1991-09-01 - Console (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
1991-09-01 - Pipework (l-r): Gedeckt, Salicional, Dulciana, Diapason (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2006-11-25 - Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- Attic chamber. Unregulated grille open to outside. Had to remove dead pigeons in the 1990s. -Database Manager
2010-07-05 - Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ was sold to Tacoma organ technician Don Wallin for $1,000.00. It was installed with additions and an Ahlborn-Galanti console at First United Methodist Church in Tacoma in 2009. -Database Manager
Stoplist copied from the console September 1991 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Renton Washington
Renton Lutheran Church
BALCOM and VUAGHAN, Opus 512, 1950 - Original Specifications
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 Dulciana 8 Cello
4 Octave 4 Flute 4 Octave
4 Flute 4 Salicet 2 Super Octave
4 Salicet 2-2/3 Nazard
4 Dulcet 2 Flautino
2-2/3 Twelfth 8 Oboe
2 Fifteenth Tremolo
Chimes
STOP / RANK / PIPE ANALYSIS
16 Open Diapason (Gt) -- Tenor C. From 8' Open Diapason.
16 Bourdon (Sw/Ped) 12 Extension of 8' Gedeckt. Tenor C on Swell.
16 Gedeckt (Ped) -- Same as 16' Bourdon. 1-12 on soft wind.
8 Open Diapason (Gt/Sw/Ped) 61
8 Gedeckt (Gt/Sw) 61
8 Flute (Ped) -- Same as 8' Gedeckt.
8 Salicional (Gt/Sw) 61
8 Cello (Ped) -- Same as 8' Salicional.
8 Dulciana (Gt/Sw) -- Tenor C. From 4' Dulcet.
4 Octave (Gt/Ped) 12 Exension of 8' Open Diapason.
4 Flute (Gt/Sw) 12 Extension of 8' Gedeckt.
4 Salicet (Gt/Sw) 12 Extension of 8' Salicional.
4 Dulcet (Gt) 61
2-2/3 Twelfth (Gt) -- From Open Diapason. Notes 55-61 from
2-2/3' Nazard.
2-2/3 Nazard (Sw) 7 Extension of 8' Gedeckt.
2 Fifteenth (Gt) -- From Open Diapason. Notes 50-61 from
2' Flautino.
2 Super Octave (Ped) -- From Open Diapason.
2 Flautino (Sw) 5 Extension of 8' Gedeckt.
8 Oboe (Sw) -- Synthetic. Derived from 8' Salicional
and 2-2/3' Nazard.
Tremolo (Sw) Affects entire instrument.
Chimes (Gt) (25) Maas Vibrachimes. Compass: f 18 – f 42.
PIPE SUMMARY
Open Diapason Gedeckt Salicional Dulciana
73 pipes 97 pipes 73 pipes 61 pipes
PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Expression (bal.)
Crescendo (bal.)
ACTION: E-P unit VOICES: 4 STOPS: 29 RANKS: 4 PIPES: 304
(inc. chimes)
NOTES
The organ is installed in an attic chamber located at the front of the sanctuary right
at the peak of the roof. Inside the chamber, the first 12 pipes of the 16' Bourdon are
lying on the floor. The first 12 pipes of the 8' Open Diapason are mounted to the cei-
ling running parallel to the floor. The first 12 pipes of the 8' Salicional are on a
chest elevated above the 16' Bourdon and beneath the 8' Open Diapason. The first 8 pipes
of the 8' Gedeckt are on an offset chest, and all remaining pipework is on the main chest.
The chimes were added in 1962 as a memorial.
The organ was sold to Don Wallin for $1,000.00 and removed by him and his crew. It was
reinstalled at First United Methodist in Tacoma with alterations.
Sources: Balcom and Vaughan opus list; conversation with Don Wallin; JRS; extant organ.
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