Balcom and Vaughan Pipe Organs, Inc. Opus 822 RB (1976)

Images

2010-10-08 - Sanctuary interior and chancel with organ chambers (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-10-08 - Antiphonal ceiling chamber above rear gallery (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-10-08 - Console from left (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-10-08 - Console; full view (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-10-08 - Left stopjamb (Pedal & Swell) (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-10-08 - "Right stopjamb (Antiphonal, Great, & Choir)" (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-10-08 - Coupler rail (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-10-08 - "Pedalboard, toe studs, and expression & crescendo" (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-10-08 - Builder's nameplate (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-10-08 - Original Kimball nameplate (modified) (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-10-08 - Great chamber (left) and Positiv chamber (right) (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-10-08 - Pedal chamber (left) and Swell chamber (right) (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-10-08 - Great division (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-10-08 - Positiv division (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-10-08 - Pedal division (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-10-08 - Swell division shutters (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Notes

2006-10-21 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- This is an essentially new instrument, but retains 17 ranks from the church's previous 1927, 4-man. Kimball. Most of the Great, the Positiv, and part of the Pedal are on new E-P slider chests. The retained Kimball ranks are almost entirely on their original E-P unit and or pitman chests. The new ranks in the Swell are on standard B and V Kilgen-style unit chests. The remote Wicks combination action which was added to the Kimball in 1959 was retained. This was later replaced by B and V with an in-console Peterson solid state system in 1992. Later tonal changes were made to the organ as well. -Database Manager

2012-06-30 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the console April 15, 1991 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Seattle, Washington University Temple United Methodist Church W.W. KIMBALL CO., Opus 6983, 1927 Balcom and Vaughan Pipe Organs, Inc., Opus 822 RB, 1977 - Rebuild, Tonal Changes & Additions Original Specifications GREAT SWELL (Expressive) 16' Quintaten 61 16' Gedeckt 12 K 8' Principal 61 8' Diapason 68 K 8' Gemshorn 61 K 8' Gedeckt 68 K 8' Rohrflöte 61 8' Salicional 68 K 4' Octave 61 8' Voix Celeste 68 K 4' Quintaten 24 4' Principal 68 2' Principal 61 4' Koppel Flöte 61 IV Mixture 15-19-22-26 244 2-2/3' Nasat 61 8' Trumpet 61 2' Koppel Flöte 12 8' Krummhorn (Pos) -- 1-3/5' Terz 61 Chimes (Echo) -- IV Mixture 19-22-26-29 244 blank 16' Fagotto 12 K 8' Trompette 68 Great 4' 8' Oboe 68 K 8' Clarinet 68 K 4' Clarion 12 POSITIV 4' Oboe 12 K 8' Bordun 61 Tremulant 8' Quintaten (Gt) -- 8' Dulciana (in Sw) 61 K Swell 16' 8' Unda Maris (in Sw) 61 K Unison Off 4' Spill Flöte 61 Swell 4' 2' Klein Prinzipal 61 1-1/3' Klein Nasat 61 1' Sifflöte 61 PEDAL 8' Krummhorn 61 32' Resultant -- 8' English Horn (in Sw) 61 K 16' Diapason 32 K Tremulant 16' Gamba 32 K Cymbel Stern 16' Quintaten (Gt) -- 16' Subbass 32 Positiv 16' 16' Gedeckt (Sw) -- Unison Off 8' Octave 32 Positiv 4' 8' Gemshorn (Gt) -- 8' Quintaten (Gt) -- 8' Gedeckt (Sw) -- ANTIPHONAL (Expressive) 4' Choral Bass 32 8' Stopped Flute 61 K 4' Nachthorn 32 8' Flute Celeste 61 K 2' Quintaten (Gt) -- 8' Viole Aetheria 61 K III Mixture 22-26-29 96 8' Vox Angelica 61 K 16' Posaune 32 8' Vox Humana (w/Trem) 61 K 16' Fagotto (Sw) -- Tremulant 8' Trompette (Sw) -- Chimes (K) (G20 –g44) (25) K 4' Krummhorn (Pos) -- 4' Oboe (Sw) -- blank COUPLERS FINGER PISTONS Echo to Pedal 8 General 1 – 8 Swell to Pedal 8,4 Echo 1 - 5 Great to Pedal 8,4 Echo to Ped. (rev) Positiv to Pedal 8,4 Swell 1 - 7 Sw. to Ped. (rev) Echo [on Great] 8,4 Sw. to Gt. (rev) Swell to Great 16,8,4 Sw. to Pos. (rev) Positiv to Great 16,8,4 Great 1 – 7 Gt. to Ped. (rev) Swell to Positiv 16,8,4 Positiv 1 – 7 Pos. to Ped. (rev) Positiv to Swell 8 Pos. to Gt. (rev) Echo [on Swell] 8 Pos. to Sw. (rev) Sforz. (rev) Set [unlabeled] TOE STUDS Cancel General 1 – 8 Pedal 1 – 7 Sw. to Ped. (rev) PEDAL MOVEMENTS Gt. to Ped. (rev) Echo Expression (bal.) Pos. to Ped. (rev) Swell Expression (bal.) Sforz (rev) Crescendo (bal.) ACTION: E-P Slider VOICES: 42 STOPS: 64 RANKS: 50 PIPES: 2,900 E-P Pitman (inc. chimes) E-P unit (& cymbalstern) NOTES: The original 1927 W.W. Kimball Co. organ was a IV-manual, 41-rank instrument. Stops marked with a (K) in the preceding stoplist are retained from the original organ. The Balcom and Vaughan instrument was essentially a new instrument retaining 17 ranks from the 1927 Kimball. Most of the windchests were new, and the console was new. Most of the regulators are new, the exception being the Echo division. On the Great, the 8' Principal, 8' Rohrflöte, 4' Octave, 2' Principal, IV Mixture, and 8' Trumpet are all on a slider chest of early Fisk design utilizing a floating pneumatic pallet valve operated by an E-P primary. The Quintaten is on a Kilgen-style E-P unit chest. The 8' Gemshorn is on its original Kimball chest. On the Positiv, the 8' Bordun, 4', 2' 1-1/3', and 1' are new and are on an E-P slider chest. The 8' Krummhorn is also new, but is on a Kilgen-style E-P unit chest. The 8' Dulciana, 8' Unda Maris, and 8' English Horn are in the Swell chamber and on E-P unit chests. On the Swell, the 8' Diapason, 8' Gedeckt, 8' Salicional, 8' Voix Celeste, 8' Clarinet, and 8' Oboe are all on an original Kimball E-P pitman chest. The 8' Diapason was origi- nally located in the Echo and was relocated to the Swell in the rebuild. The 16' Gedeckt extension, bass of the 8' Diapason, and 16' Fagotto extension are also on their original Kimball offset chests. The remaining pipework is all new and stands on Kilgen-style E-P unit chests. On the Echo, all ranks are Kimball and the chest is original. The chimes are on their original Kimball E-P action, but the dampers have been removed. On the Pedal, the 16' Diapason is in the Great chamber and on its original Kimball chests. The 16' Gamba is on its original Kimball chests. The 16' Subbass and 16' Posaune are on Kilgen-style E-P unit chests. And the 8' Octave, 4' Choral Bass, 4' Nachthorn, and III Mixture are on an E-P slider chest. On all divisions where the slider chests are used, the pipes are encased atop the slider chest by a reflective enclosure. The main blower is in the basement and has an original Kimball static regulator immediately overhead. This was re-leathered in 2011 by Rose City Organ Builders, Inc. of Portland, Oregon. The Echo division has its own blower in a sound-proof room beside the pipe chamber. In 1997 the Echo expression pneumatic motors and primary were releathered by Stettner and Larson Pipe Organs of Seattle/Spokane when many of them ruptured during the recording of a compact disc by Artist-in-Residence David G. Di Fiore and the Auburn Symphony Orchestra. The relay was a new Peterson solid state relay when installed during the rebuild and enlarge- ment. The Peterson solid state combination action was added ca. 1991 when the remote Wicks combination action installed in 1959 began to fail. The new pipework was ordered from Jacques Stinkens in Zeist, Holland. The organ has since been enlarged to 54 ranks. Sources: Balcom and Vaughan opus list and files; church files; JRS; extant organ [Received from James R. Stettner 2012-06-30.]

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