2020-12-12 - Proposal drawing by William J. Bunch, President of Balcom and Vaughan. The completed organ did not feature any exposed pipework. (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2005-07-18 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Electric key action. 951 pipes. Organ built with perflex pouches. Releathered by builder in 1993. Swell Vox Humana rank donated to the church by B & V president, William J. Bunch. Church address: 801 Lake Washington Blvd. NE Bellevue, WA. 98009 -Database Manager
2007-06-27 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager
Stoplist copied from the console April 30, 1993 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Bellevue, Washington
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Balcom and Vaughan Pipe Organs, Inc., Opus 826, 1977 - Original Specifications
GREAT (Expressive) COUPLERS
8 Principal 61 Swell to Pedal 8
8 Gedeckt 61 Great to Pedal 8
8 Erzähler (tc) 49
8 Erzähler Celeste (tc) 49 Swell to Great 16,8,4
4 Octave 61
4 Gedeckt 12
2 Super Octave 12 FINGER PISTONS
1-1/3 Larigot (Sw) -- General 1 - 8
II Mixture 2' [15-19] 122 Swell 1 - 8
8 Hautbois (Sw) -- Sw. to Ped. (rev)
Tremulant Great 1 - 8
Chimes (Maas; 22-42) (21) Gt. to Ped. (rev)
Cymbelstern (04) Pedal 1 - 4
To Set
Great to Great 4' Cancel
SWELL (Expressive)
8 Rohr Flöte 61 TOE STUDS
8 Viola Pomposa 61 General 1 - 8
8 Viola Celeste (tc) 49 Gt. to Ped. (rev)
8 Erzähler Celeste II (Gt) --
4 Principal 61
4 Rohr Flöte 12 PEDAL MOVEMENTS
2-2/3 Nasat 73 Swell Expression (bal.)
2 Rohr Flöte 12 Great Expression (bal.)
1-3/5 Terz (tc) 49 Crescendo (bal.)
8 Hautbois 61
8 Vox Humana 61
Tremulant
blank tablet
Swell to Swell 16'
Swell Unison Off
Swell to Swell 4'
PEDAL
16 Viola (Sw) 12
16 Gedeckt Bass (Gt) 12 ACTION: E-P unit
8 Principal (Gt) --
8 Viola Pomposa (Sw) -- VOICES: 14
8 Gedeckt (Gt) --
4 Choral Bass (Gt) -- STOPS: 33; inc. chimes &
4 Rohr Flöte (Sw) -- cymbelstern
2 Octavin (Gt) --
blank tablet RANKS: 15
8 Hautbois (Sw) --
4 Hautbois (Sw) -- PIPES: 951
NOTES
The Great 8' Erzähler borrows its first 12 notes from the 8' Gedeckt.
The Swell 8' Vox Humana was given to the church as a gift by then
Balcom and Vaughan President William J. Bunch. It was used pipes of
undocumented provenance.
The Kilgen-style E-P unit windchests had been built with Perflex. The
churhc had contracted a Vancouver, B.C. organ technician to replace
the Perflex in the Great division. In 1993, Balcom and Vaughan completed
the Perflex replacement in the rest of the organ. At that time, they
discovered that the Vancouver, B.C. organ technician had cut the wires
to the II Mixture chest. Although the pouchboards were re-covered, he
left the chest unsoldered and the pipes were left in storage in the
basement of the church. The Great Cymbelstern was also found to be not
functioning, and several notes in the repair log at the console stated
that it could not be fixed. Balcom and Vaughan re-soldered the wires,
re-installed the Mixture pipes, and repaired the Cymbelstern.
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