Better Pipe Organ Database

Balcom & Vaughan Pipe Organs Opus 762 (1967)

First Covenant Church
3501 S. Orchard St.
Tacoma, WA

Images

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

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

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
2 manuals
36 stops
23 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 (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2008-12-23 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ was further enlarged in 1970 by the builder as their Opus 762A. This information comes from the Balcom and Vaughan files and an examination of the extant, enlarged organ. -Database Manager

2013-03-24 - Updated through online information from Steven Wallace. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON September 1967

       Tacoma, Washington
       First Covenant Church

       Balcolm & Vaughan   Op. 762   1967   2/28
       ___________________________________________

       GREAT                       PEDAL
    8' Prinzipal          61   16' Kontrabass   32
    8' Gedacktflöte       61   16' Subbass      32
    8' Weidenpfeife       61   16' Rohrbordun   --
    4' Kupferoktav        61    8' Oktavbass    32
    4' Koppelflöte        61    8' Rohrflöte    SW
    2' Flachflöte         61    8' Spitzgamba   SW
   IV  Mixtur            244    4' Koralbass    12
    8' Trompete           61    4' Gedackt      GT
    8' Krummhorn          61    2' Flachflöte   GT
       Chimes                 III  Rauschpfeife --
                               16' Fagottbass   12 SW
       SWELL                    8' Trompete     GT
    8' Rohrflöte          68    8' Fagott       SW
    8' Spitzgamba         68    4' Klarine      GT
    8' Spitzgamba Celeste 56    4' Krummhorn    GT
    4' Italian Principal  68
    4' Baurenflöte        68
2 2/3' Nasat              61
    2' Waldflöte          61
1 3/5' Terz               61
1 1/3' Quintflöte         61
  III  Scharf            183
    8' Fagott             68
    4' Klarine            68

   [Received from Jeff Scofield October 14, 2021]