Central Christian Church / Cornerstone Christian Church: Sanctuary; front
12 N. Chelan
Wenatchee, WA
Images
ca. 2015 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Church website, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
1993-12-23 - Console (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
1993-12-23 - Great Pipework (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
1993-12-23 - Swell Pipework (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
1993-12-23 - Pipework (Offset Basses) (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
2012-04-11 - Console (Photograph by Jesse Zylstra/Database Manager)
2008-12-15 - Sanctuary interior, console, chamber grille; Balcom and Vaughan archive photo (Digital image by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
- 2 manuals
- 8 stops
- 15 registers
- 2 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
Notes
2006-12-15 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager
2006-12-15 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- This was the removal from the old building, electrification & rebuilding, and re-installation of the existing 1904 Kimball organ. -Database Manager
2021-10-09 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ has not been used for a few years now. It was fully playable when we last tuned it before Christmas a few years ago. Chest leathers are starting to go. Regulators have been patched. Stoppers need to be re-leathered. Pipes could use cleaning and setting back on speech. -Jim Stettner
Stoplist
Stoplist copied from the console November 15, 1991; updated December 23, 1993 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Wenatchee, Washington
Central Christian Church / Cornerstone Christian Church
W.W. KIMBALL CO., Opus ____ 1904
Balcom and Vaughan, Opus 651, 1958 - Electrification
GREAT (Expressive) COUPLERS
8 Open Diapason 61 Swell to Pedal 8,4
8 Melodia 61 Great to Pedal 8,4
8 Dulciana 61
4 Principal 55 Swell to Great 16,8,4
blank
Great to Great 16'
Great Unison Off FINGER PISTONS
Great to Great 4' Swell & Pedal 1 – 3
Great & Pedal 1 - 3
SWELL (Expressive)
16 Bass Flute (tc) -- TOE STUDS
8 Stopped Flute 61 Gr. to Pedal (rev)
8 Salicional 61
8 Voix Celeste (tc) 49
4 Flute 12
2-2/3 Nazard 7 PEDAL MOVEMENTS
2 Flautina 5 Expression (bal.)
blank Crescendo (bal.)
8 Oboe Horn 61
Tremolo
Swell to Swell 16'
Swell Unison Off ACTION: E-P unit
Swell to Swell 4'
VOICES: 8
PEDAL (Expressive) STOPS: 15
16 Bourdon (Sw) 12
16 Gedeckt (Sw) -- RANKS: 8
8 Flute (Sw) --
blank PIPES: 506
NOTES
This organ was originally built for the previous edifice which stood on this same site.
The original Kimball was free-standing and encased with notes 1-17 of the Great 8' Open
Diapason in the façade, hence the designation, "Style 17". The keydesk was attached and
projecting, and the instrument operated by means of tubular-pneumatic action. The organ
was a gift of the Ladies Aid Society and cost approximately $3,000.00.
At the time of the electrification in 1958, much of the original pipework was retained,
and some used pipework from other sources as well as some new pipes were added. The fol-
lowing analysis gives a breakdown of tonal resources as of June, 1997:
8' Open Diapason New and used pipework. Notes 1-12 appear to be stock, Durst
Organ Supply pipes. Notes 13-61 are canvas-lead pipes marked,
"181 2nd Diap" and are from the 1911 Austin (opus 181) origi-
nally built for First Presbyterian Church in Seattle and
later altered by Balcom and Vaughan. As regards the fate of
the original Kimball 8' Diapason façade pipes, one story says
that the pipes were mistakenly taken to the dump.
8' Melodia Used pipes of unknown provenance. The pipes are marked,
“1507". The first 12 are stopped wood and offset. They are
very old pipes, likely from a 19th century tracker-action
organ. The caps of the open wood pipes are glued on.
8' Dulciana From the original Kimball. Notes 1-12 are on an offset chest,
and the first seven are cannistered.
4' Octave From the original Kimball. This is the original 8' Open
Diapason minus the missing pipes from the original speaking
façade. Note f 18 is actually playing as note f# 19, so the
rank has been rescaled one note larger. The first six notes
are borrowed from the tenor octave of the 8' Open Diapason.
The B&V files claim this was going to be a new set of 61
pipes, but that decision was evidently changed.
8' Stopped Flute Partially from the original Kimball. The 16' and 8' octaves
are from the Kimball, but from 4' C up, they are new Durst
Organ Supply pipes.
8' Salicional From the original Kimball. Notes 1-12 are from the original
8' Gambe. Notes 13-61 are the original Great 4' Violin.
8' Voix Celeste From the original Kimball. This is the balance of the
original Swell 8' Gambe.
8' Oboe From the original Kimball. This was originally a tenor C
stop, and was expanded to full-compass at the time of the
electrification. A new Durst Organ Supply bass was added.
The Pedal 16' Gedeckt is the same as the 16' Bourdon, but the first 12 notes are on
"soft wind". The console, tremolo regulators, and most of the chests were all new.
The expression louvers were used. The stopped Flute and Voix Celeste occupy a used
Kimball chest, from another source. It is marked for a Vox Humana and a Rohr Flute.
Sources: Balcom and Vaughan opus list and files; extant, original pipework, JRS.
[Received from James R. Stettner 2012-07-04.]
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