1991-11-15 - Great Principal Pipe Display and Chamber Grillework (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
1991-11-15 - Console (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2006-12-28 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- New exposed Great Principal chorus of 8, 4, 2, III-IV. Original console retained and upgraded to solid state. New Swell pipework as well. Congregation sold their building to a school and has built a new edifice on the west edge of town closer to the mountains. A new Baldwin was purchased with the intent of combining the pipe organ with it in the future. -Database Manager
Stoplist copied from the console November 15, 1991 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Wenatchee, Washington
First Presbyterian Church
M.P. MÖLLER, Opus 8315, 1952
Balcom and Vaughan Pipe Organs, Inc., Opus 861, 1984 - Rebuild & Enlargement
GREAT COUPLERS
16 Bourdon 12 Swell to Pedal 8
8 Principal 61 Great to Pedal 8
8 Bourdon 61
8 Gemshorn 61 Swell to Great 16,8,4
4 Octave 61
4 Gemshorn 12
2 Octave 61 FINGER PISTONS
III-IV Fourniture [19-22-26-29] 232 General 1 – 10
8 Trompette (Sw) -- Swell 1 – 6
4 Clairon (Sw) -- Sw to Ped Rev (rev)
Chimes (Maas; ta - f2) (21) Great 1 – 6
Gt to Ped Rev (rev)
2 blank drawknobs Pedal 1 – 6
Set
Cancel
SWELL (Expressive)
8 Flûte á Cheminée 61
8 Gambe 73 TOE STUDS
8 Voix Celeste (tc) 61 General 1 – 10
4 Principal 73 Gt. to Ped. (rev)
4 Flûte á Fuseau 61 Sforzando (rev)
2-2/3 Nazard 61
2 Flûte á Fuseau 12
1-3/5 Tierce 61 PEDAL MOVEMENTS
8 Trompette 73 Swell Expression (bal.)
Tremulant Crescendo (bal.)
Swell 16'
Swell 4' MEMORY
Single memory; 5-levels A,B,C,D,E
PEDAL
16 Soubasse 32
16 Gemshorn (Gt) 12 ACTION: E-P primary & unit
16 Bourdon (Gt) --
8 Principal 32 VOICES: 17
8 Bourdon 12
4 Octave 32 STOPS: 30; inc. chimes
4 Gemshorn (Gt) --
2 Octave 24 RANKS: 20
8 Trompette (Sw) --
4 Clairon (Sw) -- PIPES: 1,180
1 blank drawknob
NOTES
The church's first pipe organ was a II-manual, 9-rank, tubular-pneumatic instrument
built by the Estey Organ Co. of Brattleboro, VT. in 1909 as their opus 720. It was
free-standing and encased with part of the Great 8' Open Diapason in the façade. The
keydesk was attached and projecting. In 1939-40, the Estey was electrified by Balcom
and Vaughan of Seattle, and a tenor C 8' Voix Celeste was added to the Swell. In 1951,
the Estey was sold in preparation for a new pipe organ. Balcom and Vaughan moved to
Estey and installed it at the Seattle First Church of the Nazarene.
In 1952, the new M.P. Möller, Opus 8315 was installed. It was a chambered instrument
of II-manuals and 10-ranks (?) controlled by a drawknob console.
The Great principal chorus (8, 4, 2, III-IV) and Swell flutes (8, 4/2, 2-2/3, and 1-3/5)
were added new by Balcom and Vaughan during the 1984 rebuild. The Great principal chorus
is exposed on a new chest cantilevered in front of the Swell chamber at the front, center
of the sanctuary.
The current Great 16'/8' Bourdon is the original Swell 16', 8' 4', 2-2/3', and 2' Lieblich
Gedeckt unit. The Great Gemshorn was originally on the Great manual at 8', 4', 2-2/3', and
2' pitches.
The Swell 8' Flûte á Cheminée utilizes the original Great 8' Clarabella stopped bass for
its first 12 notes. The new 1-3/5' Tierce breaks back to 3-1/5' pitch at g# 57 for the top
5 pipes.
The Pedal 16' Soubasse is the original Pedal 16' Bourdon. The Pedal 8' Principal / 2'
Octave unit is the original Great 8' Open Diapason, and the Pedal 4' Choral Bass is the
original Great 4' Octave.
The original Möller drawknob console was retained. New drawknob units were installed along
with a new solid state relay and combination action.
When the church moved in the mid 1990's to a new facility, they placed the Moller / B&V in
storage and purchased an electronic which they stated they would connect the pipe organ to
in the future.
Sources: Balcom and Vaughan opus list and files; JRS; extant organ.
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