Residence: Case Vander Stelt
1130 Garden Dr.
Lynden, WA
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
Images
1995-04-15 - Organ case from front (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
1995-04-15 - Keydesk & stopjambs (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
1995-04-15 - View of pipework from front (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
1995-04-15 - View of pipework from rear (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
1995-04-15 - Right side of organ (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
1995-04-15 - Pedal 16' Bourdon at the rear (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Console position: Keydesk Attached
- 2 manuals
- 7 stops
- 7 registers
- 3 divisions
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Mechanical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
- Combination action: None
Notes
2005-12-30 - Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- Homebuilt organ of fine craftsmanship. Manual I = Hoofdwerk. Manual II = Nevenwerk. 3 stops/ranks on each manual and one independent pedal register. All pipes of wood. Chest, case, pipes, and action all built by Mr. Vander Stelt. Used tracker keyboards acquired from Balcom and Vaughan. -Database Manager
2019-07-28 - Mr. Vander Stelt passed in 2012. Mrs. Vander Stelt was relocated to assisted living and the family home was sold in June 2019. The organ was removed from the home in early August 2019 by Puget Sound Pipe Organs of Stanwood, Washington and set-up in their Camano Island shop pending finding a home. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Stoplist copied from the console April 15, 1995 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Lynden, Washington
Residence: Cornelius Vander Stelt
Vander Stelt, Opus 1, 1992
HOOFDWERK COUPLERS
8 Octaaf 61 I – Ped Permanently coupled.
8 Lieblich Gedeckt 61 Man II to Man I Drawknob.
4 Woud Fluit 61
ACTION: Mechanical Key & Stop
HINTERWERK
8 Gedeckt 61 VOICES: 7
2-2/3 Quint 61
2 Octaaf 61 STOPS: 7
RANKS: 7
PEDAAL
16 Subbas 32 PIPES: 398
NOTES
With the exception of the keyboards, this organ was built entirely by Case Vander Stelt.
All of the pipework is of wood - mostly oak. Those in the facade are oak with mahogany
fronts. The case is of mahogany. The project was begun in California and the organ move
to Washington State with the family. The last phase was the addition of the bottom octave
of the Hoofdwerk 8' Octaaf on positive-pressure pneumatic offset chests actuated by con-
veyed wind from the slider chest. Previously, the 8' Octaaf had borrowed its first 12
notes from the 8' Lieblich Gedeckt.
This organ replaced a previous II-manual, 4-rank, electro-mechanical unit organ also
assembled by Case Vander Stelt.
Mr. Vander Stelt passed away in 2012 and the organ remained in the family home. When Mrs.
Vander Stelt had to move to assisted living care, the home was sold. The organ was removed
by Puget Sound Pipe Organs of Stanwood, Washington in early August 2019 and a home will be
sought for the instrument.
Sources: Builder; family; extant organ
[Received from James R. Stettner 2010-11-02.]
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