Michael Korchonoff Opus 1 (1997)

Images

1998-10-13 - Chapel interior with organ (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1998-10-13 - Organ case at the front (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1998-10-13 - Organ case from right side (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1998-10-13 - Organ case with front doors open (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1998-10-13 - Left stopjamb (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1998-10-13 - Right stopjamb (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1998-10-13 - Pedal 8' Flute behind the case (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Notes

2005-07-18 - Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- 242 pipes. Drawknobs project from the case on either side of the manuals. This organ was originally built by the builder for his home in Roy, WA. It was purchased by the Bellevue church for $40,000.00, and placed in the front, left corner of the chapel. -Database Manager

2006-10-16 - Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

2006-12-01 - Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

2020-12-12 - When the congregation built their new (present) facility, the chapel Korchinoff instrument was sold. It's subsequent placement is not presently known. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the keydesk October 13, 1998 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Bellevue, Washington First Congregational Church, U.C.C. Michael Korchonoff, Opus I, 1997 - Original Specifications MANUAL (54 notes) 8 Bourdon 54 4 Prestant 54 In side facades. 2-2/3 Nasard 30 Descant. 2 Flûte 54 Tremblant PEDAL (27 notes) 8 Flûte 27 Open wood. 8 Régale 27 Inside pedestal base. Souffliere [wind] ACTION: Suspended mechanical key & mechanical stop VOICES: 6 STOPS: 6 RANKS: 6 PIPES: 242 NOTES The organ is free-standing and housed in a case of quarter-sawn oak. The finish is hand-rubbed, tung oil varnish. The front of the case is enclosed with hinged doors which have Fleur-de-lis cut-outs for tonal egress. The music rack is designed to be removed by sliding it up out of its center track which then allows the doors to be opened. The pedalboard is flat and parallel. The pedal keys are of maple with ebony caps. The manual keys are covered in satinwood and ebony. The stop labels are hand-written on parchment. The drawknobs are of turned ebony. The wind pressure is 50 mm. (2\"). The 8' Bourdon pipes are mitred in the bass octave to fit into the compact case, with several pipes on the ceiling of the case. Pipes 19-54 are common metal chimney flutes with soldered caps. The first eight pipes of the 4' Praestant are of open wood. Pipes 9-16 are diatonically divided with eight pipes in each of the side facades. The 2-2/3 Nasard is a descant stop from tenor C. Both the Nasard and the 2' Flûte are tapered. The metal pipework is of 97% hammered lead. The pedal chest is located inside the lower case. The 8' Régale is entirely atop the chest. The 8' Flûte is of open wood and quite thin-walled. The first four notes are borrowed from the manual 8' Bourdon. Pipes 5-27 are located behind the case on an unenclosed chest with each pipe atop its own wind channel. The wind is conveyed from the slider chest to the wind channels on the external chest by flexible wind ducts. The blower, bellows, and Tremblant are also enclosed inside the lower case. The windline to the Pedal chest is 2\" in diamater. The windline to the manual windchest is 3\" in diameter. The organ was originally placed in the builder's home in Roy, WA, but was later offered for sale through The American Organist and the Newsletter of the Seattle Chapter of the AGO. It was purchased by First Congregational church of Bellevue, WA for $40,000.00, and placed in the front, left corner of the chapel. See The American Organist, January 1998, Vol. 32, No. 1, page 71 for a picture and description. [Received from James R. Stettner 2010-12-27.]

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