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Estey Organ Co. Opus 2794 (1929)

First Church of Christ, Scientist
1300 1st Ave. N.
Great Falls, MT

Images

2004-06-28 - Chamber Opening above Readers Platform (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

2004-06-28 - Console (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1994-06-28 - Original 8' Vox Humana ((replaced with labial Oboe) Photograph by James R. Stetter/Database Manager)

2004-06-28 - Swell Pipes (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

2004-06-28 - Great Pipes (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
2 manuals
12 stops
14 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: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Has crescendo
Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2007-04-28 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ is in one common chamber above the Readers' platform. The Great chest is closest to the shutters with the Swell chest behind. The two Pedal registers are divided on either side. The organ was provided with a new console by Estey in 1935 for reasons unknown. Source: documented in-person June 28, 1994. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the console June 28, 1994 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Great Falls, Montana
First Church of Christ, Scientist

ESTEY ORGAN CORPORATION, Opus 2794, 1929 - Original Specifications, New Console 1935


GREAT (Expressive)                           COUPLERS
   8'  Open Diapason                61          Swell to Pedal                  8,4
   8'  Melodia                      61          Great to Pedal                  8,4
   8'  Dulciana                     61
   4'  Flute Harmonic               61          Swell to Great               16,8,4
       Chimes               [prep]  --

   Great to Great 16'                        FINGER PISTONS
   Great Unison Off                             General                       1 – 4
   Great to Great 4'                            Swell                         1 – 3
                                                Great                         1 & 2
                                                Pedal                         1 & 2
SWELL (Expressive)
   8'  Stopped Diapason             73
   8'  Salicional                   73       TOE STUDS
   8'  Vox Celeste            (tc)  61          Gt. to Ped.                   (rev)
   8'  Aeoline                      73          Sforzando                     (rev)
   4'  Flute d'Amour                73
   8'  Vox Humana                   61
       Tremolo                               PEDAL MOVEMENTS
                                                Expression                   (bal.)
   Swell to Swell 16'                           Crescendo                    (bal.)
   Swell Unison Off
   Swell to Swell 4'


PEDAL (Expressive)                           ACTION: E-P ventil & unit
   16' Bourdon                      30
   16' Lieblich Gedeckt             30       VOICES: 12         STOPS: 14
   8'  Bass Flute                   12
   8'  Flauto Dolce                 12       RANKS: 12          PIPES: 742


NOTES
The organ is installed in a common chamber at the front, center of the room above the
Reader's platform. The console was installed in a room to the left, front side of the
auditorium making it very difficult for the organist to hear the balance and blend of
the organ. The Great chest is placed in front of the Swell chest, and the Pedal is
divided on either side of the manual divisions. Oddly, the Pedal 16' Bourdon is marked
with opus number 2151 which was a 1924, 2-manual organ with a player listed for the Lyon
& Healy Studio in Chicago. In 1937, it was enlarged by Estey as their opus 2798 to be a
3-manual organ for the Presbyterian Church in LaGrange, Illinois.

Sources: Estey opus list; JRS; extant altered organ

 [Received from James R. Stettner 2016-01-20.]

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