2005-09-21 - Pipe Display on back wall (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
2005-09-21 - Console (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
2006-10-16 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- According to accounts from Balcom and Vaughan personnel, the organist was dissatisfied with the organ because the 8' Spitz Flöte - the softest stop in the organ - was still too loud for quiet times during worship when music was still desired. After much deliberation and some bad feelings, tonal additions and changes were made in 1962. A tenor C, 8' Weiden Pfeife was added to the organ, and several other stoplist unification changes were made. Cost of the addition and changes was $850.00. -Database Manager
Original document from James R. Stettner. Source: Stoplist copied from the console April 5, 1991; verified and updated Sept. 21, 2005. 2019-01-22
Seattle, Washington
University Christian Church (DoC)
BALCOM and VAUGHAN, Opus 682, 1961
Balcom and Vaughan, 1962 - Tonal Addition and Changes
GREAT POSITIV PEDAL
8 Gedeckt 8 Rohr Flöte 16 Gedeckt
8 Spitz Flöte 8 Spitz Flöte 8 Gedeckt
8 Weiden Pfeife 8 Spitz Flöte Celeste 8 Spitz Flöte
4 Principal 4 Spitz Flöte 5-1/3 Spitz Quint
4 Rohr Flöte 2 Principal 4 Principal
2-2/3 Rohr Nasat 2 Spitz Flöte 4 Gedeckt
2 Gedeckt 1-1/3 Larigot 2 Spitz Flöte
1-3/5 Terz 1 Spitz Flöte III Mixture
II-III Mixture II Zimbel 4 Krummhorn
Chimes Tremolo
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STOP / RANK / PIPE ANALYSIS
16 Gedeckt (Ped) 12 Extension of the 8' Gedeckt.
8 Gedeckt (Gt/Ped) 61
8 Rohr Flöte (Pos) –- Notes 1-19 from the 8' Gedeckt; notes
20-61 from the 2-2/3' Rohr Nasat.
8 Spitz Flöte (Gt/Pos/Ped) 61
8 Spitz Flöte Cel. (Pos) 49 Tenor C.
8 Weiden Pfeife (Gt) 49 Added 1962.
5-1/3 Spitz Quint (Ped) –- From the Spitz Flöte unit.
4 Principal (Gt/Ped) 61
4 Gedeckt (Ped) -- From the Gedeckt unit.
4 Rohr Flöte (Gt) –- Notes 1-7 from the 8' Gedeckt; notes
8-61 from the 2-2/3' Rohr Nasat.
4 Spitz Flöte (Pos) 12 Extension of the 8' Spitz Flöte.
2-2/3 Rohr Nasat (Gt) 61
2 Principal (Pos) 12 Extension of the 4' Principal.
2 Gedeckt (Gt) 24 Extension of the 8' Gedeckt.
2 Spitz Flöte (Pos/Ped) 12 Extension of the 8' Spitz Flöte.
1-3/5 Terz (Gt) –- From the Spitz Flöte unit. Top 4
notes repeat.
1-1/3 Larigot (Pos) –- From the 2-2/3' Rohr Nasat. Top octave
repeats.
1 Spitz Flöte (Pos) –- From the Spitz Flöte unit. Top octave
repeats.
II-III Mixture (Gt) 165 Beginning pitches: 19-22
II Zimbel (Pos) 24 Beginning pitches: 33-36. Repeats
every octave.
III Mixture (Ped) –- Beginning pitches: 15-19-22. Derived
from 2' Principal and Great II-III.
4 Krummhorn (Ped) –- Console preparation
Tremolo Affects entire instrument
Chimes (Gt) (25) Maas 'Vibrachimes'. Compass: tenor F
thru f 42. Added as a memorial.
PIPE SUMMARY
Gedeckt Spitz Flöte Spitz Flöte Cel. Weiden Pfeife
97 pipes 85 pipes 49 pipes 49 pipes
Principal Rohr Nasat II-III Mixture II Zimbel
73 pipes 61 pipes 165 pipes 24 pipes
PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Crescendo (bal.)
ACTION: E-P unit VOICES: 8 STOPS: 27 RANKS: 11 PIPES: 603
NOTES
The organ is installed atop a triangular ledge projecting off of the back wall directly
above the center aisle. The fist five pipes of the 16' Gedeckt form the focal point of
the entirely exposed, symmetrical display of pipes. The organ cost $4,684.00.
According to accounts from Balcom and Vaughan personnel, the organist was dissatisfied
with the organ because the 8' Spitz Flöte – the softest stop in the organ – was still
too loud for quiet times during worship when music was still desired. After some delib-
eration and some bad feelings on both sides, tonal additions and changes were made in
1962.
On the Great, the tenor C 8' Weiden Pfeife was added in-place of the prepared-for 8'
Krummmhorn, and is now the softest stop in the organ. The former 4' Spitz Flöte stop
was rewired as a 4' Rohr Flöte borrowed from both the 8' Gedeckt and 2-2/3' Rohr Nasat.
The chimes were also added as a memorial gift. A plaque on the console reads:
In Memory of
BRUCE EDWIN BRANIGEN
1942 – 1959
by Family and Friends
On the Positiv, the 8' Gedeckt was rewired an an 8' Rohr Flöte, which – like the Great
4' Rohr Flöte – is borrowed from the 8' Gedeckt and 2-2/3' Rohr Nasat. The original III
Cymbel was changed to a II Zimbel.
The Pedal remained unchanged. The cost of the addition and changes was $850.00.
Sources: B&V opus list and files; JRS; extant, enlarged organ.
University Christian Church – Chapel
4731 15th Ave. NE
Seattle, WA. 98105 Documented: April 5, 1991
(206) 522-0169 Verified and Updated: Sept. 21, 2005
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