2006-11-25 - Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- This was a project done for Wicks representative Philip A. Larson of Spokane, who cared for the instrument. A Voix Celeste was added to the Swell made from used Möller Gambe pipes in the Bond inventory from Trinity Episcopal in Portland. A new 73-pipe 8'/4' Fagot was also added. Both ranks were added on a new Wicks D-E chest. -Database Manager
2008-11-05 - Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- -Database Manager
Stoplist copied from the console October 15, 1994 and verified/updated February 1996 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Prosser, Washington
First Presbyterian Church
BALCOM and VAUGHAN, Opus 519, 1950
Balcom & Vaughan Pipe Organs, Opus 707, 1962 - Moving
Meadway & Stettner, 1996 - Tonal Changes & Additions
GREAT (Expressive) SWELL (Expressive) PEDAL (Expressive)
16 Open Diapason 16 Bourdon 16 Bourdon
8 Open Diapason 8 Open Diapason 16 Gedeckt
8 Gedeckt 8 Gedeckt 8 Open Diapason
8 Salicional 8 Salicional 8 Flute
8 Dulciana 8 Voix Celeste 4 Octave
4 Octave 4 Flute 2 Super Octave
4 Flute 4 Salicet 8 Fagot
4 Salicet 4 Voix Celeste
4 Dulcet 2-2/3 Nazard
2-2/3 Twelfth 2 Flautina
2 Fifteenth 8 Fagot
8 Fagot 4 Fagot
Chimes Tremolo
STOP / RANK / PIPE ANALYSIS
16 Open Diapason (Gt) -- Tenor C. Borrowed from the 8' Open
Diapason.
16 Bourdon (Sw/Ped) 12 Extension of the 8' Gedeckt.
16 Gedeckt (Ped) -- Same as the 16' Bourdon, but with notes
1-12 on soft wind.
8 Open Diapason (Gt/Sw/Ped) 61
8 Gedeckt (Gt/Sw) 61
8 Flute (Ped) -- Same as the 8' Gedeckt.
8 Salicional (Gt/Sw) 61
8 Voix Celeste (Sw) 49 Tenor C. Used Möller Gambe. Added 1994
by M&S.
8 Dulciana (Gt) 49 Borrows its bottom octave from the
Salicional.
4 Octave (Gt/Ped) 12 Extension of the 8' Open Diapason.
4 Flute (Gt/Sw) 12 Extension of the 8' Gedeckt.
4 Salicet (Gt/Sw) 12 Extension of the 8' Salicional.
4 Voix Celeste (Sw) 12 Extension of the 8' Voix Celeste.
4 Dulcet (Gt) 12 Extension of the 8' Dulciana.
2-2/3 Twelfth (Gt) -- From the Open Diap. unit. Top 7 notes
borrowed from the Gedeckt unit.
2-2/3 Nazard (Sw) 7 Extension of the 8' Gedeckt.
2 Fifteenth (Gt) -- From the Open Diap. unit. Top octave
borrowed from the Gedeckt unit.
2 Super Octave (Ped) -- From the Open Diapason unit.
2 Flautina (Sw) 5 Extension of the 8' Gedeckt.
8 Fagot (Gt/Sw/Ped) 61 New pipes. Added 1994 by M&S.
4 Fagot (Sw) 12 Extension of the 8' Fagot. New pipes.
Added 1994 by M&S.
Tremolo (Sw) Affects the entire instrument.
Chimes (Gt) (25) Maas-Rowe amplified. Compass: F18 - f42.
PIPE SUMMARY
Open Diapason Gedeckt Salicional Voix Celeste Dulciana Fagot
73 pipes 97 pipes 73 pipes 61 pipes 61 pipes 73 pipes
ACTION: E-P & D-E unit VOICES: 6 STOPS: 32 RANKS: 6 Pipes: 438
(inc. chimes)
NOTES
This organ was originally built for the previous edifice which stood on this same site. The
organ was installed in a single chamber at the center of the chancel. The Choir sat in front
of the chamber, and the console was at the front, left side with the organist facing across
the chancel and the congregation on his right. When the new church was built, Balcom and
Vaughan removed the organ, stored it, and re-installed it in the new facility.
In the new (present) church the chamber is on the right side of the church towards the front.
Two sets of shutters direct the volume into the sanctuary and the side choir gallery. The
shutters into the choir gallery are used shutters from an organ built by M.P. Möller as their
opus 7382. The shutters that open into the sanctuary also appear to be used, but their origins
are unknown.
The 8' Dulciana borrows its bottom 12 notes from the Salicional. The 2-2/3' Twelfth is from
the Open Diapason unit and borrows its top seven notes from the Gedeckt unit. Similarly, the
2' Fifteenth borrows its top octave from the Gedeckt unit. The Chimes are Maas-Rowe amplified
chimes which play for 25 notes from tenor F through f 42. The Voix Celeste is a used, Möller
Gamba originally built for Trinity Episcopal Church in Portland, OR., and purchased used by
Meadway & Stettner from Bond Pipe Organs in Portland, OR. The Fagot is new. Both the Fagot
and the 8' Voix Celeste were added on a new 2-rank chest designed for the additions by Wicks.
The Tremolo affects the entire instrument.
The organ was under the care of Wicks Rep Philip A. Larson of Spokane, WA. dba Washington
Church Organs, but the installation and wiring were sub-contracted to Meadway & Stettner.
Sources: Balcom and Vaughan opus list; Meadway & Stettner files; extant organ.
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