2008-12-01 - Photo from church archives (Digital image by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
2006-01-09 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ was electrified with electro-mechanical action in 1984 by Dr. R. Byard Fritts of Tacoma, Washington as a part of the church's Centennial celebration. It has since been further rebuilt. -Database Manager
Stoplist reconstructed from the extant pipework and chests; and from documented examples of the builder's work from this period. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Chehalis, Washington
First Methodist Episcopal Church
The BENNETT ORGAN CO., Opus 912, 1923 - Original Specifications
GREAT (Expressive) COUPLERS
8 Open Diapason 61 Undocumented
8 Melodia 49
8 Dulciana 61
FOOT LEVERS
Undocumented
SWELL (Expressive)
8 Stopped Diapason 61
8 Salicional 49 PEDAL MOVEMENTS
4 Flute d'Amour 61 Expression (bal.)
8 Oboe 49 Crescendo (bal.)
Tremulant
PEDAL (Expressive)
16 Bourdon (Sw) 12
ACTION: T-P VOICES: 7 STOPS: 8 RANKS: 7 PIPES: 415
The nomenclatures given are not verified since the organ has been rebuilt,
but are based on names on the extant pipework, as well as other extant
and/or documented examples of the builder's work from this period.
Sources: Bennett opus list; extant, altered organ.
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