet 4 Forest Flute
missing tablet 2-2/3 Nazard
missing tablet 2 Piccolo
missing tablet 1-3/5 Tierce
missing tablet Cathedral Chimes
missing tablet
STOP / RANK / PIPE ANALYSIS
32 Acoustic Bass (Ped) –- From 16' Bourdon. 1-12 resultant.
16 Diapason (So) –- Tenor C. From 8' Diapason.
16 Contra Tibia Clausa (So) –- Tenor C. From 8' Tibia Clausa.
16 Contra Viole (So) –- Tenor C. From 8' Violin.
16 Vox Humana (Acc) –- Tenor C. From 8' Vox Humana.
16 Bourdon (So/Ped) 12 Extension of 8' Flute. Tenor C on Solo.
8 Diapason (Acc/So/Ped) 61
8 Tibia Clausa (Acc/So/Ped) 61
8 Violin (Acc/So/Ped) 61
8 Oboe (So) –- Synthetic. From 8' Violin & 2⅔' Nazard.
8 Vox Humana (Acc/So) 61
8 Flute (Acc/So/Ped) 61
4 Octave (So) 12 Extension of 8' Diapason.
4 Tibia Flute (So) 12 Extension of 8' Tibia Clausa.
4 Violin (Acc/So/Ped) 12 Extension of 8' Violin.
4 Vox Humana (Acc/So) 12 Extension of 8' Vox Humana.
4 Forest Flute (Acc/So) 12 Extension of 8' Flute.
2-2/3 Nazard (Acc/So) 7 Extension of 8' Flute.
2 Piccolo (Acc/So) 5 Extension of 8' Flute.
1-3/5 Tierce (So) 4 Extension of 8' Flute.
Chimes (Acc) (25) Deagan. Compass: tenor G thru g 44.
Cathedral Chimes (So) Same as Accomp. Chimes
PIPE SUMMARY
Diapason Tibia Clausa Violin Vox Humana Flute
73 pipes 73 pipes 73 pipes 73 pipes 101 pipes
FINGER PISTONS TOE STUDS
General 1 – 4 Pedal 1 – 3
Solo & Pedal 0,1 – 5 missing
missing
Accomp & Pedal 0,1 – 5 missing
missing
missing
COUPLERS
None FOOT LEVERS
Sforzando (rev)
missing
missing
TREMS missing
Main Vibrato
Vox Vibrato
PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Expression (bal.)
ACTION: E-P unit VOICES: 5 STOPS: 38; inc. chimes RANKS: 5 PIPES: 393
NOTES
This organ was originally built for the Cheerio (Stradley) Theatre in Queen Anne /
Seattle, Washington. It was installed by Sandy Balcom in 1925. A scant five years
later it was removed from the theatre and re-installed at First Methodist Church
at First & F Streets (sans percussions) by Balcom and Provorse of Seattle. It was
later relocated to the new (and present) church edifice by Richard Warburton.
The 8 missing tablets on the Accomp. were likely percussion stops. The 7 missing
tablets on the Pedal were likely three 1st Touch traps and four 2nd Touch traps.
Sources: Kimball opus list; Balcom and Vaughan opus list; JRS; extant organ
[Received from James R. Stettner 2014-01-19.]Regrettably, it is not possible to display the information about the sponsor of this pipeorgandatabase entry or if there is a sponsor. Please see About Sponsors on Pipe Organ Database.