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Balcom & Vaughan Pipe Organs Opus 709 (1963)

Holy Trinity Lutheran
301 E. Lopez St.
Port Angeles, WA

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
2 manuals
16 stops
12 registers
3 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: None
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

2006-11-25 - Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- See The DIAPASON No. 10, Whole No. 646, Sept. 1963, pg. 6 (not entirely accurate). -Database Manager

2008-06-27 - Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from the September 1963 issue of "The Diapason" and from B&V files Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Port Angeles, Washington
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church

BALCOM & VAUGHAN PIPE ORGANS, Opus 709, 1963 - Original Specifications


GREAT                                        COUPLERS     
         blank                                  Swell to Pedal                  8,4
   8     Spill Floete               61          Great to Pedal                  8,4
   4     Prinzipal                  61
   2     Block Floete               61          Swell to Great               16,8,4
         blank
         blank
   8     Fagott               (tc)  49
         Tremulant                           FINGER PISTONS
         blank                                  None

   Great to Great 16’
   Great Unison Off 8’
   Great to Great 4’                         TOE STUDS
                                                Gt. To Ped.                   (rev)
                                                Sw. to Ped.                   (rev)

SWELL (Expressive)
   8     Gedackt Floete             61
   8     Viola                      61       PEDAL MOVEMENTS
   8     Viola Celeste        (tc)  49          Swell Expression             (bal.)
   4     Rohr Floete                61          Crescendo                    (bal.)
   2     Italian Principal          61
   1-1/3 Nasat                      61
         blank
         Tremulant                           ACTION: E-P unit

   Swell to Swell 16’                        VOICES: 12
   Swell Unison Off 8’
   Swell to Swell 4’                         STOPS: 16

                                             RANKS: 12

PEDAL                                        PIPES: 674
   16    Sub Bass                   32
   16    Zart Bass                  --
   8     Spitz Prinzipal            32
   8     Still Pfeife               12
   4     Koral Bass                 12
         blank
         blank
   4     Fagott               (Gt)  --


NOTES
This organ replaced a transplanted 1923 Wurlitzer, Opus 733 - a 2/6 Style D originally built for
the Lincoln Theatre in Port Angeles, and installed used at the former edifice of Holy Trinity 
Lutheran by Balcom and Vaughan in 1936-37.

The organ is installed in chambers at the front, center of the room.  The console is located at
the front on the right side, with the organist facing the congregation.

The Pedal 16’ Zart Bass takes its first 12 notes from the 16’ Subbass on soft wind; and the 
balance from the Swell 8’ Gedackt Floete.

Sources: Balcom and Vaughan opus list and files; The DIAPASON, No. 10, Whole No. 646, September
         1963, pg. 6; extant enlarged organ.

 [Received from James R. Stettner 2012-05-20.]

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