2007-05-16 - Swell pipes (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
2007-05-16 - Console (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
2007-05-15 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Contract signed November, 1962. Cost $6,350.00 which included a $600.00 trade-in credit on the old organ - which is not believed to have been pipe. Organ in a single chamber in rear gallery. Console to the right when facing front. Organist faces across the rear gallery with congregation to their right. Neo-Baroque specification. -Database Manager
Stoplist taken from the console March 2, 2015 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
North Bend, Washington
Mt. Si Lutheran Church
Balcom & Vaughan Pipe Organs, Opus 711, 1963 - Original Specifications
GREAT (Expressive) SWELL (Expressive) PEDAL (Expressive)
8 Prinzipal T.C. 8 Spill Flöte 16 Sub Bass
8 Spill Flöte 8 Gemshorn 16 Eko Bass
8 Gemshorn 8 Gemshorn Celeste T.C. 8 Gemshorn Bass
4 Prinzipal 4 Zart Flöte 8 Spill Pfeife
4 Octave Flöte 4 Gemshorn Oktav 4 Prinzipal
2 Gemshorn Oktav 2 2/3 Nazard 2 Choral Bass
2 Klein Flöte 2 Prinzipal II Pedal Mixtur
1 1/3 Quint Flöte 8 Hautbois T.C. 4 Hautbois
II Rausch Pfeife Tremulant
8 Hautbois
4 Klarine
STOP / RANK / PIPE ANALYSIS
16 Sub Bass (Ped) 12 Extension of the 8' Spill Flöte. Canistered.
16 Eko Bass (Ped) –- Same as the 16' Sub Bass but with notes 1-12
on “soft wind.”
8 Prinzipal T.C. (Gt) –- From the 4' Prinzipal. Bottom octave from the
8' Spill Flöte.
8 Spill Flöte (Sw/Gt/Ped) 61
8 Gemshorn (Sw/Gt) 61
8 Gemshorn Bass (Ped) –- Same as the 8' Gemshorn.
8 Gemshorn Celeste T.C. (Sw) 49
4 Prinzipal (Gt/Ped) 61
4 Octave Flöte (Gt) 12 Extension of the 8' Spill Flöte.
4 Zart Flöte (Sw) –- Same as the 4' Octave Flöte.
4 Gemshorn Oktav (Sw) 12 Extension of the 8' Gemshorn.
2 2/3 Nazard (Sw) 7 Extension of the 8' Spill Flöte.
2 Prinzipal (Sw) 12 Extension of the 4' Prinzipal.
2 Choral Bass (Ped) –- Same as the 2' Prinzipal.
2 Klein Flöte (Gt) 5 Extension of the 8' Spill Flöte.
2 Gemshorn Oktav (Gt) –- From the Gemshorn unit. Top octave repeats.
1 1/3 Quint Flöte (Gt) –- Derived from the Spill Flöte unit. Top 7
notes repeat.
II Rausch Pfeife (Gt) 122 Beginning pitches: 1⅓' + 1' [19-22].
II Pedal Mixtur (Ped) –- Derived from the Prinzipal unit. Beginning
pitches: 2⅔' + 2' [12-15].
8 Hautbois T.C. (Sw/Gt) –- From the 4' Klarine. Tenor C.
4 Hautbois (Ped) –- Same as the 4' Klarine.
4 Klarine (Gt) 61
Tremulant (Sw) Affects entire instrument.
PIPE SUMMARY
16' Spill Flote 8' Gemshorn 8' Gemshorn Cel.
97 pipes 73 pipes 49 pipes
4' Prinzipal II Rausch Pfeife 4' Klarine
73 pipes 122 pipes 61 pipes
ACTION: E-P unit VOICES: 6 STOPS: 27 RANKS: 7 PIPES: 475
NOTES
The contract for the organ was signed in November of 1962. The price was $6,350.00 which
included a $600.00 credit for the previous organ taken in trade. It is not known what this
was, but it is not believed to have been a pipe organ.
The organ is installed in the rear gallery and is entirely expressive in a chamber on the
central axis of the church. Several small differences exist between the organ as contracted
and the organ as completed. On the contract, the starting pitches of the Great II Rausch
Pfeife were 1' + 2/3' [22-26]. In reality, they are 1⅓' + 1' [19-22]. Similarly, the II
Pedal Mixture was to have been 1⅓' + 1' [19-22], but was wired as 2⅔' + 2' [12-15]. The
other discrepancy involves the 'soft action' on the Pedal 16' Eko Bass. As contracted it
was to have affected notes 1-20, but as executed, it only affects notes 1 – 12, which is
more traditional.
The entire Spill Flöte is of metal, with the 16' and 8' octaves being canistered metal rather
than stopped wood. The Hautbois has metal caps with holes in the sides inserted into the bells
atop the resonators. Corresponding holes in the bells line-up with those in the caps, and the
timbre and volume of the stop can be 'adjusted' by turning the cap and opening/closing the holes.
Sources: Balcom and Vaughan opus list & files; James R. Stettner; extant organ
Mt. Si Lutheran Church
8th St. & Ogle
P.O. Box 487
North Bend, WA. 98045
(425) 888-1322 Documented: January 21, 2003
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