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Balcom and Vaughan Opus 635 (1957)

Westminster Presbyterian Church
1624 NE Hancock St.
Portland, OR

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
46 stops
21 registers
4 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
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2007-02-28 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- This was a major enlargement of the existing nine-rank 1941 Möller. twelve new ranks were added in total with additions to all four divisions: 2 - Gt; 5 - Ch; 4 - Sw; 1 - Ped. A new console replaced the original Möller. Disposition of the Möller console unknown. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Parish history; B&V files; JRS; extant organ

Portland, Oregon
Westminster Presbyterian Church

M.P. MÖLLER, Opus 6974, 1941
Balcom & Vaughan, Opus 635, 1957 - Tonal Enlargement


      GREAT (Expressive - * New)
8     Open Diapason              73
8     Second Open Diapason  (*)  61 ◘
8     Harmonic Flute             61 ○
4     Octave                     73
4     Principal  (*)             12 ◘
4     Harmonic Flute             12 ○
2 2/3 Octave Quint  (*)           7 ◘
2     Fifteenth  (*)              5 ◘
8     Tuba  (*)                  73
      Tremolo
      Chimes [Maas; ta-e 41]    (20)

Great to Great 16
Great Unison Off
Great to Great 4


      SWELL (Expressive)
16    Bass Flute                 12 ♦
8     Geigen Diapason  (*)       73
8     Stopped Flute              61 ♦
8     Salicional                 61 □
8     Voix Celeste  (*)    (tc)  61
8     Aeoline  (*)               73
4     Flute                      12 ♦
4     Salicet                    12 □
2 2/3 Nazard                      7 ♦
2     Flautina                    5 ♦
8     Trumpet                    73
8     Oboe Horn  (*)             73 ◙
      Tremolo

Swell to Swell 16
Swell Unison Off
Swell to Swell 4


      CHOIR (Expressive)
8     English Diapason  (*)      73
8     Hohl Flute  (*)            61 ♠
8     Gemshorn                   61 ∞
8     Viola  (*)                 73
8     Dulciana  (*)              61 ●
8     Unda Maris  (*)      (tc)  61
4     Hohl Flute  (*)            12 ♠
4     Gemshorn                   12 ∞
4     Dulciana  (*)              12 ●
2 2/3 Gemshorn                    7 ∞
2     Gemshorn                    5 ∞
1 3/5 Gemshorn            (57n)  –-
8     Clarinet                   73
      Tremolo

Choir to Choir 16
Choir Unison Off
Choir to Choir 4

      PEDAL
16    Violone  (*)               32 ☼
16    Bourdon                    32 ♣
16    Gedeckt              (Sw)  –- ♦
8     Cello  (*)                 12 ☼
8     Bourdon                    12 ♣
8     Flute                (Sw)  –- ♦
5 1/3 Quint  (*)                  7 ☼
4     Principal  (*)              5 ☼
16    Fagotto  (*)         (Sw)  12 ◙
8     Oboe  (*)            (Sw)  –- ◙
4     Clarion  (*)         (Sw)  –- ◙
  

      COUPLERS
Swell to Pedal                  8,4
Great to Pedal                  8,4
Choir to Pedal                  8,4 

Swell to Great               16,8,4
Choir to Great               16,8,4

Swell to Choir               16,8,4


      FINGER PISTONS
General                       1 – 6
Swell                         1 – 6
Great                         1 – 6
Choir                         1 – 6
Pedal                         1 – 6


      TOE STUDS
Swell to Pedal                (rev)
Great to Pedal                (rev)
Choir to Pedal                (rev)
Sforzando                     (rev)


      PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Expression             (bal.)
Great Expression             (bal.)
Choir Expression             (bal.)
Crescendo                    (bal.)


ACTION: E-P
VOICES: 21
STOPS: 46 (inc. chimes)
RANKS: 21
PIPES: 1,523
                                 

      NOTES
The 1957 rebuild by Balcom & Vaughan involved several things. The existing
M.P. Möller had been only 9-ranks of pipes across 3-manuals and pedals. A
new 3-manual console replaced the original, and 12 new ranks of pipes were
added bringing the total number of ranks to 21. The contract cost of this
work was $17,058.80. All 9 of the original ranks were retained, although
their distribution, unification, and borrowing were reduced to some extent
by the additions. Stops marked with an asterisk (*) indicate ranks/stops
that were new in 1957.


Sources: Parish history; B&V files; JRS; extant organ

Documents

Organ Specifications Stoplist and registrational aids -Jim Stettner

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