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Balcom & Vaughan Pipe Organs Opus 739 (1965)

Redeemer Episcopal Church
62nd NE & 182nd NE
Kenmore (Seattle), WA

Images


1992-06-13 - Exposed pipes on rear ledge (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1992-06-13 - Exposed pipes, closer view (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1992-06-13 - Console (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1992-06-13 - Console: manuals and stops (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1970-06-06 - Pipe display (Photograph by William J. Bunch; digital image by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

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Notes

2005-12-29 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ is installed on cantilevered chests projecting high off of the back wall. There is a Trompette-en-Chamade. -Database Manager

2006-01-05 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the console February 223, 1993 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Kenmore, Washington
Episcopal Church of the Redeemer

BALCOM & VAUGHAN PIPE ORGANS, Opus 739, 1965 - Original Specifications


HAUPTWERK                                    PEDAL
   8     Prestant                   49          16  Subbass                (OW)  12
   8     Rohr Floete                61          16  Zart Bass                    --
   8     Spitz Gamba          (OW)  --          8   Kupfer Prinzipal             32
   4     Oktav                      61          8   Gedackt                (OW)  --
   4     Spill Pfeife               61          8   Spitz Gamba            (OW)  --
   2-2/3 Quint                (OW)  12          4   Koral Bass                   12
   2     Flach Floete               61          4   Spill Floete           (HW)  --
   1-3/5 Terz                 (OW)  --          2   Hell Pfeife            (HW)  --
   IV    Fourniture  19-22-26-29   244          II  Quint Mixtur  22-26          64
   8     Spanische Trompete         61          16  Fagott Bass                  12
   8     Cromorne                   61          8   Fagott                 (OW)  --
         Chimes             (prep)  --          4   Fagott                 (OW)  --
                                                4   Cromorne               (HW)  --
   Haupt. to Haupt. 16'
   Haupt. Unison Off 8'                         1   blank, black stoptablet
   Haupt. to Haupt. 4' 

   1 blank, black stoptablet                 COUPLERS
                                                Ober. to Ped. Wrk.              8,4
                                                Haupt. to Ped. Wrk.             8,4
OBERWERK
   8     Gedackt Floete             61          Ober. to Haupt.              16,8,4
   8     Spitz Gamba                61
   8     Schwebung            (tc)  49
   4     Weit Prinzipal             61       FINGER PISTONS
   4     Quintade                   61          General                       1 - 6
   2     Gemshorn                   61          Ober to Ped                   (rev)
   1-1/3 Nasat                      61          Haup to Ped                   (rev)
   8     Fagott                     61          Cancel
         Tremulant
         Zimbelstern
   8     Spanische Trompete   (HW)  --       TOE STUDS
                                                General                       1 - 6
   Ober. to Ober. 16'                           HW —— Ped                     (rev)
   Ober. Unison Off 8'                          OB —— Ped                     (rev)
   Ober. to Ober. 4'

   1 blank, black stoptablet                 PEDAL MOVEMENTS
                                                Crescendo                     (bal.)


ACTION: E-P unit       VOICES: 18       STOPS: 34       RANKS: 22       PIPES: 1,279
                                     (inc. Zmblstrn)


NOTES
This totally unenclosed organ is located at the rear of the church, and is cantilevered
high off of the back wall.

On the Hauptwerk, notes 1-12 of the 8' Prestant are borrowed from the Pedal 8' Kupfer
Prinzipal which forms the primary portion of the façade. The 8' Spanische Trompete is
mounted en-chamade off of the back wall above the other pipework. The 2-2/3' Quint is
a 12-pipe bass extension of the Oberwerk 1-1/3' Nasat. The 1-3/5' Terz is derived from
the Oberwerk 2' Gemshorn. The Terz plays for 57 notes before breaking back to 3-1/5'
pitch on note a 58.

On the Pedal, the Pedal 16' Subbass is an extension of the Oberwerk 8' Gedackt Floete.
The pipes are made of mahogany, and were built in the Balcom & Vaughan shop. The 16' 
Zart Bass is the same as the 16' Subbass, but with notes 1-12 on soft wind. The 2' Hell
Pfeife is a borrow of the Hauptwerk 2' Flach Floete.

The Zimbelstern of 4 bells has a speed control with a toggle switch. In the center
position, the zimbelstern is off even when the stoptablet is registered. In the left
position, it plays on fast, and in the right position it plays on slow.

The console manuals are reverse-color with ebony naturals, and sharps of rosewood with
ivory caps.

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

 [Received from James R. Stettner 2012-12-16.]

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