Better Pipe Organ Database

Bennett Organ Co. Opus 975 (1926)

First English Lutheran Church
726 Second Ave. N.
Great Falls, MT

Images

1994-06-29 - Organ Case and Keydesk (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1994-06-29 - Keydesk (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1994-06-29 - Manuals and Stops (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1994-06-29 - Pipework (l-r): Open Diapason, Melodia, Dulciana, Salicional, Stopped Diapason, Oboe, Harmonic Flute, offset Stopped Diapason, Choral Ba (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1994-06-29 - Offset Basses of the 16' Bourdon extension and 8' Open Diapason (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1994-06-29 - Pedal Pipework (Added 4' Choral Bass) (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
8 stops
7 registers
2 divisions
Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Has crescendo
Combination action: None

Notes

2007-04-28 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The entire organ is installed in a single chamber on the front wall to the left of center. The entirely non-speaking facade contains 23 gold-painted pipes. There are no independent Pedal registers. The Pedal 16' Bourdon is an extension of the Swell 8' Stopped Diapason. The bottom octave of the Great 8' Open Diapason is of open wood with 1-4 offset between the diatonic halves of the Bourdon extension pipes. The Swell tenor C 8' Oboe is reedless, but Dolcan shaped - being wider at the top than at the languid (unlike Estey reedless Oboes which are cylindrical, bearded strings with a narrowing tapered top like a Spill Flute). An unknown individual added a new E-P chest and 30 used pipes as a Pedal 4' Choral Bass at an unknown time. Electric key contacts were added to the existing pedalboard. This increased the size of the organ to 8 voices, 9 speaking stops, 8 ranks, and 457 pipes. Source: Extant organ, June 29, 1994 and subsequent visits. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the console June 29, 1994 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Great Falls, Montana
First English Lutheran Church

The BENNETT ORGAN CO., Opus 975, 1926
Harold B. Curryer, 1980's - Pedal Addition

GREAT (Expressive) COUPLERS
8' Open Diapason 61 Swell to Pedal 8
8' Melodia 61 Great to Pedal 8
8' Dulciana 61
Swell to Great 16,8,4
1 blank, yellow tablet

PEDAL MOVEMENTS
SWELL (Expressive) Expression (bal.)
8' Stopped Diapason 61 Crescendo (bal.)
8' Salicional 61
4' Flute Harmonic 61
8' Oboe [labial] (tc) 49
Tremolo

PEDAL (Expressive; 30-notes)
16' Bourdon (Sw) 12
4' Choral Bass 32

ACTION: Tub.-Pneum. VOICES: 8 STOPS: 9 RANKS: 8 PIPES: 457
E-P Addition

NOTES
The organ is installed in a recessed chamber to the right of center. The façade contains
23 gold-painted pipes, all of which are non-speaking dummies. The bottom octave of the
Great 8' Open Diapason is of open wood, and the bottom 4 are offset between the diatonic
halves of the 16' Bourdon extension. The Swell reedless 8' Oboe is Dolcan shaped – being
wider at the top than at the languid; unlike Estey reedless Oboes which are bearded,
cylindrical strings with a tapered top.

A 21-note set of Mayland chimes was added as a memorial in 1980. Their compass is tenor A
thru f 42, and they are playable from their own keyboard.

Harold B. Curryer of Spokane, Washington added the Pedal 4' Choral Bass sometime in the
1980's on a homebuilt chest. the pipework is used and of unknown provenance.

Sources: Bennett opus list; JRS; extant organ

[Received from James R. Stettner 2016-01-16.]