St. James RC Church / Proto-Cathedral of St. James the Greater: Sanctuary; rear gallery
218 W. 12th St.
Vancouver, WA
Images
June 2018 - Gt. 16' Violone facade on nave side of Great chamber (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Jim Stettner)
May 2018 - Great 16' Violone facade (from 8' CC) in shop (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2020-09-22 - Proto-Cathedral interior from the upper gallery (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2020-09-22 - View up to the Processional Trumpet in the 2nd gallery - pre-casework (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2020-09-22 - Processional Trumpet in 2nd gallery before case added (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2020-09-21 - Original Wicks facade stenciled (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2018-02-15 - Pedal 8' Diapason facade (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Jim Stettner)
May 2019 - Great 2-2/3' Twelfth, 2' Fifteenth, and 1-3/5' Seventeenth (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Jim Stettner)
May 2019 - Great chamber re-installed (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Jim Stettner)
May 2019 - Pedal 16' Double Open Wood and 3 Great chests re-installed (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2015-04-03 - Swell pipework (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2013-10-11 - Console in PSPO shop (Photograph by Michael A. Way/Database Manager)
2013-10-11 - Console in PSPO shop (Photograph by Michael A. Way/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
- 2 manuals
- 30 stops
- 49 registers
- 4 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
- 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: Computerized/Digital
- Syndyne LS 8400
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2013-11-02 - New console for the existing organ.
Identified by James R. Stettner, based on personal knowledge of the organ.
-- This building was completed in 1885, and was the 2nd Cathedral edifice - the first having burned. In 1907 when the territorial See was officially transferred to Seattle, and the title of St. James Cathedral was transferred to Seattle with the bishop - St. James in Vancouver became a parish church. On Sunday, October 27, 2013, it was proclaimed the Proto Cathedral of St. James the Greater at a 5:00 High Mass. <br>This organ project is the first phase in a project of mechanical refurbishing and tonal revision. A used 1950s Reuter drawknob console from First Congregational in Tacoma was gutted, stripped, refinished, and retro-fited with new solid state components. The 1954 chamber relays were also replaced with solid state components and all cotton-wrapped wiring was replaced. Other phases enlarging the organ to 35-ranks will follow in 2014. -Database Manager
2013-11-25 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- In late November 2013, Puget Sound Pipe Organs made a few tonal changes and additions. The original Wicks Great 4' Octave was returned from the Swell to the Great, and the softer set from the Great was temporarily installed in the Swell. The Great 4' Flute d'Amour and the Swell unit flute had their stoppers re-leathered. A 4' Harmonic Flute was added to the Swell to replace the missing original and to partially de-unify the Swell flute chorus. And a temporary 2' Fifteenth was installed on the Great in place of the cut-down, rescaled Gemshorn that was being used as a 2' register. This increased the size of the organ to 18 ranks. -Database Manager
2014-01-06 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Just before Christmas 2013, the permanent Swell 4' Principal was installed. This was a 1907 Estey (Op. 414) Swell 8' Salicional which was cut-down, de-bearded, and revoiced. Also, the Swell 4' Harmonic Flute from that same Estey was installed in the Swell. A new 19-note chest for conveyed wind to the facade pipes was also installed - replacing a combination direct-electric/electro-pneumatic chest from the 1950's electrification which had partially failed. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Source: Stoplist copied from the console September 23, 2020
Vancouver, Washington
St. James RC Church / Proto-Cathedral of St. James the Greater
WICKS ORGAN CO., Opus 74, 1912 - 2/15
Balcom & Vaughan, 1954 - Electrification 2/14
St. James Organ Co., After 1990 - Tonal Changes 2/17
Puget Sound Pipe Organs, 2013 - New Console & Solid State Conversion
Puget Sound Pipe Organs, 2014-2021 - Staged Rebuilding & Enlargement
GREAT COUPLERS
16' Violone (facade) 61 Swell to Pedal 8,4
8' Open Diapason (facade) 61 Great to Pedal 8,4
8' Viola da Gamba 61 MIDI to Pedal
8' Melodia 61
8' Dulciana 61 Swell to Great 16,8,4
4' Octave 61 Swell Melody Coupler [to Gt]
4' Lieblich Flute 61 MIDI to Great
2-2/3' Twelfth 61
2' Fifteenth 61 MIDI to Swell
1-3/5' Seventeenth 61
IV Mixture 1⅓' [Syn.] --
8' Trumpet 61 FINGER PISTONS
8' Clarinet 61 General 1 - 10
4' Clarion 12 Swell 1 - 6
Tremolo Sw. to Ped. (rev)
Sw. to Gr. (rev)
Great 16' Great 1 - 6
Great Unison Off Gr. to Ped. (rev)
Great 4' Pedal 1 - 6
Auto Pedal [illum.] (rev)
Zimbel Stern (rev)
SWELL (Expressive) Tutti I (rev)
16' Bourdon 12 Tutti II (rev)
8' Violin Diapason 61 Set
8' Stopped Diapason 61 G.C.
8' Salicional 61
8' Vox Angelica (tc) 49
4' Principal 61 TOE STUDS
4' Harmonic Flute 61 General 1 - 10
4' Violina 61 Pedal 1 - 6
2-2/3' Nasard 61 Swell to Pedal (rev)
2' Flageolet 61 Great to Pedal (rev)
IV Dolce Cornet 244 32' Resultant (rev)
IV Plein Jeu 2' [Syn.] –- Tutti I (rev)
16' Bassoon 12 Tutti II (rev)
8' Cornopean 61
8' Oboe Horn 61
Tremolo PEDAL MOVEMENTS (labeled; l-r)
Nave Expression (bal.)
Swell 16' Gallery Expression (bal.)
Swell Unison Off Crescendo (bal.)
Swell 4'
TRANSPOSER
PROCESSIONAL TRUMPET 61 -5 -4 -3 -2 - 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6
GT Process Tpt (lit piston)
SW Process Tpt (lit piston)
MEMORY
99 Levels
PEDAL
32' Resultant --
16' Double Open Wood 30
16' Violone (Gt) –-
16' Subbass 32
16' Bourdon (Sw) --
8' Diapason (facade) 32
8' Violoncello (facade) 32
8' Bass Flute 12
8' Bourdon (Sw) –- ACTION: E-P primary (ventil) and D-E
4' Choral Bass 12
4' Cantus Flute (Sw/Gt) –- VOICES: 30
II Grave Mixture (Gt) --
16' Trombone 30 STOPS: 48
16' Bassoon (Sw) –-
8' Tromba (Gt) –- RANKS: 33
8' Oboe (Sw) –-
4' Oboe Clarion (Sw) -- PIPES: 1,912
Sources: Wicks opus list, Balcom and Vaughan opus list and files, extant organ
documented by James R. Stettner of Puget Sound Pipe Organs in Seattle,
Washington.
Proto-Cathedral of St. James the Greater
218 W. 12th St.
Vancouver, WA. 98660 Documented: October 26, 2013
(360) 693-3052 Verified and Updated: Sept., 2020
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