Don Stagg (1995)

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2016-10-10 - Console in Music Room (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

2016-10-10 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

2016-10-10 - Great Pipework (l-r): 8' Open Diapason, 8' Dulciana, 8' Melodia, 4' Octave (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

2016-10-10 - Pipework (Open Diapason offset basses) (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

2016-10-10 - Swell Pipework (l-r): 4' Harmonic Flute, 8' Stopped Diapason, 8' Salicional, 8' Voix Celeste, 8' Oboe (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

2016-10-10 - Pedal Pipework (16' Bourdon) (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

2016-10-10 - Chimes (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

2016-10-10 - Added Tuned Saucer Bells (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

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2006-01-09 - Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- Originally Estey, Op. 978 (1912), built for this building which was then Broadway Presbyterian. The organ was offered for sale in 1993, and was sold in 1995 to Don Stagg of Blaine, Washington who installed it in his home. The console sits in the Music Room beside his ca. 1860 Wm. A. Johnson tracker, but the pipes are installed in the basement and speak through a tone chute in the floor. As presently installed, the organ is not expressive. A set of saucer bells with electric action was added from a former theatre organ. -Database Manager

2016-04-14 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. <br>Console is in living room; pipe in basement. -Database Manager

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Stoplist copied from the console April, 1994 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Blaine, Washington Residence: Don Stagg ESTEY ORGAN CO., Opus 978, 1912 Balcom and Vaughan, Opus 464, 1949 - Electrification Don Stagg, 1995 - Removal, Moving, & Reinstallation GREAT (Expressive) COUPLERS 8 Open Diapason 61 Swell to Pedal 8,4 8 Melodia 61 Great to Pedal 8,4 8 Dulciana 61 4 Octave 61 Swell to Great 16,8,4 Chimes (21) Great to Great 16' PEDAL MOVEMENTS Great Unison Off 8' Expression (bal.) Great to Great 4' Crescendo (bal.) SWELL (Expressive) 8 Stopped Flute 61 8 Salicional 49 8 Voix Celeste (tc) 49 4 Flute Harmonic 61 8 Oboe [labial] (tc) 49 Tremolo ACTION: E-P ventil Swell to Swell 16' VOICES: 10 Swell Unison Off 8' Swell to Swell 4' STOPS: 11; inc. chimes RANKS: 10 PEDAL (Expressive) 16 Bourdon 30 PIPES: 543 NOTES The Estey was installed in what was originally known as Broadway United Presbyterian Church. That same congregation later became know as First United Presbyterian Church. In 19__, the Presbyterian congregation sold the edifice to another congregation and the building became known as Broadway Christian Church. By the early 1990's, that congregation had dwindled to the point that only about a dozen members were attending worship, and services were held in one of the smaller classrooms rather than the sanctuary. In 1991, the Christian congregation sold the building to Abundant Life Pentecostal Church. In 1993, with the organ not being used, Abundant Life offered the organ for sale. It was purchased in 1995 by Don Stagg of Blaine, WA. who installed the organ in his home. As originally installed, the Estey was free-standing and encased with at least 15 pipes of the Great 8' Open Diapason in the facade. Key and stop action were tubular-pneumatic. The Great and Pedal were non-expressive while the Swell was enclosed. In 1949, First (Broadway) United Presbyterian Church contracted Balcom and Vaughan of Seattle to electrify and move the organ. The original tubular-pneumatic action was converted to electro-pneumatic, and the entire organ was placed in a single chamber under expression. The originally visible pipes of the Great 8' Open Diapason were placed on an offset chest. A set of used Kimball expression shutters were used to make the chamber expressive. The original attached keydesk was detached and made independent and air-free. A new stop rail replaced the original stop action, and a 21-note set of chimes on electric action was added to the organ. No other tonal changes were made, and the original chests were retained. The pipes of the Great 8'Open Diapason begin in zinc, but then change over to thick, heavy lead. The 8' Melodia has 24 stopped wood basses, and all the remaining pipes are of open wood with inverted mouths. The tenor C 8' Dulciana is of spotted metal throughout and borrows notes 1-12 from the 8' Melodia. The 4' Octave is also entirely of spotted metal, and the first 20 pipes are bearded. The pipes of the Swell 8' Stopped Flute are of stopped wood for 49 pipes with 12 open, spotted metal trebles. The 8' Salicional is of spotted metal throughout as is the tenor C 8' Voix Celeste. And like the Great 8' Dulciana, the 8' Salicional borrows notes 1-12 from another rank – in this case the 8' Stopped Flute. The 4' Flute Harmonic is the same lead composition as the 8' Open Diapason. It goes harmonic at middle C and stay harmonic throughout the remaining compass. The tenor C 8' Oboe is a labial reed with a cylindrical/ tapered resonator. It is entirely of spotted metal. The 30 pipes of the Pedal 16' Bourdon are entirely of stopped wood. As installed in the Stagg Residence, the console is upstairs in the Music Room next to the Wm. A. Johnson tracker. The pipes are installed in a basement chamber and speak up through a wooden floor grate. Sources: Balcom and Vaughan opus list and files; jRS; extant organ. [Received from James R. Stettner 2016-04-04.]

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