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Balcom and Vaughan Opus 706 (1963)

Zion Lutheran Church
4634 Alger Ave.
Everett, WA

Images

2021-08-16 - (Re)Builder's nameplate (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2021-08-16 - Original Kilgen console with modified stop rail (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2021-08-16 - Sanctuary interior with divided chambers in front (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
2 manuals
32 stops
7 registers
2 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: None

Notes

2006-01-01 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- This was the removal of the existing Kilgen from the old building, reinstallation in the new church in divided chambers, and 3 new ranks added plus a 12-pipe 16' Open Diapason extension. -Database Manager

2011-11-20 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist taken from the console June 1995; verified & updated August 16, 2021

Everett, Washington
Zion Lutheran Church

KILGEN ASSOCIATES, Inc., Opus 6563, 1944  
Balcom and Vaughan, Opus 706, 1963 - Moving, Rebuild and Enlargement


GREAT (Expressive)                           COUPLERS
8'     Open Diapason             61          None
8'     Gedeckt             (Sw)  --
8'     Salicional          (Sw)  --
       blank                                 FINGER PISTONS
8'     Dulciana            (tc)  49          None
4'     Octave                    12
4'     Principal                 61
4'     Flute               (Sw)  --          TOE STUDS
4'     Salicet             (Sw)  --          None
2-2/3' Quint                      7
2'     Fifteenth                  5
       Chimes (Maas; ta-f2)     (21)         PEDAL MOVEMENTS 
                                             Expression  [both chambers]  (bal.)
                                             Crescendo                    (bal.)
SWELL (Expressive)                           
16'    Gedeckt             (tc)  --
8'     Open Diapason       (Gt)  --          ACTION: E-P unit
8'     Gedeckt                   61
8'     Salicional                61          VOICES: 7     STOPS: 32; inc. chimes
8'     Voix Celeste        (tc)  49
8'     Dulciana            (Gt)  --          RANKS: 7     PIPES: 487
       blank                       
4'     Octave              (Gt)  --
4'     Flute                     12          NOTES
2-2/3' Nazard                     7          The original Kilgen organ was likely
2'     Flautina                   5          a “Petit Ensemble” stock model organ.
8'     Trompette                 61          It was originally installed in the
4'     Clarion                   12          previous edifice at 24th & Wetmore.
       Tremolo
                                             In 1963, it was moved by Balcom and
                                             Vaughan to the present location, and
PEDAL (Expressive)                           installed in two divided chambers at
16'    Open Diapason       (Gt)  12          the front. The Great 4' Principal,
16'    Bourdon             (Sw)  12          Swell 8' Voix Celeste, and Swell 8'/4'
16'    Gedeckt             (Sw)  --          Trompette (actually a Fagott) were all
8'     Open Diapason       (Gt)  –           new from Stinkens at this time. Also
8'     Gedeckt             (Sw)  --          added new was the  Pedal 16' Open
4'     Octave              (Gt)  --          Diapason extension.
4'     Flute               (Sw)  --
8'     Trompette           (Sw)  --          At a late date, a 3-rank Choral
4'     Clarion             (Sw)  --          division was added in the choir.


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


Zion Lutheran Church
4634 S. Alger Ave.
Everett,  WA.  98203                         Documented: June, 1995
(425) 252-1429                               Verified & Updated: August 16, 2021

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