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Balcom and Vaughan Pipe Organs, Inc. Opus 769 (1968)

First Presbyterian Church: Old Church now Chapel
Bellevue, WA

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
2 manuals
21 stops
30 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

2005-07-18 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- -Database Manager

2008-05-31 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ was sold to Our Saviour's Lutheran in Stanwood, WA and is scheduled to be installed there sometime in the 2nd half of 2008. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from James R. Stettner Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Bellevue, Washington
First Presbyterian
Chapel

Balcom and Vaughan Pipe Organs, Inc.
Seattle, Washington
Opus 769       1968


GREAT                                 COUPLERS
8'     Principal              61      Swell to Pedal         8,4
4'     Octave                 61      Great to Pedal         8
2'     Super Octave           61      Enc. Great to Pedal    8
III-IV Mixture 1-1/3'        244
8'     Hautbois         (Sw)  --      Swell to Great      16,8,4
       Chimes                (21)
                                      Enc. Great to Swell    8
1 blank tablet

                                      FINGER PISTONS
EXPRESSIVE GREAT                      General              1 - 6
8'     Gedackt                61      Swell                1 - 4
8'     Kleine Erzahler        61        Sw. to Ped.        (rev)
4'     Spill Flote            61        Sw. to Gt.         (rev)
       Tremulant                      Great                1 - 4
                                        Gt. to Ped.        (rev)
Enc. Great Unison Off                 Pedal                1 - 4
Enc. Great to Great 4'                Set
                                      Cancel

SWELL (Expressive)
8'     Rohr Flote             68      TOE STUDS
8'     Viola                  68      General              1 - 6
8'     Viola Celeste    (tc)  56      Pedal                1 - 4
4'     Italian Principal      68      Sw. to Ped.          (rev)
4'     Flute Douce            68      Gt. to Ped.          (rev)
2-2/3' Nasat                  61
2'     Block Flote            61
       blank                          PEDAL MOVEMENTS
III    Plein Jeu 1'          183      Swell Expression    (bal.)
16'    Basson                 68      Enc. Gt. Expression (bal.)
8'     Trompette              68      Crescendo           (bal.)
4'     Hautbois               24
       Tremulant
                                      MEMORY
Swell to Swell 16'                    Single memory, 5-levels
Swell Unison Off
Swell to Swell 4'


PEDAL
16'    Subbass                32
16'    Rohr Bourdon (Ped/Sw)  --
8'     Principal              32      ACTION: Kilgen-style E-P unit
8'     Rohr Flote       (Sw)  --
4'     Choral Bass            56      VOICES: 21
4'     Spill Flote      (Gt)  --
IV     Mixture 2-2/3'         44      STOPS: 30; inc. chimes
       blank
16'    Basson           (Sw)  --      RANKS: 26
8'     Trompette        (Sw)  --
4'     Hautbois         (Sw)  --      PIPES: 1,567


NOTES
Pipes in side-by-side chambers at the front with no visible
pipes.  Great on left, Swell on right. Pedal divided between
Great & Swell.

1-12 of Pedal 16' Rohr Bordun from 16' Subbass on "soft wind,"
and the balance is from the Swell 8' Rohr Flote.  Pedal IV
Mixture derived from an independent quint rank and the 4' Choral
Bass (extended).

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