2005-09-26 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- This is essentially a "new" organ created from Balcom and Vaughan's opus 821, built in 1976 for 15th Church of Christ, Scientist in Seattle, WA. That organ was III-manuals, 19 independent registers, 53 speaking stops, 21 ranks, and 1,391 pipes. For the Bellingham rebuild, all of the 15th C.S. chests were retained and refurbished as were all 21 ranks. First Baptist's existing II-manual console was retained, and a handful of original Kimball stopped wood pipes from the previous instrument were incorporated into the present instrument. -Database Manager
2008-05-31 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager
Stoplist copied from the console April 13, 1995 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Bellingham, Washington
First Baptist Church
Balcom and Vaughan Pipe Organs, Inc., Opus 879, 1994 - Original Specifications
GREAT (Expressive) COUPLERS
16' Bourdon 61 Swell to Pedal 8
8' Principal 61 Great to Pedal 8
8' Gemshorn 61
8' Flûte à Cheminée 61 Swell to Great 16,8,4
8' Erzahler 61
8' Erzahler Celeste (tc) 49
4' Octave 61 FINGER PISTONS
4' Flûte à Fuseau 61 General 1 - 12
2' Octave 61 Gt. to Ped. (rev)
[III] Mixture [19-2-26] 183 Set
8' Hautbois (Sw) -- Cancel
Chimes (Maas) (21)
SWELL (Expressive) TOE STUDS
8' Gambe 61 General 1 - 12
8' Voix Celéste (tc) 49 Gt. to Ped. (rev)
8' Bourdon 61
4' Principal 61
4' Flûte 61 PEDAL MOVEMENTS
2-2/3' Nasard 61 Swell Expression (bal.)
2' Flûte 12 Great Expression (bal.)
1-3/5' Tierce 61 Crescendo (bal.)
1-1/3' Larigot (pf) --
8' Hautbois 61
8' Cromorne 61
Tremulant
Swell to Swell 16'
Swell to Swell 4'
PEDAL ACTION: Electro-pneumatic
16' Soubasse 32
16' Bourdon (Gt) -- VOICES: 20
8' Principal 32
8' Flûte à Cheminée (Gt) -- STOPS: 30; inc. chimes
4' Octave 12
16' Basson (Sw) 12 RANKS: 22
8' Hautbois (Sw) --
4' Hautbois (Sw) -- PIPES: 1,296
NOTES
The \"new\" organ is a redesign and rebuild of Balcom and Vaughan's Opus
821, built in 1976 for 15th Church of Christ, Scientist in Seattle. It
had been a 3-manual instrument of 19 voices, 53 stops, 21 ranks, and
1,391 pipes; and had some extensive unification.
For the First Baptist rebuild, all of the 15th C.S. chests were retained
and refurbished as were all 21 ranks, although not all of the extension
pipework for the unification was retained. First Baptist's existing 2-
manual console was retained, and a handful of original 1908 Kimball
stopped wood pipes from their previous instrument were incorporated into
the present instrument.
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