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Balcom and Vaughan Opus 638 (1957)

First Lutheran Church
418 N. Yelm St.
Kennewick, WA

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
2 manuals
26 stops
10 registers
2 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: No Enclosed Divisions
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons

Notes

2014-06-08 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by James R. Stettner, based on personal knowledge of the organ. -- The organ is entirely exposed, and is purported to be the first such instrument in the Pacific Northwest. It is installed across a large ledge cantilevered above the rear gallery. The Great 8' Dulciana borrows its first 12 notes from the 8' Salicional. In the 1990's, Balcom and Vaughan added an independent 4' Principal to the Great. -Database Manager

2014-06-20 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the console October 1994 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Kennewick, Washington
First Lutheran Church

BALCOM and VAUGHAN, Opus 638, 1957 - Original Specifications


GREAT                                         COUPLERS
   8     Open Diapason              61           Swell to Pedal                  8
   8     Melodia                    61           Great to Pedal                  8
   8     Dulciana                   49
   8     Unda Maris           (tc)  49           Swell to Great               16,8,4
   4     Octave                     12
   4     Flute                      12
   4     Dulcet                     12        FINGER PISTONS
   2-2/3 Twelfth                     7           Swell & Pedal                 1 - 4
   2     Fifteenth                   5           Great & Pedal                 1 - 4
         Tremolo
         Chimes  (Maas; mf-f 54)   (25)
                                              TOE STUDS 
                                                 None
SWELL
   16    Bass Flute                 12
   8     Violin Diapason            61        PEDAL MOVEMENTS
   8     Stopped Flute              61           Crescendo                    (bal.)
   8     Salicional                 61
   8     Voix Celeste         (tc)  49
   4     Flute                      12
   2-2/3 Nazard                      7
   2     Flautina                    5      
   8     Trompette                  61
   8     Oboe Horn                  61
         Tremolo

   Swell to Swell 16'
   Swell to Swell 4'
                                             ACTION: Electro-Pneumatic unit

PEDAL                                        VOICES: 10
   16    Bourdon              (Sw)  --
   8     Octave               (Gt)  --       STOPS: 26; inc. chimes
   8     Flute                (Sw)  --
   8     Cello                (Sw)  --       RANKS: 10
   4     Octave               (Gt)  --
   8     Trumpet              (Sw)  --       PIPES: 658


NOTES
This organ is entirely unenclosed, and was the first such instrument in the Pacific
Northwest. It is installed across a large ledge cantilevered above the rear gallery.

The 8' Dulciana borrows its bottom octave from the 8' Salicional.

In 199_, Balcom and Vaughan added an independent 4' Principal of 73 pipes to the Great.

Sources: Balcom and Vaughan opus list & files; JRS; extant, altered organ.

 [Received from James R. Stettner 2014-07-08.]

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