Better Pipe Organ Database

Balcom and Vaughan Pipe Organs, Inc. Opus 866 (1986)

Sunnyvale Presbyterian
728 W. Fremont Ave.
Sunnyvale, CA

Images

2010-12-21 - Organ Cases (Photograph by Valerie Sterk/Database Manager)

2010-12-05 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Organ Cases (Photograph by Don Sterk/Database Manager)

2010-12-21 - Console (Photograph by Valerie Sterk/Database Manager)

2010-12-21 - Pedalboard and Toe Studs (Photograph by Valerie Sterk/Database Manager)

2008-12-15 - Balcom and Vaughan promotional photo (Digital image by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Non-Traditional Style, As Consoles by Holtkamp, Schlicker, et al
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
47 stops
38 registers
4 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)
Combination action: Computerized/Digital
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

2008-12-19 - Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ appears on the Balcom and Vaughan Opus list, and this description is taken from information in their files and from a recital program. The facade consists of three cases mounted to the front wall. These cases contain 85 flamed copper, polished zinc, and polished tin pipes arranged: [5-17-4] - [5-7-9-7-5] - [4-17-5]. The manual windchests are a type of slider chest designed by Charles Fisk in the early days of the Andover Organ Co. with pneumatic pallets. The Pedal windchests are Kilgen-style E-P. -Database Manager

2010-12-26 - Updated through on-line information from Curtis Hawthorne. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Sunnyvale, California
Sunnyvale Presbyterian Church

Balcom and Vaughan  Op. 866  1986

GREAT ORGAN                                    SWELL ORGAN (enclosed) 

16'    BOURDON          61                     8'  GAMBE            61
8'     PRINCIPAL        61                     8'  VOIX CELESTE     49
8'     FLUTE HARMONIQUE 61                     8'  FLUTE A CHEMINEE 61
8'     Bourdon          12                     4'  PRINCIPAL        61
4'     OCTAVE           61                     4'  FLUTE OCTAVIANTE 61
4'     FLUTE CONIQUE    61                     2'  FLUTE DOUCE      61
2 2/3' NASARD           61                     1'  PLEIN JEU 4‑5r.  281
2'     OCTAVE           61                     16' DOUCAINE         61
1 3/5' TIERCE           61                     8'  TROMPETTE        61
1 1/3' FOURNITURE 4‑5r. 275                    8'  BASSON‑HAUTBOIS  61
1/3'   CYMBALE 2‑3r.    171                    4'  CLAIRON          61
8'     TROMPETTE        61                     
4'     CLAIRON          61

       Swell to Great 16'                          Tremulant
       Swell to Great 8'                           Swell to Swell 16'
       Positif to Great 16'                        Swell to Swell 4'
       Positif to Great 8'


POSITIF ORGAN                                  PEDAL ORGAN        

8'     PRINCIPAL      61                       16' SOUBASSE       32
8'     BOURDON        61                       16' PRINCIPAL      32
4'     OCTAVE         61                       16' Bourdon        Great
4'     FLUTE A FUSEAU 61                       8'  Octave         12
2 2/3' QUINTE         61                       8'  Flute          Great
2'     OCTAVE         61                       8'  Bourdon        12
1 3/5' TIERCE         61                       4'  OCTAVE         32
1 1/3' LARIGOT        61                       2'  FOURNITURE 4r. 128
2/3'   CYMBALE 3‑4r.  220                      16' BOMBARDE       32
8'     CROMORNE       61                       16' Doucaine       Swell
                                               8'  Trompette      12
                                               4'  Clairon        12
                                               4'  Doucaine       Swell

       Tremulant
       Positif to Positif 16'                  Great to Pedal 8'
       Positif to Positif 4'                   Swell to Pedal 8'
       Swell to Positif 16'                    Positif to Pedal 8'
       Swell to Positif 8'

38 voices, 54 ranks, 3020 total pipes

Wind Pressures:

Great:   90 mm    Swell:  80 mm
Positif: 70 mm    Pedal:  90 mm

Presets and Pistons:

Five divisions of presets [A-E]: 10 General, 6 Swell, 6 Great, 6 Positif,
                                 6 Pedal

Swell-to-Pedal, Great-to-Pedal, Positif-to-Pedal

Set, Cancel

Toe Pistons: 10 General, Great-to-Pedal

Expression [Swell box] pedal, Crescendo pedal

[Received from Curtis Hawthorne 2010-12-30.]