Better Pipe Organ Database

Balcom and Vaughan Opus 686 (1960)

St. Monica's Catholic Church: Sanctuary; rear gallery
4301 88th S.E.
Mercer Island, WA

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

Images

Unknown - Exposed 4' Geigen, October 1993. (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Unknown - Chambered pipework, October 1993. (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Unknown - Console, October 1993. (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

2008-12-15 - Church exterior; Balcom and Vaughan archive photo (Digital image by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

2008-12-15 - Rear gallery and facade; Balcom and Vaughan archive photo (Digital image by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

2008-12-15 - Exposed pipes; Balcom and Vaughan archive photo (Digital image by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
6 stops
31 registers
1 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys 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)
Combination action: None

Notes

2005-12-03 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ was located in a single, expressive chamber in the rear gallery, left corner (when facing the rear). The 4' Geigen was the only unenclosed rank - placed in front of the shutters on the rear wall of the church. The organ was sold in the 1990s to a university in California, and replaced by an electronic. -Database Manager

2013-03-11 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist from James R. Stettner Source: Stoplist copied from the console October 22, 1992 Date not recorded

Mercer Island, Washington
St. Monica's RC Church

BALCOM and VAUGHAN, Opus 686, 1960 - Original Specifications


GREAT (Expressive)            SWELL (Expressive)            PEDAL (Expressive)
   8     Principal               16    Bass Flute              16    Sub Bass
   8     Rohr Flute              8     Principal               16    Gedeckt
   8     Viole                   8     Flute                   8     Principal
   8     Dulciana                8     Viole                   8     Gedeckt
   4     Principal               8     Viole Celeste           8     Viole
   4     Geigen                  4     Principal               4     Principal
   4     Flute                   4     Geigen                  4     Flute
   4     Dulcet                  4     Flute
   2     Octavin                 4     Viole
   III   Mixture                 2-2/3 Nazard
         Chimes                  2     Flautina
         Harp Bells                    Tremolo
                                       Flemish Bells


STOP / RANK / PIPE ANALYSIS
   16    Sub Bass               (Ped)  –-   Same as the 16' Bass Flute.
   16    Gedeckt                (Ped)  --   Same as 16' Sub Bass. 1-12 on soft wind.
   16    Bass Flute              (Sw)  12   Extension of the 8' Flute. Wood.
   8     Principal        (Gt/Sw/Ped)  61
   8     Flute                   (Sw)  61   Actually a Koppel Flute. 1-12 wood.
   8     Rohr Flute              (Gt)  –-   Same as the 8' Flute.
   8     Gedeckt                (Ped)  –-   Same as the 8' Flute
   8     Viole            (Gt/Sw/Ped)  61
   8     Viole Celeste           (Sw)  49   Tenor C.
   8     Dulciana                (Gt)  49   Tenor C. 1-12 from 8' Viole.
   4     Principal        (Gt/Sw/Ped)  12   Extension of 8' Principal.
   4     Geigen               (Gt/Sw)  61   Exposed.
   4     Flute            (Gt/Sw/Ped)  12   Extension of 8' Flute.
   4     Viole                   (Sw)  12   Extension of 8' Viole.
   4     Dulcet                  (Gt)  12   Extension of the 8' Dulciana.
   2-2/3 Nazard                  (Sw)   7   Extension of 8' Flute.
   2     Octavin                 (Gt)  --   From 8' Principal. Notes 50-61 from
                                               2' Flautina.
   2     Flautina                (Sw)   5   Extension of 8' Flute.
   III   Mixture                 (Gt)  –-   Derived from the Principal rank and
                                               Flute in the treble.
         Tremolo                 (Sw)       Affects entire instrument.
         Chimes                  (Gt) (21)  Maas Cathedral. Compass: tenor A – f 42.
         Harp Bells              (Gt) (49)  Schulmerich. Tenor C.
   [4]   Flemish Bells           (Sw) (49)  Schulmerich. Tenor C.


PIPE SUMMARY

   Principal                            Flute                                Viole        
   73 pipes                             97 pipes                             73 pipes

   Viole Celeste                        Dulciana                             Geigen
   49 pipes                             61 pipes                             61 pipes


PEDAL MOVEMENTS
   Expression               (bal.)
   Crescendo                (bal.)


ACTION: E-P unit        VOICES: 6        STOPS: 31        RANKS: 6        PIPES: 414
                                       (inc. bells)

NOTES
This organ was installed in a left-side chamber of the rear gallery at the leading edge.
The console was in fixed position, center with the organist facing the chamber – altar
to the left.

The 4' Geigen is the only unenclosed rank, and is cantilevered off the back wall in front
of the sanctuary chamber grille.

The beginning pitches of the Great derived, III Mixture are: 12-15-19. The top 24 pipes of
the Flute unit and the top 12 pipes of the Principal unit are on an offset chest operated
by electro-mechanical action.

The organ was removed in the 1990's and sold to a University in California. It was replaced
by an electronic substitute.

Sources: Balcom and Vaughan opus list & files; JRS; extant organ


St. Monica's RC Church
4301 88th SE
P.O. Box 730
Mercer Island, WA. 98040
(206) 232-2900                               Documented: October 22, 1992