1992-12-16 - Console (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
1992-12-16 - Pipes (l-r) 8' Vox Humana, 8' V D Orch, and 8' Flute (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
2005-06-24 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Organ originally installed for Kilgen by Balcom & Provorse (predecessors to Balcom & Vaughan). -Database Manager
2006-06-11 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner -Database Manager
2008-06-23 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager
2017-11-24 - Updated by James R. Stettner, listing this web site as a source of information: https://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/msg/d/pipe-organ/6381699108.html. <br> The Whiteside Family, who had operated this and two other area funeral homes, continued operating after their license had expired in January, 2015. By mid-2015, they closed and locked the doors and walked away. About 180 urns with human remains dating back as far as the 1920s were left behind. The organ is presently (November, 2017) listed for sale on Seattle--->Tacoma Craigslist for $25,000.00!!! I intend to write the seller and bring him some reality about the instrument's worth. It was originally purchased for $2,700.00!!! -Database Manager
Stoplist copied from the console December 16, 1992 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Aberdeen, Washington
Whiteside Funeral Home
KILGEN ORGAN - Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc., Opus ____, 1930 - Original Specifications
Balcom and Provorse - Installation
ACCOMP (I – Expressive) (SOLO (II – Expressive) PEDAL (Expressive)
8 V D Orch 16 Bourd 16 Bour
8 Flute 8 V D Orch 8 Cello
8 Vox Hum 8 Flute 8 Flute
8 Aeoline 8 Vox Hum 4 Flute
4 Salic 8 Aeoline blank yellow tab
4 Flute 4 Salic blank yellow tab
Chimes 4 Flute blank yellow tab
[2] Harp 4 Vox Hum
blank yellow tab 2 Picco
blank yellow tab Chimes
[2] Harp
Gen Trem
STOP / RANK / PIPE ANALYSIS
16 Bourd (So) 12 Extension of 8 Flute.
16 Bour (Ped) –- Same as 16 Bourd.
8 V D Orch (Acc/So) 61
8 Cello (Ped) –- Same as 8 V D Orch.
8 Flute (Acc/So/Ped) 61
8 Vox Hum (Acc/So) 49 Tenor C.
8 Aeoline (Acc/So) 49 Tenor C. Bottom 8ve from V D Orch.
4 Salic (Acc/So) 12 Extension of 8 V D Orch.
4 Flute (Acc/So/Ped) 12 Extension of 8 Flute.
4 Vox Hum (So) 12 Extension of 8 Vox Hum.
2 Picco (So) 12 Extension of 8 Flute
Chimes (Acc/So) (18) Mayland: middle C – f 42. Wurlitzer action.
[2] Harp (Acc/So) (37) Kohler-Lieblich. Tenor C – c 49.
Gen Trem (So) Affects entire instrument.
PIPE SUMMARY
V D Orch Flute Vox Hum Aeoline
73 pipes 97 pipes 61 pipes 49 pipes
PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Expression (bal.)
ACTION: E-P unit VOICES: 4 STOPS: 23 RANKS: 4 PIPES: 280
(inc. harp)
(& chimes)
NOTES
This organ was originally installed for Kilgen by Balcom and Provorse of Seattle, WA.
Writing on the wall of the chamber reads as follows:
Kilgen * Unit
Chapel * Organ
Installed * May, 1930.
Balcom * Provorse
Organ * Engineers
Frank * Rasor * asst.
Warren * Webb
The organ has an interesting array of colored stoptablets. Flute stops and the Aeoline
have white tablets. The Vox Hum has red tablets. The V D Orch/Salic has blue tablets.
And the percussions have yellow tablets. The console is horseshoe shaped. The blower
and Tremolo are in the basement which renders the tremolo rather ineffectual by virtue
of its distance from the regulator.
Sources: Balcom & Vaughan opus list; JRS; extant organ
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