First Presbyterian Church
1013 8th Avenue
Seattle, WA
Images
Unknown - Stained-glass window (Photograph by pauldorpat.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Unknown - Antiphonal (Photograph by pauldorpat.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2017-03-20 - Church exterior (Photograph by seattlebrutalism.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2017-03-20 - Church exterior (Photograph by seattlebrutalism.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Unknown - Church interior (Photograph by pauldorpat.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
- 3 manuals
- 54 stops
- 62 registers
- 5 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
- 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has coupler thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2020-04-09 - The vast contemporary-style building is to be demolished; the organ was offered for sale with the Organ Clearing House in 2019. -Database Manager
2006-06-12 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ has a floating Antiphonal division cantilevered off of the back wall above the rear gallery. This is Balcom and Vaughan's "Magnum Opus". -Database Manager
2006-10-19 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager
Stoplist
From 2006 AIO convention brochure Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Seattle, Washington
First Presbyterian Church - Sanctuary
Balcom and Vaughan Pipe Organs, Inc., Opus 772, 1969 - Original Specifications
GREAT SWELL (Expressive)
16' Quintade 61 16' Flûte à Cheminée 12
8' Prinzipal 61 8' Viola 68
8' Holz Bordun 61 8' Viola Celeste (GG) 61
8' Spitzflöte 61 8' Flûte à Cheminée 68
4' Oktave 61 4' Montre 68
4' Flöte [tapered] 61 4' Cor de Nuit 68
2' Super Oktave 61 2 2/3' Nasard 61
IV Mixtur 15.19.22.26 244 2' Flûte à Bec 61
III Scharf 26.29.33 183 1 3/5' Tierce 61
8' Trompete 61 IV Plein Jeu 22.26.29.33 244
8' Krummhorn 61 16' Fagott 61
Chimes (Maas; ta-f2) (21) 8' Trompette 61
8' Hautbois 61
Great 16 4' Clairon 61
Unison Off Tremulant
Great 4
Swell 16
Unison Off
CHOIR (Expressive) Swell 4
8' Singend Gedackt 68
8' Kleine Erzähler 68
8' Erzähler Celeste (tc) 56 PEDAL
4' Prinzipal 68 32' Bourdon 12
4' Koppel Flöte 68 16' Kontrabass 32
2' Klein Prinzipal 61 16' Subbass 32
1 1/3' Quintflöte 61 16' Gedeckt 32
1 Sifflöte 61 16' Quintade (Gt) –-
II Sesquialtera 12.17 122 8' Oktavbass 32
III Mixtur 29.33.36 183 8' Pommer 32
8' Cor Anglais 61 8' Rohrpfeife (Sw) –-
8' Trompette Harmonique (An) –- 4' Koralbass 32
Tremulant 4' Nachthorn 32
IV Mixtur 19.22.26.29 128
Choir 16 16' Posaune 32
Unison Off 16' Fagott (Sw) –-
Choir 4 8' Trumpet 32
4' Clarion 32
4' Rohr Schalmei 32
ANTIPHONAL Chimes (Gt) –-
8' Prinzipal 61
8' Rohr Gedackt 61
8' Gemshorn 61
4' Prinzipal 61
2' Flachflöte 61
III Mixtur 19-22-26 61
8' Trompette Harmonique 61
blank drawknob
COUPLERS FINGER PISTONS
Swell to Pedal 8,4 General 1 – 8
Great to Pedal 8,4 Swell 1 – 8
Choir to Pedal 8,4 Sw. to Ped. (rev)
Antiph. to Pedal 8 Sw. to Gt. (rev)
Sw. to Ch. (rev)
Swell to Great 16,8,4 Great 1 – 8
Choir to Great 16,8,4 Gt. to Ped. (rev)
Antiphonal 8,4 Choir 1 – 8
Ch. to Ped. (rev)
Swell to Choir 16,8,4 Ch to Gt [sic] (rev)
Antiphonal 8 Antiphonal 1 – 4
Ant. to Ped. (rev)
Choir to Swell 8 Pedal 1 – 6
Antiphonal 8 Couplers [inter-manual] 1 – 4
Bourdon 32' (rev)
Sforz (rev)
TOE STUDS Set
General 1 – 8 Gen. Canc.
Pedal 1 – 6
Gt. to Ped. (rev)
Bourdun 32' (rev) PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Sforz (rev) Swell Expression (bal.)
Choir Expression (bal.)
Crescendo (bal.)
DIVISION STOPS REGISTERS RANKS PIPES
Great 11 12 16 976
Swell 13 14 16 1,051
Choir 11 12 14 884
Antiphonal 7 7 9 549
Pedal 12 17 15 493
TOTAL 54 62 70 3,952
NOTES
The organ is installed in stacked and side-by-side chambers at the front of the sanctuary.
The console is in fixed position on the right. The action is electro-pneumatic. The Anti-
phonal to Manual couplers take the form of drawknobs located within each respective division.
The Great Principal chorus (8,4,2,IV,III) is unaffected by the 16' and 4' intra-manual
couplers. This is Balcom and Vaughan's 'Magnum Opus'.
Sources: B&V opus list and files; JRS; extant organ
First Presbyterian Church – Sanctuary
1013 8th Avenue
Seattle, WA. 98104
(206) 624-0644 Documented: June 1, 1992
[Received from Connor Annable 2012-01-12. Corrected, updated, and expanded by former
Balcom and Vaughan employee James R. Stettner from stoplist copied from the console
on June 1, 1992.]
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