Better Pipe Organ Database

W. W. Kimball Co. Opus 6634 (1922 ca.)

Scottish Rite Temple / Tacoma Bible Presbyterian Church
5 South G Street
Tacoma, WA

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

1990-07-24 - Great Pipework (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1990-07-24 - Choir Pipework (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1990-07-24 - Rear Swell Chest (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1990-07-24 - Front Swell Chest (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1990-07-24 - Swell Vox Humana and Offsets (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1990-07-24 - Harp in Great/Choir Chamber (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1990-07-24 - Console (Photo by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1990-07-24 - Manuals and stops (Photo by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
20 stops
48 registers
3 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 (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2008-12-23 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- I examined the extant organ July 24, 1990. -Database Manager

2024-03-14 - The building was razed and the organ was destroyed during the demolition. The instrument is no longer extant. Received online from Elliot Sander on 2024-03-14 -Paul R. Marchesano

Stoplist

Type specification Source: James R. Stettner Date not recorded

Tacoma, Washington
Scottish Rite Temple

W. W. Kimball Co.   K.P.O. 6634   ca.1922   3 manuals, 48 registers, 20 stops, 20 ranks
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         GREAT ORGAN (enc. with Choir)                SWELL ORGAN
     16' Contra Clarabella (Ch.)  --              16' Bourdon                  97
      8' Diapason Phonon          73               8' Open Diapason            73
      8' Tibia Clausa             73               8' Rohr Flute    (fr. Bdn.) --
      8' Claribel Flute (Ch.)     --               8' Viole d'Orchestre        73
      8' Viola                    85               8' Viole Celeste (sharp)    73
      8' Gemshorn                 73               8' Viole Celeste (flat)     73
      4' Wald Floete (Ch.)        --               8' Salicional               73
      4' Octave Viola (fr. 8')    --               8' Aeoline                  73
  2 2/3' Twelfth (Ch.)            --               4' Flute d'Amour (fr. Bdn.) --
      2' Fifteenth (fr. Vla)      --           2 2/3' Nasard        (fr. Bdn.) --
      8' Tuba                     73               2' Flautina      (fr. Bdn.) --
      4' Clarion (fr. Tuba)       --           1 3/5' Tierce        (fr. Bdn.) --
         Tremolo                                  16' Vox Humana (TC)          --
         Chimes         [Deagan]  20 tubes         8' Trumpet                  73
      4' Harp (TC)      [Deagan]  49 bars          8' Oboe                     73
         Great Sub 16'                             8' Orchestral Oboe (Syn.)   --
         Great Unison Off                          8' Vox Humana               73
         Great Super 4'                            4' Vox Humana (fr. 8')      --
         3 blank stop tablets                         Tremolo
                                                      Vox Vibrato
         CHOIR ORGAN                                  Swell Sub 16'
     16' Contra Viola (GT, TC)    --                  Swell Unison Off
      8' English Diapason         73                  Swell Super 4'
      8' Claribel Flute           85                  3 blank stop tablets
      8' Viola (Gt.)              --
      8' Dulciana                 73                  PEDAL ORGAN
      8' Unda Maris (TC)          61              32' Acoustic Bass            --
      4' Wald Floete (fr. Cl.Fl.) --              16' Diapason (ext. Gt.)      12
      2' Piccolo (fr. Cl.Fl.)     --              16' Contra Tibia Clausa (Gt.)12
      8' Clarinet                 73              16' Contra Clarabella (Ch.)  12
         Tremolo                                  16' Contra Viole (Sw.)       12
         Choir Sub 16'                            16' Lieblich Gedeckt (Sw.)   --
         Choir Unison Off                          8' Flute (Gt. Tibia)        --
         Choir Super 4'                            8' Viola (Gt.)              --
         3 blank stop tablets                     16' Tuba Profunda (Gt.)      12
                                                      Chimes (Gt.)             --
                                                      3 blank stop tablets

         COMBINATIONS                                 COUPLERS
         Swell    1-7, Cancel  (thumb)                Swell to Pedal      8  4
         Great    1-7, Cancel  (thumb)                Great to Pedal      8
         Choir    1-7, Cancel  (thumb)                Choir to Pedal      8  4
         Pedal    1-5          (toe)                  Swell to Great  16  8  4
                                                      Choir to Great  16  8  4
         FOOT LEVERS (hitch-down)                     Swell to Choir  16  8  4
         Chimes Soft
         Chimes Sustaining                            EXPRESSION
         Sforzando                                    Balanced Swell Pedal
         Harp Sustaining                              Balanced Gt/Ch Pedal
                                                      Crescendo


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2017-02-16]