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Balcom and Vaughan Pipe Organs, Inc. Opus 848 (1980)

Westminster Presbyterian Church
3737 Liberty Rd. S.
Salem, OR

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
2 manuals
7 stops
28 registers
1 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
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

2007-10-24 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Unit organ with: Prinzipal (85), Rohr Flote (97), Spitz Gamba (61), Spitz Gamba Celeste (49), Nasat (61), Mixture (183), & Basson/Hautbois (85). Documented August 7, 1990. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist from James R. Stettner Source: Stoplist copied from the console August 7, 1990 Date not recorded

Salem, Oregon
Westminster Presbyterian Church

BALCOM and VAUGHAN PIPE ORGANS, Inc., Opus 848, 1980 - Original Specifications


GREAT (Expressive)            SWELL (Expressive)            PEDAL (Expressive)
   8     Prinzipal               8     Rohr Flöte              16  Rohr Bass
   8     Rohr Flöte              8     Spitz Gamba             8   Prinzipal
   8     Spitz Gamba             8     Spitz Gamba Celeste     8   Rohr Flöte
   4     Oktave                  4     Oktave                  8   Spitz Gamba
   4     Rohr Flöte              4     Rohr Flöte              4   Choral Bass
   2     Oktave                  2-2/3 Nasat                   2   Oktave
   III   Mixtur 1⅓               2     Super Oktave            16  Basson
   8     Hautbois                2     Rohr Flöte              8   Hautbois
   4     Hautbois Clarion        1-1/3 Quint Flöte             4   Hautbois Clarion
                                 8     Hautbois
   1     blank stoptablet              Tremulant               1   blank stoptablet

   Great to Great 4'             2     blank stoptablets

                                 Swell to Swell 16'
                                 Swell to Swell 4'


STOP / RANK / PIPE ANLAYSIS
   16    Rohr Bass              (Ped)  12  Extension of the 8' Rohr Flöte.
   8     Prinzipal           (Gt/Ped)  61
   8     Rohr Flöte       (Sw/Gt/Ped)  61
   8     Spitz Gamba      (Sw/Gt/Ped)  61       
   8     Spitz Gamba Celeste     (Sw)  49  Tenor C.
   4     Oktave               (Sw/Gt)  12  Extension of the 8' Prinzipal.
   4     Choral Bass            (Ped)  –-  Same as the 4' Oktave.
   4     Rohr Flöte           (Sw/Gt)  12  Extension of the 8' Rohr Flöte.
   2-2/3 Nasat                   (Sw)  61
   2     Oktave                  (Gt)  12  Extension of the 8' Prinzipal.
   2     Super Oktave            (Sw)  –-  Same as the 2' Oktave.
   2     Rohr Flöte              (Sw)  12  Extension of the 8' Rohr Flöte.
   1-1/3 Quint Flöte             (Sw)  –-  From the 2-2/3' Nasat. Top 8ve repeats.
   III   Mixtur 1⅓               (Gt) 183
   16    Basson                 (Ped)  12  Extension of the 8' Hautbois.
   8     Hautbois         (Sw/Gt/Ped)  61
   4     Hautbois Clarion    (Gt/Ped)  12  Extension of the 8' Hautbois.
         Tremulant               (Sw)      Affects the entire instrument


PIPE SUMMARY

   Prinzipal            Rohr Flöte            Spitz Gamba          Spitz Gamba Cel.
   85 pipes             97 pipes              61 pipes             49 pipes

   Nasat                Mixtur                Hautbois
   61 pipes             183 pipes             85 pipes


COUPLERS                                     FINGER PISTONS
   Swell to Pedal                  8            General                      1 – 10
   Great to Pedal                  8            Swell                         1 – 6
                                                  Sw. to Ped.                 (rev)
   Swell to Great               16,8,4          Great                         1 – 6
                                                  Gt. to Ped.                 (rev)
                                                Pedal                         1 – 6
PEDAL MOVEMENTS                                 Set
   Expression                   (bal.)          Gen Can
   Crescendo                    (bal.)

                                             TOE STUDS
                                                General                      1 – 10
                                                Gt. to Ped.                   (rev)


ACTION: E-p Unit        VOICES: 7        STOPS: 28        RANKS: 9        PIPES: 621

NOTES
The organ is installed in a central chamber at the front of the church with no visible
pipework.

Sources: B&V opus list; JRS; extant organ


Westminster Presbyterian Church
3737 Liberty Rd. S.
Salem, OR.  97302
(503) 364-3327                               Documented: August 7, 1990

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