Better Pipe Organ Database

Estey Organ Co. Opus 1531 (1917)

Dream Theatre
Bremerton, WA

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
2 manuals
11 stops
19 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons

Notes

2005-07-18 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- 1924, moved to Fremont Baptist Church in Seattle by Balcom and Provorse without tonal changes. Later tonal changes/additions and structural changes to the console by Balcom and Vaughan. -Database Manager

2007-05-16 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

2007-08-29 - Updated through online information from Philip Stimmel. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from Balcom & Vaughan files Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Bremerton, Washington
Osran Amusement Co. / Dream Theatre

ESTEY ORGAN CO., Opus 1531, 1917 - Original Specifications


GREAT (Expressive)                           COUPLERS
   8  Open Diapason                 61          Swell to Pedal                  8
   8  Concert Flute                 61          Great to Pedal                  8
   8  Viol d'Amour                  61
   4  Flute d'Amour                 61          Swell to Great               16,8,4
      Tremolo
      Bar Bells   (tc - c 49)      (37)
                                             FINGER PISTONS
   Great 16'                                    Swell & Pedal                 1 - 4
   Unison Off                                   Great & Pedal                 1 - 4
   Great 4'

                                             PEDAL MOVEMENTS
SWELL (Expressive)                              Swell Expression             (bal.)
   8  Lieblich Gedeckt              61          Great Expression             (bal.)
   8  Viol d'Orchestre              61          Crescendo                    (bal.)
   8  Vox Angelica            (tc)  49
   4  Flauto Traverso               61
   8  Orchestral Oboe               61
   8  Vox Humana                    61
      Tremolo
      Bass Drum
      Bar Bells
      Triangle
      Cymbal
      Tambourine
      Castanets
                                             ACTION: E-P; primary
   Swell 16'
   Unison Off                                VOICES: 11
   Swell 4'
                                             STOPS: 19; inc. percussions
     
PEDAL (Expressive w/Great)                   RANKS: 11
   16 Bourdon                       30
   8  Bass Flute                    12       PIPES: 640  


NOTES
The organ was originally built for the Osran Amusement Co./Dream Theatre in Bremerton,
WA.

It was purchased by Fremont Baptist Church of Seattle in 1924 for $2,500.00 and was
installed there by Balcom and Provorse, the predecessor to Balcom and Vaughan.

The preceding specification was taken from the files of Balcom and Vaughan and was
also derived from the extant, rebuilt instrument. The exact nomenclature of stops and
controls is not verified since the original console was altered in 1952 and again in
1968.  In later years, the organ underwent tonal additions and changes.

Sources: Estey opus list; Balcom and Vaughan files; extant altered organ

 [Received from James R. Stettner 2012-07-02.]