Better Pipe Organ Database

Balcom and Vaughan Pipe Organs, Inc. Opus 775 (1970)

St. John Fisher Roman Catholic Church
7007 SW 46th Ave.
Portland, OR

Images

2019-12-29 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook/Jeff Scofield)

2007-03-13 - Pipe display (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

2007-03-13 - Console (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
2 manuals
24 stops
20 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets 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

2007-03-14 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Installed on a ledge on the left side of the contemporary sanctuary. Great & Pedal exposed. Swell chambered/expressive behind. -Database Manager

2007-03-18 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The blessing of the new pipe organ and dedicatory organ recital took place on Sunday, May 17, 1970. Organist for the dedication was Sister Mary Lorraine Therese Miller, S.S.M.O. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from the console February 5, 1990 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Portland, Oregon
St. John Fisher Catholic Church

Balcom & Vaughan Pipe Organs, Inc., Opus 775, 1970  - "Original Specifications"

GREAT
   8      Prinzipal                   61
   8      Rohr Flöte                  61
   8      Spitz Gamba           (Sw)  --
   4      Prestant                    61
   4      Spill Flöte                 61
   2      Doublette                   61
   III-IV Mixtur  1-1/3              232   Beginning composition: 19-22-26.
   8      Trumpet                     61
          blank tablet
   Great to Great 4'

SWELL (Expressive)
   8      Gedackt Flöte               61
   8      Spitz Gamba                 61
   8      Spitz Gamba Celeste         61
   4      Flach Flöte                 61
   2      Block Flöte                 61
   1-1/3  Nasat                       61
   1      Sifflöte                    12   Extension of 2' Block Flöte.
   II     Sesquialtera   [12-17]     122
   8      Schalmei                    61
          blank tablet
          Tremulant
   Swell to Swell 16'
   Swell Unison Off
   Swell to Swell 4'

PEDAL
   16     Subbass                     32
   16     Gedackt Bass                32
   8      Spitz Principal             32
   8      Gedackt                     12   Extension of the 16' Gedackt Bass.
   4      Koral Bass                  32
   16     Fagot                       32
   4      Schalmei              (Sw)  --   
          blank tablet

COUPLERS
   Swell to Pedal                    8,4
   Great to Pedal                    8,4
   Swell to Great                 16,8,4

FINGER PISTONS
   General                         1 - 6
   Swell                           1 - 4 
     Sw. to Ped.                   (rev)
   Great                           1 - 4
     Gt. to Ped.                   (rev)
   Pedal                           1 - 4
   Gen. Canc.

TOE STUDS
   General                         1 - 6
   Pedal                           1 - 4
   Gt. to Ped.                     (rev)

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

ACTION: Electro-Pneumatic unit (Kilgen-style)
VOICES: 20
STOPS: 24
RANKS: 24
PIPES: 1,331

NOTES
This organ is installed on a ledge along the left side of the sanctuary.
The Great and Pedal are exposed and the Swell is enclosed behind.

The 1' Sifflöte is an extension of the 2' Block Flöte. And while it has
12 pipes for the extension, the pitch breaks back to 2' at g# 56 for the
last 5 notes. The Great III-IV Mixtur is only III-ranks for the first 12
notes, then becomes IV-ranks.

The organ was dedicated by Sr. Mary Lorraine Therese Miller, S.S.M.O. on
Sunday, May 17, 1970.

 [Received on line from James R. Stettner April 22, 2009.]