2006-12-27 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Originally installed in a previous building at which location the Great and Pedal were arranged in a functional display at the center directly behind the platform. Pictured in the February 1, 1955 issue of The Diapason, No. 3, Whole No. 543, pg. 3. The organ has a prepared-for Positiv division which may have been intended to be electronic. One of the expression pedals is labeled "Electronic." -Database Manager
2008-06-11 - Updated through information adapted from <i>E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List</i>, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: <br><i>No information.</i> -Database Manager
2016-10-18 - Updated through online information from Joe O'Donnell. <br>Manual windchests are pitman chests incorporating some unit actions for duplexing. In the present building the organ chamber is a loft cantilevered over the choir seating. The back and both sides of the console were made inaccessible, so the setterboard was repositioned behind the knee panel. As part of a building renovation the organ will have its electrical system upgraded in early 2017 by Bond Organ Builders, Inc. -Database Manager
Stoplist copied from the console November 15, 1991 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Wenatchee, Washington
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
AEOLIAN-SKINNER ORGAN CO., Opus 1252, 1955 - Original Specifications
GREAT COUPLERS
16 Quintaton (prep) -- Swell to Pedal 8,4
8 Gedeckt Pommer 61 Great to Pedal 8
8 Spitzflöte 61 Positiv on Pedal 8,4
8 Dolcan (Sw) --
4 Prestant 61 Swell to Great 16,8,4
II Grave Mixture [12-15] 122 Positiv on Great 16,8
III Fourniture (prep) --
Positiv on Swell 16,8
Great 16
Great Unison Off Electronic Inactive
Great 4
FINGER PISTONS
SWELL (Expressive) General 1 – 4
8 Viola 68 Swell 1 – 4
8 Viola Celeste (tc) 56 Great 1 – 4
8 Dolcan 68 Gr. to Ped. (rev)
4 Flute Harmonique 68 Pos. on Sw. (s-a)
2-2/3 Rohr Nasat 61 Pos. on Gr. (s-a)
2 Octavin 61 Full Organ (rev)
8 Hautbois 68 Cancel
Tremulant
Swell 16 TOE STUDS
Swell Unison Off Pedal 1 – 4
Swell 4 Pos. on Sw. (s-a)
Pos. on Gr. (s-a)
Pos. on Ped. (rev)
POSITIV (Prepared-for) Sw. to Ped. (rev)
8 Nason Flute -- Gr. to Ped. (rev)
4 Koppel Flöte -- Full Organ (rev)
2 Lieblich Prinzipal --
1-3/5 Terz --
1-1/3 Larigot -- PEDAL MOVEMENTS
III Zimbel -- Electronic (bal.)
Swell Expression (bal.)
Crescendo (bal.)
PEDAL
16 Gedeckt Bass (Gt) 12
16 Quintaton (Gt) -- ACTION: E-P
16 Sanft Bass (Sw) --
8 Spitz Prinzipal 32 VOICES: 12 (20 w/preps)
4 Choral Bass 12
II Rausch Quinte [6-8] (Gt) 24 STOPS: 20 (29 w/preps)
16 Contre Hautbois (prep-Sw) --
8 Hautbois (Sw) -- RANKS: 13 (25 w/preps)
4 Hautbois (Sw) --
PIPES: 847 (1,592 w/preps)
NOTES
The organ was originally installed in a former building. In its original location,
the Great and Pedal were exposed to view, centered behind the pulpit. The Swell was
hidden from view to one side by drapes spanning the width of the front of the church.
A picture of this installation may be seen on page 3 in the February 1, 1955 issue of
The Diapason in an advertisement for Aeolian-Skinner.
The Pos. on Sw. and Pos. on Gr. finger pistons and toe studs are single-acting, and
also register the Unison Off for the manual to which the Positiv is being coupled. If
the Positiv on Great and Positiv on Pedal coupler tablets are registered by hand, they
do not activate the related Unison Off tablet.
It is not clear what the Electronic Inactive coupler tablet or Electronic expression
pedal were intended to control. It may be possible that Aeolian-Skinner was experimenting
with electronically-generated voices, and that the Positiv was going to be an electronic
division. Rodgers was doing pipe/electronic instruments with Fratelli-Ruffatti in the 50's.
Sources: Diapason, (3/543), 2/1/55, p. 3; Extant organ
[Received from James R. Stettner 2012-07-04.]Specification from <i>The Diapason</i>, February 1955 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Wenatchee, Washington
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc. Opus 1252 1951 2 manuals, 12 stops, 13 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN (enclosed) SWELL ORGAN
16' Quintaton pf 8' Viola 68
8' Gedeckt Pommer 61 8' Viola Celeste 68
8' Spitzflöte 61 8' Dolcan 68
8' Dolcan SW 4' Flute Harmonique 68
4' Prestant 61 2 2/3' Rohrnasat 61
II Grave Mixture 122 2' Octavin 61
IV Fourniture pf 8' Hautbois 68
Tremulant
POSITIV ORGAN (floating)
8' Nason Flute pf PEDAL ORGAN
4' Koppelflöte pf 16' Gedecktbass 12 GT
2' Lieblichprinzipal pf 16' Quintaton GT pf
1 3/5' Terz pf 16' Sanftbass 12 SW
1 1/3' Larigot pf 8' Spitzprinzipal 32
III Zimbel pf 4' Choralbass 12
II Rauschquint 24 GT
COMBINATION ACTION (setterboard) 16' Contre Hautbois 12 SW pf
Great 1-4 (thumb) 8' Hautbois SW
Swell 1-4 (thumb) 4' Hautbois SW
Pedal 1-4 (toe)
General 1-4 (thumb) COUPLERS
General Cancel (thumb) Great to Pedal 8
Swell to Pedal 8 4
REVERSIBLES Positiv on Pedal 8 4
Great to Pedal (thumb & toe) Swell to Great 16 8 4
Swell to Pedal (toe) Positiv on Great 16 8
Positiv on Swell (thumb & toe) Positiv on Swell 16 8
Positiv on Great (thumb & toe) Electronic Inactive
Positiv on Pedal (toe)
Full Organ (thumb & toe) EXPRESSION
Balanced Pedal - Swell
Balanced Pedal - Electronic
Crescendo Pedal
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2015-11-23]
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