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Balcom and Vaughan Opus 676 (1960)

Lakewood Community Church (Brethren)
5005 S. Ferdinand
Seattle, WA

Images

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

2008-12-15 - Rear gallery and facade; Balcom and Vaughan archive photo (Digital image by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

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

Consoles

Main; gallery

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
6 stops
34 registers
2 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

Notes

2008-12-23 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ is installed in a central chamber in the rear gallery. The Open Diapason unit is unenclosed out front. The console was centered below. In the 1960's, an independent 2' Principal was added to the Great and also playing as a tenor C 4' Principal on both manuals. The organ was described in the Balcom and Vaughan files; I documented the extant organ April 3, 1992 and updated my notes in April 1997. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist copied from the console April 3, 1992; Verified and Updated: April, 1997

Seattle, Washington
Lakewood Community Church (Brethren)

BALCOM and VAUGHAN, Opus 676, 1960 - Original Specifications


GREAT (Expressive Except *)                  COUPLERS
16    Open Diapason        (tc)  –-          Swell to Pedal                  8,4
8     Open Diapason  (*)         61          Great to Pedal                  8,4
8     Flute                (Sw)  –-
      blank                                  Swell to Great               16,8,4
8     Salicional           (Sw)  –-
8     Dulciana                   61
4     Octave  (*)                12          FINGER PISTONS
4     Flute                (Sw)  –-          Swell & Pedal                 1 - 4
4     Salicional           (Sw)  –-          Great & Pedal                 1 - 4
4     Dulciana                   12          Cancel
2 2/3 Octave Quint (*)  (Gt/Sw)  –-
2     Fifteenth    (*)  (Gt/Sw)  –-
8     Trumpet              (Sw)  –-          TOE STUDS
      blank                                  None


SWELL (Expressive)                           PEDAL MOVEMENTS
16    Bass Flute           (tc)  –-          Expression                   (bal.)
8     Diapason  (*)        (Gt)  –-          Crescendo                    (bal.)
8     Flute                      61
8     Salicional                 61
8     Voix Celeste         (tc)  49
8     Dulciana             (Gt)  –-
      blank
4     Flute                      12
4     Salicional                 12
2 2/3 Nazard                      7
2     Piccolo                     5
8     Trumpet                    61
4     Clarion                    12
      Tremolo
      Chimes
      blank


PEDAL (Expressive)
      blank
16    Bourdon              (Sw)  12
16    Gedeckt       (soft wind)  –-          ACTION: E-P unit
8     Diapason             (Gt)  –-
8     Flute                (Sw)  –-          VOICES: 6
8     Cello                (Sw)  –-
5 1/3 Quint                (Gt)  –-          STOPS: 34; inc. chimes
4     Fifteenth            (Gt)  –-
4     Flute                (Sw)  –-          RANKS: 6
      blank
8     Trumpet              (Sw)  –-          PIPES: 426




NOTES
The organ is mostly installed in one chamber at the back of the church on the
central axis. The Great Open Diapason unit is unenclosed and exposed in front
of the pipe chamber.

The pipework is partly used from the Kimball located at the Episcopal Cathedral
in Spokane, WA. The console and rectifier are new. The cost of the organ was
$6,802.00 plus applicable sales tax. It was dedicated on January 22, 1961 at
7:07 p.m. by Eugene M. Nye, organist at First Church of Christ Scientist in
Seattle.

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


Lakewood Community Church
5005 S. Ferdinand                            Documented: April 3, 1992
Seattle, WA. 98118
(206) 723-9272                               Verified and Updated: April, 1997

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