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Balcom and Vaughan Pipe Organs, Inc. Opus 843 (1979)

Beacon Hill Presbyterian
1625 S. Columbian Way
Seattle, WA

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
2 manuals
6 stops
25 registers
1 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)
Combination action: None
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

2006-06-12 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

2007-04-20 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The church closed ca. 2001. The Seattle Presbytery has its offices there, and the facility is being used by several other ethnic denominations, but organ not being used. Its subsequent fate is not known. -Database Manager

2007-05-02 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

2011-03-05 - Updated through online information from Rene A. Marceau. -- The organ was sold to Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA. Marceau Pipe Organ Builders will remove the organ and install it into the Music Annex building on campus. Tonal additions (6 ranks) are planned for installation in summer, 2011. No mechanical changes are anticipated at this time. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the console August 14, 1991 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Seattle, Washington
Beacon Hill Presbyterian Church

Balcom and Vaughan Pipe Organs, Inc., Opus 843, 1979 - Original Specifications

GREAT (Expressive)            SWELL (Expressive)            PEDAL (Expressive)
8     Prinzipal               8     Rohr Flöte              16    Rohr Bass
8     Rohr Flöte              8     Spitz Gamba             8     Prinzipal
8     Spitz Gamba             8     Spitz Gamba Celeste     8     Rohr Flöte
4     Oktave                  4     Oktave                  8     Spitz Gamba
4     Rohr Flöte              4     Rohr Flöte              4     Choral Bass
III   Mixtur  2'              2     Prinzipal               2     Octavin
8     Hautbois                2     Rohr Flöte              8     Hautbois
      Chimes                  1-1/3 Rohr Nasat              4     Hautbois
                              8     Hautbois
Great to Great 4'                   Tremulant               1     blank stoptablet

                              Swell to Swell 16'
                              Swell to Swell 4'

                              1     blank stoptablet

STOP / RANK / PIPE ANALYSIS
   16    Rohr Bass                (Ped)  12   Extension of the 8' Rohr Flöte.
   8     Prinzipal             (Gt/Ped)  61
   8     Rohr Flöte         (Gt/Sw/Ped)  61
   8     Spitz Gamba        (Gt/Sw/Ped)  61
   8     Spitz Gamba Celeste       (Sw)  49   Tenor C.
   4     Oktave                 (Gt/Sw)  12   Extension of the 8' Prinzipal.
   4     Choral Bass              (Ped)  --   From the Prinzipal unit.
   4     Rohr Flöte             (Gt/Sw)  12   Extension of the 8' Rohr Flöte.
   2     Prinzipal                 (Sw)  12   Extension of the 8' Prinzipal.
   2     Octavin                  (Ped)  --   From the Prinzipal unit.
   2     Rohr Flöte                (Sw)  12   Extension of the 8' Rohr Flöte.
   1-1/3 Rohr Nasat                (Sw)  --   From the Rohr Flöte unit. 54 notes: CC - f3.
   III   Mixtur  2'                (Gt) 183   Beginning pitches: 15-19-22.
   8     Hautbois           (Gt/Sw/Ped)  61
   4     Hautbois                 (Ped)  --   From the 8' Hautbois.
         Tremulant                            Affects the entire instrument.
         Chimes                    (Gt)

PIPE SUMMARY
   Prinzipal.............................85
   Rohr Flöte............................97
   Spitz Gamba...........................61
   Spitz Gamba Celeste...................49
   Mixtur  2'...........................183
   Hautbois..............................61

COUPLERS
   Swell to Pedal                       8
   Great to Pedal                       8

   Swell to Great                    16,8,4

FINGER PISTONS
   Sw. to Ped.                        (rev)
   Gt. to Ped.                        (rev)

TOE STUDS
   Sw. to Ped.                        (rev)
   Gt. to Ped.                        (rev)

PEDAL MOVEMENTS
   Expression                        (bal.)
   Crescendo                         (bal.)

ACTION: Kilgen-style, electro-pneumatic unit
VOICES: 6
STOPS: 25; inc. chimes
RANKS: 8
PIPES: 536

[Received on line from James R. Stettner December 04, 2009.]

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