Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2005-12-30 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- This was a rebuild of the church's existing, used, ca. 1908 Hinners tracker with additions. All new chests were used. The organ was installed behind the Hinners façade. This organ was replaced by a new Casavant, also housed behind the Hinners façade, in 1986. The disposition of the Balcom and Vaughan console, chests, an unused pipes is unknown. -Database Manager
2005-12-31 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager
2006-01-02 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager
2017-07-15 - Updated by James R. Stettner, who gave this as the source of the information: Builder's files and archives. -Database Manager
Stoplist acquired from Balcom and Vaughan documents Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Lynden, Washington
First Christian Reformed Church
HINNERS ORGAN CO., Opus 1512, 19__
Balcom and Vaughan, Opus ___, 1958 - "Electrification & Rebuild"
GREAT (Expressive) COUPLERS
8 Open Diapason 61 Swell to Pedal 8,4
8 Melodia 61 Great to Pedal 8,4
8 Dulciana 61
8 Voix Celeste (Sw) -- Swell to Great 16,8,4
4 Octave 61
Chimes
FINGER PISTONS
Great to Great 16' Swell & Pedal 1 - 3
Great Unison Off Great & Pedal 1 - 3
Great to Great 4'
TOE STUDS
SWELL (Expressive) None [documented]
16 Bass Flute --
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8 Stopped Flute 61 PEDAL MOVEMENTS
8 Salicional 61 Swell Expression (bal.)
8 Voix Celeste (tc) 49 Crescendo (bal.)
4 Flute 12
2-2/3 Nazard 7
2 Flautina 5
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8 Oboe Horn 61
Tremolo
Swell to Swell 16'
Swell Unison Off ACTION: E-P
Swell to Swell 4'
VOICES: 8
PEDAL STOPS: 15
16 Bourdon (Sw) 12
16 Gedeckt -- RANKS: 8
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8 Flute (Sw) -- PIPES: 512
NOTES
The original pipe organ was built by the Hinners Organ Co. of Pekin, IL. for an undocumented
church on the Alberta, Canada, plains. It was a tracker-action instrument of 7 ranks: Great 8'
Open Diapason, 8' Melodia, and 8' Dulciana; Swell 8' Stopped Diapason, 8' Salicional, and 4'
Harmonic Flute; and Pedal 16' Bourdon. The organ was installed used ca. 1912, and was placed
across the front of the chancel and recessed into an alcove. The installation was completed
by three men from First Christian Reformed Church. The case was of quarter-sawn oak, and the
façade contained 57 pipes in a seven-sectional display arranged: 15-3-8-5-8-3-15, which
includes the first 27 pipes of the Great 8' Open Diapason. The keydesk was attached and
projecting.
In 1958, the organ was rebuilt, electrified, and enlarged by Balcom and Vaughan of Seattle.
The Swell 4' Harmonic Flute was omitted from the Swell, and an 8' Salicional, 8' Voix Celeste,
and 8' Oboe Horn were added. A 4' Octave was added to the Great, but it is unclear whether
this was new pipework, or a reworking of the original Swell 4' Harmonic Flute. The Swell 8'
Voix Celeste was also borrowed to the Great to celeste with the 8' Dulciana. The Pedal 16'
Bourdon was an extension of the Swell 8' Stopped Flute, and was probably the original,
independent Hinners Bourdon pipes. The 16' Pedal Gedeckt was the same as the 16' Bourdon,
but with pipes 1-12 on "soft wind". The Pedal 8' Flute was a borrow of the Swell 8' Stopped
Flute. A new B & V console with Klann couplers and combination action controlled the instrument
which was placed behind the original façade. The chimes were prepared for, and were added later.
The tremolo and regulators were also new.
Sources: Eugene M. Nye lists; Balcom and Vaughan opus list and files, John Maas
(First Christian Reformed Choir Director).
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