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Estey Organ Co. Opus 721 (1909)

First Church of Christ, Scientist
Spokane, WA

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

Unknown - Church Exterior ((1920's) Vintage Postcard in the collection of James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

2 manuals
20 stops
20 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Has crescendo
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

2007-02-01 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

2017-09-14 - Updated by James R. Stettner, the builder. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Original document from James R. Stettner. Source: Stoplist taken from extant pipework and original windchests December 10, 1991

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Original document from James R. Stettner. Source: Stoplist taken from the extant pipework and original windchests; plus documents in Balcom and Vaughan archives 2017-09-15

Spokane, WA
First Church of Christ, Scientist (old)

ESTEY ORGAN CO., Opus 721, 1909 - Original Reconstructed Specifications


GREAT                                        COUPLERS
  8  Open Diapason                 61          Undocumented
  8  Doppel Flute                  61
  8  Clarabella                    61
  8  Dulciana                      61        FINGER PISTONS
  4  Octave                        61          Undocumented
  4  Wald Flute                    61
  2  Fifteenth                     61
                                             TOE STUDS
                                               Undocumented
SWELL (Expressive)
  16 Bourdon                       73
  8  Violin Diapason               73        PEDAL MOVEMENTS
  8  Stopped Diapason              73          Swell Expression             (bal.)
  8  Gamba                         73          Crescendo                    (bal.)
  8  Salicional                    73
  8  Viol                          73
  8  Aeoline                       73
  4  Harmonic Flute                73
  8  Oboe            [labial]      73        ACTION: Tubular-Pneumatic
  8  Vox Humana                    73
     Tremolo                                 VOICES: 20

                                             STOPS: 20
PEDAL (30 notes)
  16 Open Diapason                 42        RANKS: 20
  16 Bourdon                       42
  8  Violon Cello                  42        PIPES: 1,283       

  Pedal Octaves


NOTES
The exact nomenclature of stops and controls is not verifiable since the original console
is no longer extant, and the Portland, Oregon builder who electrified the organ in 1969
has since expired. Stop names are taken from the original, extant pipework and from
markings on the original, extant windchests.

Sources: Estey opus list; extant pipes and chests

First Church of Christ, Scientist
Spokane, Washington

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