Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2006-01-02 - Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ was originally built by Kimball in 1924 for the Wishart Theatre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. -Database Manager
2008-01-01 - Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- The console that came with the organ was in poor shape - both mechanically and aesthetically. A used, 3-manual Balcom and Vaughan console was sold to St. Aidan's by Meadway & Stettner since it was the parish's stated goal to have a 3-manual organ in the future, new church. -Database Manager
2009-05-30 - Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- The registers, stops, ranks, pipes above reflect the tonal resources of the 2-manual console that came with the organ from the Thoreson residence. The 3-manual console sold to St. Aidan's by Meadway & Stettner in 1996 was originally built by Balcom and Vaughan of Seattle for their opus 621, 1956 - the electrification and enlargement of a 2/7, T-P Kimball at Our Saviour's Lutheran in Spokane, WA. With this console, the stoplist changed. The number of speaking stops dropped to 25, but the registers, ranks, and pipes remained unaltered. -Database Manager
2020-04-09 - Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ was moved to a similar position within the new church in the 3 days before Easter in 2007 by Jim Stettner of Puget Sound Pipe Organs. It was later moved to the ledge above the sacristies where the future enlarged and completed organ was to have been installed. -Database Manager
Stoplist copied from the original console in 1994 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Camano Island, Washington
St. Aidan's Episcopal Church
W.W. Kimball Co., Opus 6790, 1924 - Wishart Theatre, Philadelphia, PA
Charles W. Allen, 1942 - Rebuild for Lake Burien Presbyterian in Burien, WA
Charles Wassberg - Several Moves/Re-installations
Meadway & Stettner, 1994 - Cleaning and Installation
GREAT SWELL PEDAL
8 Diapason 8 Stopped Flute 16 Bourdon
8 Stopped Flute 8 Dulciana 8 Open Diapason
8 Dulciana 4 Principal 8 Flute
4 Octave 4 Flute 5-1/3 Quint
4 Flute 4 Harmonic Flute 4 Violin Diapason
4 Harmonic Flute 2-2/3 Nazard 4 Flute
2-2/3 Nazard 2 St. Flute 2 Fifteenth
2 Piccolo 1-1/3 Larigot 8 Clarinet
1-3/5 Tierce blank 4 Clarinet
blank 8 Clarinet
blank Tremolo
8 Clarinet
STOP / RANK / PIPE ANALYSIS
16 Bourdon (Ped) 12 Extension of the 8' Stopped Flute.
Original 1924 Kimball.
8 Diapason (Gt) 61 1911 Kimball 8' Geigen Principal
from First M.E. in Seattle, WA.
8 Open Diapason (Ped) -- Same as the Great 8' Diapason.
8 Stopped Flute (Gt/Sw) 61 1-12 original 1924 Kimball.
13-61 Ryder 1890 4' Flute d'Amour.
8 Flute (Ped) -- Same as the 8' Stopped Flute.
8 Dulciana (Gt/Sw) 61 1-12 canistered.
5-1/3 Quint (Ped) -- From the Diapason unit.
4 Octave (Gt) 12 Extension of the 8' Diapason.
4 Principal (Sw) -- Same as the 4' Octave.
4 Violin Diapason (Ped) -- Same as the 4' Octave.
4 Flute (Gt/Sw/Ped) 12 Extension of the 8' Stopped Flute.
4 Harmonic Flute (Gt/Sw) 61 1911 Kimball from First M.E. in Seattle.
2-2/3 Nazard (Gt/Sw) -- From the Stopped Flute unit.
2 Fifteenth (Ped) -- From the Diapason unit.
2 Piccolo (Gt) 12 Extension of the 4' Harmonic Flute.
Non-harmonic extension.
2 St. Flute (Sw) 12 Extension of the 8' Stopped Flute.
1-3/5 Tierce (Gt) -- Not wired into anything.
1-1/3 Larigot (Sw) -- From the Stopped Flute unit. 54 notes.
8 Clarinet (Gt/Sw/Ped) 61 1911 Kimball from First M.E. in Seattle.
4 Clarinet (Sw) -- From the 8' Clarinet.
Tremolo (Sw) Gone.
PIPE SUMMARY
8' Diapason....................73 pipes
16' Bourdon/Stopped Flute.......97 pipes
8' Dulciana....................73 pipes 62-73 not used.
4' Harmonic Flute..............73 pipes
8' Clarinet....................73 pipes 62-73 not used.
COUPLERS
Not connected
FINGER PISTONS
None
TOE STUDS
None
PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Expression (bal.) Not used.
Crescendo (bal.)
ACTION: E-P & E-M unit
VOICES: 5
STOPS: 28
RANKS: 5
PIPES: 365
NOTES
Most of the original 4 ranks were exchanged for other ranks by various
owners. The first 24 pipes of the 16' Bourdon/Stopped Flute unit are
original to the 1924 Kimball instrument, and the balance, which is an
open wood Concert Flute, is in storage. The 8' Dulciana may be the
Dulciana added by Charles W. Allen for the Lake Burien Presbyterian
installation.
The console that came with the organ is not the original 1924 Kimball
console - which would have been a traditional horseshoe-style theatre
console. But it likely was the console acquired by Charles W. Allen for
Lake Burien Presbyterian, and was obviously a used Kimball console with
a straight stoprail.
The relay appears to have been built by Balcom and Vaughan, and was a
standard Reisner gang switch-style relay.
The Clarinet and Dulciana actually both have 73 pipes, but the relay
wasn't prepared for the 4' extensions.
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Camano Island, Washington
St. Aidan's Episcopal Church
W.W. Kimball Co., Opus 6790, 1924 - Wishart Theatre, Philadelphia, PA.
Charles W. Allen, 1942 - Rebuild for Lake Burien Presbyterian in Burien, WA.
Charles Wassberg - Several Moves/Re-installations
Meadway & Stettner, 1994 - Cleaning and Installation
Meadway & Stettner, 1996 - Used 3-manual console
CHOIR SWELL PEDAL
8 Open Diapason 8 Gedeckt 16 Bourdon
8 Gedeckt 8 Dulciana 8 Diapason
8 Dulciana 4 Octave 8 Gedeckt
4 Octave 4 Gedeckt 4 Choral Bass
4 Gedeckt 4 Harmonic Flute 4 Flute
4 Harmonic Flute 2-2/3 Nazard 8 Krummhorn
2 Flautino 2 Flautino 4 Krummhorn
2 Harmonic Piccolo 1-1/3 Larigot
8 Krummhorn 8 Krummhorn
Chimes blank GREAT
Chimes Used as a
Choir to Choir 16' coupling
Choir Unison Off Swell to Swell 16' manual
Choir to Choir 4' Swell Unison Off
Swell to Swell 4'
STOP / RANK / PIPE ANALYSIS
16 Bourdon (Ped) 12 Extension of the 8' Gedeckt.
1-24 from the 1924 Kimball.
8 Open Diapason (Gt) 61 1911 Kimball 8' Geigen Principal
from First M.E. in Seattle, WA.
8 Diapason (Ped) -- Same as the Great 8' Open Diapason.
8 Gedeckt (Gt/Sw/Ped) 61 1-12 original 1924 Kimball. 13-61
Ryder 1890 4' Flute d'Amour.
8 Dulciana (Gt/Sw) 61 1-12 canistered.
4 Octave (Gt/Sw) 12 Extension of the 8' Open Diapason.
4 Choral Bass (Ped) -- Same as the 4' Octave.
4 Gedeckt (Gt/Sw) 12 Extension of the 8' Gedeckt.
4 Flute (Ped) -- Same as the 4' Gedeckt.
4 Harmonic Flute (Gt/Sw) 61 1911 Kimball from First M.E. in Seattle.
2-2/3 Nazard (Sw) -- From the Stopped Flute unit.
2 Harmonic Piccolo (Gt) 12 Extension of the 4' Harmonic Flute.
Non-harmonic extension.
2 Flautino (Gt/Sw) 12 Extension of the 8' Stopped Flute.
1-1/3 Larigot (Sw) -- From the Stopped Flute unit. 54 notes.
8 Krummhorn (Gt/Sw/Ped) 61 1911 Kimball 8' Clarinet from
First M.E. in Seattle.
4 Krummhorn (Ped) -- From the 8' Krummhorn.
Chimes (20) Added after original installation.
Electro-Pneumatic action.
PIPE SUMMARY
8' Diapason....................73 pipes
16' Bourdon/Gedeckt.............97 pipes
8' Dulciana....................73 pipes 62-73 not used.
4' Harmonic Flute..............73 pipes
8' Krummhorn...................73 pipes 62-73 not used.
COUPLERS
Swell to Pedal 8,4
Great to Pedal 8,4
Choir to Great 8,4
Swell to Great 16,8,4
Choir to Great 16,8,4
Swell to Choir 16,8,4
FINGER PISTONS
None
TOE STUDS
None
PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Expression (bal.) Not used.
Choir Expression (bal.) Not used.
Crescendo (bal.)
ACTION: E-P & E-M unit
VOICES: 5
STOPS: 27; inc. chimes
RANKS: 5
PIPES: 365
NOTES
The 3-man. console was originally built by Balcom and Vaughan for their
Opus 621 in 1956 - the electrification and enlargement of a 2/7, T-P
Kimball at Our Saviour's Lutheran in Spokane,WA. When that church got a
used 3/15 Wicks from a Seattle church in 1994, Meadway & Stettner bought
the organ. The console was sold to St. Aidan's in 1996 for $500.00 in
preparation for future expansion of the organ when a new church was built.
The Great was wired to the Choir manual and the Swell to the Swell so that
the Great with its six inter-manual couplers could be used as a coupling
manual. Several stops were eliminated from the original stoplist, and the
chimes were added ca. 2000 by Sr. Warden Norman Gregory.
The organ was relocated to the new church in 2007, and set-up "as is" at
the rear of the sanctuary - just as it had been in the original church.
No tonal changes were made.
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