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Balcom and Vaughan Opus 461 (1948)

Hazen & Jaeger Funeral Home
1306 N. Monroe St.
Spokane, WA

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

Images

2007-01-21 - Pipework (l-r): Salicional, Voix Celeste, Flute, Vox Humana (behind). (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2007-01-21 - View through the chamber door (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2007-01-21 - Console (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2007-01-21 - Console and chimes (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
20 stops
4 registers
1 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: None

Notes

2009-04-03 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Listed on the Balcom and Vaughan master Opus List as "used parts." Console was B and V. Windchest of unknown origins. One rumor had it that the organ contained Bennett material, but this was unverifiable. The Maas chimes were located outside the chamber. The organ was scheduled for removal by a local organ technician at the time of my visit. Documented January 21, 2007. -Database Manager

2021-09-05 - The organ was in urgent need of a home or it faced destruction. Organ builder James R. Stettner of Stanwood, Washington worked with his former business partner Clinton B. Meadway of Spokane to find a home for the instrument. The organ was removed in August, 2021 by the organist of St. Francis Xavier RC Church of Spokane and another gentleman name Paul. The organ is to be restored and re-installed in an undisclosed private residence in Spokane. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the console January 21, 2007 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Spokane, Washington
Hazen & Jaeger Funeral Home

Balcom and Vaughan, Opus 461, 1948 - “Original Specifications”


GREAT (Expressive)            SWELL (Expressive)           PEDAL (Expressive)
8  Flute                      16 Gedeckt                   16 Bourdon
8  Salicional                 8  Flute                     8  Flute
8  Voix Celeste               8  Salicional                8  Cello
4  Flute                      8  Voix Celeste              4  Flute
4  Salicet                    4  Flute
4  Voix Celeste               2  Piccolo
8  Vox Humana                 8  Oboe
   Chimes                     8  Vox Humana
                                 Tremolo

STOP / RANK / PIPE ANALYSIS
   16 Bourdon                (Ped)  12   Extension of the 8’ Flute.
   16 Gedeckt                 (Sw)  --   From the 8’ Flute. Tenor C.
   8  Flute            (Gt/Sw/Ped)  61
   8  Salicional           (Gt/Sw)  61
   8  Cello                  (Ped)  --   Same as the 8’ Salicional.
   8  Voix Celeste         (Gt/Sw)  49   Tenor C.
   4  Flute            (Gt/Sw/Ped)  12   Extension of the 8’ Flute.
   4  Salicet              (Gt/Sw)  --   From the 8’ Salicional. 49 notes.
   4  Voix Celeste            (Gt)  --   From the 8’ Voix Celeste. 49 notes.
   2  Piccolo                 (Sw)  12   Extension of the 8’ Flute.
   8  Oboe                    (Sw)  --   Synthetic. From the 8’ Salicional and
                                         Flute unit at 2-2/3’ pitch.
   8  Vox Humana           (Gt/Sw)  61
      Tremolo                 (Sw)       Affects entire organ.
      Chimes                  (Gt) (21)  Maas. Compass: tenor A thru f 42.

PIPE SUMMARY
   16 Flute. . . . . . . . . . . . .97
   8  Salicional . . . . . . . . . .61
   8  Voix Celeste . . . . . . . . .49
   8  Vox Humana . . . . . . . . . .61

PEDAL MOVEMENTS
   Expression                   (bal.)
   Crescendo                    (bal.)

ACTION: Electro-Pneumatic unit
VOICES: 4
STOPS: 20; inc. chimes
RANKS: 4
PIPES: 268

NOTES
The Balcom and Vaughan master opus list lists this simply as “used parts.”
It was believed that some of the pipework might have been Bennett, but
there is nothing to verify this.

The organ is installed in a chamber in the rear gallery of the chapel. The
chimes were installed outside the chamber and their volume was controlled
by their volume selector switch.

The organ is scheduled to be removed by a local Spokane organ technician.


SOURCES: Balcom and Vaughan master opus list; extant organ; JRS.

 [Received on line from James R. Stettner April 04, 2009.]

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