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Bennett Organ Co. Opus 971 (1926)

Images

2010-06-17 - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-06-17 - Chancel & console from rear gallery (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-06-17 - Chamber grilles (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-06-17 - Console from rear gallery (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-06-17 - Console from right (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-06-17 - Console from left (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-06-17 - Chimes memorial plaque (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-06-17 - Stoprail and manuals from left (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-06-17 - Stoprail and manuals (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-06-17 - Console from overhead (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-06-17 - Pedal stops (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-06-17 - Swell stops (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-06-17 - Great stops (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-06-17 - Piston setter (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-06-17 - Piston setter, second view (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-06-17 - Builder's nameplate (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

2010-06-17 - Builder's nameplate, close view (Photograph by Michael Way/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

• Organ type: Horseshoe
• Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
• 2 manuals
• 27 stops
• 14 registers
• 3 divisions
• Key action Type: Electrical
• Stop action Type: Electrical
• Stop layout Type: Stop Keys in Horseshoe Curves
• 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 coupler toe pistons

Notes

2010-06-20 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ is in divided chambers over the baptistery. Chimes were originally prepared-for and were added as a memorial in 1938. The Great 8' Trumpet is a later addition. The congregation dwindled and decided to disband in January 2010. The building and organ are presently for sale. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the console June 17, 2010 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Tacoma, Washington
Sixth Avenue Baptist Church

The Bennett Organ Co., Opus 971, 1926 - Original Specifications


GREAT (Expressive)                           COUPLERS
   16’    Diapason            (tc)  -- *        Swell to Pedal                  8,4
   8’     Open Diapason             61          Great to Pedal                  8
   8’     Second Diapason           61 *
   8’     Clarabella          (Sw)  --          Swell to Great               16,8,4
   8’     Melodia                   61
   8’     Gamba                     61
   8’     Dulciana                  61
   4’     Octave                    12 *     FINGER PISTONS
   2-2/3’ Twelfth                    7 *        Swell & Pedal                 1 - 4
   2’     Fifteenth                  5 *        Great & Pedal                 1 - 4
   8’     Trumpet                   61

   Great to Great 16’
   Great to Great 4’                         FOOT LEVERS
                                                Reversible   [Gt. to Ped.]    (rev)


SWELL (Expressive)
   16’    Bourdon                   12 +     PEDAL MOVEMENTS (l - r)
   8’     Horn Diapason             61          Swell Expression             (bal.)
   8’     Stopped Diapason          61 +        Great Expression             (bal.)
   8’     Salicional                61          Crescendo                    (bal.)
   8’     Vox Celeste         (tc)  49
   8’     Aeoline                   61
   4’     Flute d’Amour             12 +
   2’     Piccolo                   12 +
   8’     Oboe                      61
   8’     Vox Humana                61
          Tremolo
          Chimes: tenor A - e 41   (20)

   Swell to Swell 16’
   Swell to Swell 4’
                                             ACTION: E-P Primary & Unit

                                             VOICES: 14
PEDAL (Expressive)
   16’    Diapason            (Gt)  12 *     STOPS: 27; inc. chimes
   16’    Bourdon                   32
   16’    Gedackt             (Sw)  -- +     RANKS: 14
   8’     Octave              (Gt)  -- *
   8’     Flute                     12       PIPES: 897


NOTES
The organ is in divided chambers at the front over the baptistery.  The
console is in fixed position, and centered in front of the baptistery with
choir seating in between.  The stop rail is horseshoe-shaped, though not
as extremely as a theatre organ console.  The stop tablets are colored
like those on a theatre organs.  The piston setter buttons are hidden on
the left side behind a locking, removable wooden panel.

The chimes were prepared-for in the console, and were added as a memorial
gift. They were dedicated on December 11, 1938.

The Great 8’ Trumpet was a later addition on a prepared-for red tablet,
which was never engraved, but labeled with a Dymo ™ label.

The congregation slowly dwindled, and in January 2010, elected to disband.
The building and organ are presently for sale.


Sources: Bennett opus list; extant organ

 [Received from James R. Stettner 2011-10-28.]

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