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Bond Pipe Organs Inc.

First United Methodist Church: Sanctuary; front
1076 Franklin Ave.
Astoria, OR

Images

ca. 2020 - Sanctuary interior with pipe chamber behind drape; console at right (Photograph from an archival source: Church website, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

ca. 2020 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
2 manuals
13 stops
16 registers
3 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

Notes

2007-03-19 - Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- This was one tonal change to the existing 1917 Casavant Brothers organ which had been electrified by the Guenther Organ Co. of Portland ca. 1945. The original Swell 8' Vox Humana was replaced with a 2' Flautino. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist copied from the console July 11, 1990

Astoria, Oregon
First United Methodist Church

CASAVANT BROTHERS, Opus 44, 1917-18
Guenther Organ Co., ca. 1945 - Electrification & Rebuild
Richard L. Bond, 19__ - Tonal Change


    GREAT                                        COUPLERS
8'  Diapason                  65          Swell to Pedal               8
8'  Melodia                   65          Great to Pedal               8
8'  Dulciana                  65
4'  Octave                    65          Swell to Great            16,8,4
    Chimes (Maas; A22 – f42) (21)
3   blank stoptablets
                                                 FINGER PISTONS
Great to Great 16'                        General                    1 - 3
Unison [Off]                              Swell                      1 – 4
Great to Great 4'                         Great                      1 – 5
                                          Set

    SWELL (Expressive)
16' Bourdon                   65              TOE STUDS
8'  Open Diapason             65          None
8'  Stopped Diapason          65
8'  Viol d'Gamba              65
8'  Voix Celeste        (tc)  57              PEDAL MOVEMENTS
4'  Flute d'Amour             65          Swell Expression          (bal.)
2'  Flautino                  65          Crescendo                 (bal.)
8'  Oboe                      65
    Tremolo                        
3   blank stoptablets

Swell to Swell 16'                        ACTION: E-P
Unison [Off] 
Swell to Swell 4'                         VOICES: 13

                                          STOPS: 16; inc. chimes
    PEDAL
16' Bourdon                   32          RANKS: 13
16' Lieblich Gedeckt    (Sw)  –-
8'  Flute                     12          PIPES: 816

1   blank stoptablet


NOTES
The Bond work consisted of replacing the original Swell 8' Vox Humana
with a 2' Flautino.


Sources: JRS; extant organ


First United Methodist Church
1076 Franklin Avenue
Astoria, OR. 97103                           Documented: July 11, 1990

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