Balcom and Vaughan Opus 593 (1954)

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1993-02-04 - Swell pipework: Original Wicks Open Diapason and added 8' Trumpet (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Jim Stettner)

1993-02-04 - Swell pipework: original Wicks 8' Vox Humana and Stopped Flute (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Jim Stettner)

1993-02-04 - Great pipework (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Jim Stettner)

1993-02-04 - Great pipework: original Wicks Open Diapason facade pipes (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Jim Stettner)

1993-02-04 - Console: left stopjamb (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Jim Stettner)

1993-02-04 - Console: right stopjamb (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Jim Stettner)

1993-02-04 - Console (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Jim Stettner)

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2009-03-18 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- This was the rebuilding and enlargement of a 1923, 2/8 Morton-Wicks originally built for the Chehalis Theatre in Chehalis, Washington and relocated "as is" to St. Paul's by Balcom and Vaughan in 1935. A new 3-manual console was built by B and V, but the Choir division was always prepared-for and never added. The facade pipes were moved inside the chamber. Several ranks were added on new Kilgen-style E-P unit chests. ca. 2005, St. Paul's congregation had dwindled and merged with nearby St. John's Lutheran. The organ was left behind in the building which became known as Fremont Abbey. The new congregation had wanted to keep and refurbish the organ, but it is now for sale. -Database Manager

2015-06-24 - Updated through online information from Sean Haley. -- As many leaders and staff have come and gone over the years at the Fremont Abbey, the organ was allowed to be damaged. Many pipes were removed from chests as chamber and access hallway walls were moved to make additional office spaces or chamber space used for storage. Many pipes were carelessly tossed in to piles, and much of the treble pipes for many ranks have disappeared. The console was removed to allow for a completely open space many years ago, but no one seems to know where. Chests, winding, and many of the larger pipes are still in place but the organ can be considered a total loss. Offers to remove and salvage what was left of the instrument have been declined. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the console February 4, 1993 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Seattle, Washington St. Paul's English Lutheran WICKS, 1923 Balcom and Vaughan, 1935 - Moving and Installation Balcom and Vaughan, Opus 593, 1954 - Rebuild & Enlargement GREAT (Expressive w/Swell) COUPLERS 8' Open Diapason 61 Swell to Pedal 8 8' Melodia 61 Great to Pedal 8 8' Dulciana 61 Choir to Pedal 8 4' Octave (Sw) 12 4' Flute 12 Swell to Great 16,8,4 Chimes [gone] (20) Choir to Great 16,8,4 Great Unison Off Swell to Choir 16,8,4 Great to Great 4' FINGER PISTONS SWELL (Expressive w/Great) Master 1 - 5 8' Violin Diapason 61 Swell 1 - 5 8' Stopped Flute 61 Sw. to Ped. (rev) 8' Salicional 61 Sw. to Gr. (rev) 8' Voix Celeste 61 Sw. to Ch. (rev) 4' Flute 12 Great 1 - 5 2-2/3' Nazard 7 Gr. to Ped. (rev) 2' Flautina 5 Choir 1 - 5 8' Trompette 61 Ch. to Ped. (rev) 8' Oboe -- Ch. to Gr. (rev) 8' Vox Humana 61 Pedal 1 - 5 Tremolo G.C. Swell to Swell 16' Swell to Swell 4' TOE STUDS Sw. to Ped. (rev) Gr. to Ped. (rev) CHOIR (Prepared-for) Ch. to Ped. (rev) 8' Open Diapason -- 8' Concert Flute -- 8' Viol d'Orchestra -- 8' Viol Celeste -- PEDAL MOVEMENTS 8' Dulciana -- Sw/Gt Expression (bal.) 4' Harmonic Flute -- Choir Expression (bal.) Tremolo Crescendo (bal.) Choir to Choir 16' Choir Unison Off Choir to Choir 4' ACTION: D-E ™ & E-P unit PEDAL (Expressive) 16' Open Diapason 30 VOICES: 11 16' Bourdon 30 16' Gedeckt (Ped/Sw) -- STOPS: 21 8' Octave 12 8' Flute (Sw) -- RANKS: 11 5-1/3' Quint (Ped/Sw) -- 4' Principal (Ped/Sw) -- PIPES: 669 NOTES The organ was contracted thru Robert-Morton, but was actually built by Wicks. It was 2-manuals and 8-ranks, and was built for the Chehalis Theatre in Chehalis, WA. It had an exposed façade of 27 pipes painted gold with a floral pattern located near the top of the pipe. The original seven manual ranks and one Pedal rank are all still extant and on their original chests. The original manual compass was 73 notes. On the present instrument, the Great 8' Open Diapason was new in 1954. It sits on a new electro-pneumatic unit chest located to the left of the original Wicks chest. The Great 4' Octave is from what is presently the Swell 8' Violin Diapason. The chimes action is present in the instrument, but the actual chimes tubes have been removed. On the Swell, the 8' Violin Diapason is actually the original 8' Open Diapason – once partly in the façade. The present 8' Salicional is marked “Oboe” on the pipe and would seem to have been a labial Oboe. The present 8' Voix Celeste is marked “Salicional.” The 8' Trompette is another rank which was added by Balcom and Vaughan in 1954. It has flared, spun-metal bells, and sits next to the added Great 8' Open Diapason on the electro- pneumatic unit chest. Notes 1 - 12 are offset on a chest located over the expression shutters. The Pedal 16' Open Diapason of wood also seems to have been added by Balcom and Vaughan in 1954, but it is clearly older pipework and of unknown provenance. The 16' Gedeckt takes notes 1 – 12 from the 16' Bourdon on soft wind, and the balance from the Swell Stopped Flute. The 5-1/3' Quint takes its first 23 notes from the Pedal wood Open Diapason unit, and notes 24 – 30 from the Swell 8' Violin Diapason. Similarly, the 4' Principal takes it's first 18 notes from the Pedal wood Open Diapason unit, and notes 19 – 30 from the Swell 8' Violin Diapason. The present Choir division is prepared-for only. While it controls no voices of its own it may be used as a coupling manual for the Swell division. The console was supplied new by Balcom and Vaughan in 1954. Stops are controlled by tilting tablets in drawknob jambs. Combinations may be adjusted from two setter boards located in vertical drawers in each of the two stopjambs. Sources: Wicks opus list, Balcom and Vaughan opus list, PSTOS website, extant organ [Received from James R. Stettner 2012-07-23.]

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