Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2006-01-01 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- This was moving, electrification, and reinstallation of the church's existing Kimball into a new building. A new console was provided, and several stops were prepared-for. -Database Manager
2014-02-10 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager
Stoplist copied from Blacom and Vaughan shop files Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Everett, Washington
First Congregational Church
W.W. KIMBALL CO., Opus ____, ca. 1910
Balcom and Vaughan, Opus 653, 1958 - Electrify, Rebuild, & Re-install
GREAT COUPLERS
8' Open Diapason 73 Swell to Pedal 8,4
8' Melodia * -- Great to Pedal 8,4
8' Dulciana 73
4' Octave [Violina] 73 Swell to Great 16,8,4
Chimes (__)
Great to Great 16' FINGER PISTONS
Great Unison Off General 1 - 3
Great to Great 4' Swell 1 - 3
Great 1 - 3
SWELL (Expressive)
16' Bass Flute * -- TOE STUDS
8' Geigen Diapason * -- None indicated
8' Stopped Flute 73
8' Salicional 73
8' Voix Celeste * -- PEDAL MOVEMENTS
4' Spitz Principal * -- Swell Expression (bal.)
4' Flute [d'Amour] 73 Crescendo (bal.)
2-2/3' Nazard (S.F.) --
2' Flautina (S.F.) 24
8' Trumpet * --
8' Vox Humana 61
Tremolo
Swell to Swell 16'
Swell Unison Off ACTION: E-P Ventil & Unit
Swell to Swell 4'
VOICES: 8
PEDAL STOPS: 11; inc. chimes
16' Open Diapason * --
16' Bourdon 32 RANKS: 8
16' Gedeckt * –-
8' Flute * –- PIPES: 555
NOTES
This was the removal, electrification, and re-installation of the existing ca.
1910 W.W. Kimball Co. organ in the new church. Stops marked with an asterisk were
prepared-for. A new chest for the 17 speaking facade pipes was provided. A new oak
console was built by Balcom and Vaughan, but with Klann keyboards, stop rail,
coupler slides, and combination action.
The shop specification instructions from C.M. 'Sandy' Balcom specifically states,
“At this time we are not adding any new pipes...you will adhere strictly to the
stops that are marked with an asterisk as Prepared For only and go in accordance to
the specification.” However, the attached specification does show the standard 8',
4', 2-2/3', 2' flute unification, but with the 16' extension as prepared-for. In
contrast, the B and V opus list gives the 1958 number of ranks as 9, but the orig-
inal organ had only 8. If the Swell 8' Stopped Flute was unified as four pitches
and the 4' Flute d'Amour eliminated, then the organ would have been only 7 ranks.
It seems likely that the Stopped Flute was unified, but the 4' unit stop was elim-
inated in favor of the independent 4' Flute d'Amour.
The organ was replaced in 1970 with a new Balcom and Vaughan instrument that re-
tained only the 1958 console and perhaps some Kimball stopped basses. The subsequent
disposition of the electrified Kimball is not documented.
Sources: Eugene M. Nye compilation; Balcom and Vaughan files
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