2005-11-20 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Moving, electrification, and re-installation of existing ca. 1908 W.W. Kimball organ from old church on Broadway to new edifice. Electrified primaries and ventil stop actions. Installed Swell behind Great in a deep chamber on the right side of the chancel with poor tonal egress. New Reisner console. One tonal change by Harold Curryer of Spokane: original Swell 8' Oboe replaced from TC up with a used Moller 8' Trumpet. Original Oboe pipes under regulator. In 1998, Meadway & Stettner de-piped the organ and cleaned/repaired alll the pipes, releathered stoppers, made misc. repairs, and installed two new sets of shutters added to make entire organ expressive and improve tonal egress. Chests and ventil stop actions still need complete restoration. -Database Manager
2007-04-28 - Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager
Stoplist copied from the console June, 1994 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Butte, Montana
First Presbyterian (New, 1956)
W.W. Kimball Co., Opus ____, ca. 1905
George A. Graham, 1956 - Moving, Re-installation, Electrification
GREAT
8' Open Diapason 61
8' Melodia 61
8' Viol d'Gamba 61
8' Dulciana 61
4' Principal 61
2-2/3' Twelfth 61
2' Fifteenth 61
Great to Great 4'
SWELL (Expressive)
16' Bourdon 61
8' Violin Diapason 61
8' Stopped Diapason 61
8' Salicional 61
8' Aeoline 61
4' Flute Harmonic 61
4' Violina 61
2' Flautino 61
II Dolce Cornet 122 Composition: 12-15. String pipes.
8' Oboe 61
Tremolo
Swell to Swell 16'
Swell to Swell 4'
PEDAL (32 notes)
16' Bourdon 30
8' Violoncello 30
COUPLERS
Swell to Pedal 8
Great to Pedal 8
Swell to Great 16,8,4
FINGER PISTONS
General 1 - 3
Swell 1 - 3
Great 1 - 3
G.C.
TOE STUDS
Gr. to Ped. (rev)
Sforzando (rev)
PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Expression (bal.)
Crescendo (bal.)
ACTION: Electric key & stop to E-P ventil chests
VOICES: 19
STOPS: 19
RANKS: 20
PIPES: 1,158
NOTES
The organ got a new Reisner console when electrified. As reinstalled
by George A. Graham of Spokane, WA., the organ was in a deep, narrow
chamber in the right, front corner of the sanctuary. The only tone
opening was at the narrow end, and no tonal egress was provided for the
organist and choir who were sitting beside the organ, but behind the
chamber opening. Large permanent wooden "fins" deflected the sound
immediately into the right wall of the sanctuary. The presence in the
room was apologetic at best...even on full-organ.
At some point in time, Harold Curryer of Spokane replaced the original
Swell 8' Oboe from tenor C upward with a used Moller Trumpet, and placed
the Oboe pipes into storage beneath the double-rise reservoir.
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Butte, Montana
First Presbyterian (New, 1956)
W.W. Kimball Co., Opus ____, ca. 1905
George A. Graham, 1956 - Moving, Re-installation, Electrification
Meadway & Stettner, 1994 - Cleaning, Tonal Changes
GREAT
8' Open Diapason 61
8' Melodia 61
8' Dulciana 61
8' Unda Maris 61 Swell 8' Aeoline on the 8' V d'G toeboard. 1994.
4' Principal 61
2-2/3' Twelfth 61
2' Fifteenth 61
Great to Great 4'
SWELL (Expressive)
16' Bourdon 61
8' Violin Diapason 61
8' Stopped Diapason 61
8' Salicional 61
8' Voix Celeste 61 Great 8' Viol d'Gamba on the 8' Aeoline toeboard. 1994.
4' Flute Harmonic 61
4' Violina 61
2' Flautino 61
II Dolce Cornet 122 Composition: 12-17 (Re-composed 1994). String pipes.
8' Oboe 61
Tremolo
Swell to Swell 16'
Swell to Swell 4'
PEDAL (32 notes)
16' Bourdon 30
8' Violoncello 30
COUPLERS
Swell to Pedal 8
Great to Pedal 8
Swell to Great 16,8,4
FINGER PISTONS
General 1 - 3
Swell 1 - 3
Great 1 - 3
G.C.
TOE STUDS
Gr. to Ped. (rev)
Sforzando (rev)
PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Expression (bal.)
Chamber Expression (bal.)
Crescendo (bal.)
ACTION: Electric key & stop to E-P ventil chests
VOICES: 19
STOPS: 19
RANKS: 20
PIPES: 1,158
NOTES
During the project, all stoppered wooden pipes had their stoppers re-
leathered. All pipework was cleaned. The Oboe/Trumpet was dismantled,
reed tongues cleaned, shallots polished, and then reassembled. Some of
the Pedal chests were releathered. The chamber was cleaned.
A parishioner who was also a contractor opened up the front wall where
the permanent wooden fins had been, and also opened-up the chancel side
of the chamber. Two large, recycled sets of expression shutters were
installed into these openings...making the Swell division a 'Swell within
a Swell.' This also provided the much-needed sound for both the organist
and the choir. A second expression shoe was added to the console to con-
trol the added banks of shutters. And a 3-position toggle switch allows
the organist to have this added shoe affect the sanctuary shutters,
chancel shutters, or both sets.
As a surprise gift to the church, Meadway & Stettner swapped the Swell 8'
Aeoline with the Great 8' Viol d'Gamba. No revoicing was done. But this
gave the organ two "new" celeste stops. The Viol d'Gamba being slightly
larger than the Salicional can celeste with either the Salicional or the
Violin Diapason. The Aeoline was tuned as a flat Unda Maris against the
Dulciana. And since the Swell already had an independent 2' Flautino, the
2' component of the Dolce Cornet was moved-down on the chest by removing
the first 4 pipes, and thus providing a 1-3/5' Tierce component with the
Nasard component. All of these changes are easily reversed when/if
desired.
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