United Churches
110 E. 11th
Olympia, WA
Images
1992-12-01 - Pipe Display (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
1992-12-01 - Great Pipe Display (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
1992-12-01 - Positif Pipe Display (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
1992-12-01 - Great Pipework (l-r: 4' Octave, 8' Principal, 8' Flute a Cheminee, 8'/4' Trompette) (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
1992-12-01 - Positif Pipework (l-r: 8' Cromorne, 8' Bourdon, 4' Flute a Fuseau, 8' Principal) (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
1992-12-01 - Swell Pipework (f-b; 2' Flute Douce, 8' Voix Celeste, 4' Flute Octaviante, 8' Gambe, 4' Principal, 8' Bourdon) (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
1992-12-01 - Swell Pipework (f-b; 8' Basson-Hautbois, 8' Trompette/4' Clairon) (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
1992-12-01 - Swell Pipework (l-r; III-V Plein Jeu, 2' Flute Douce, 8' Voix Celeste) (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
1992-12-01 - Console (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
October 2024 - Console from left (Bond Pipe Organs, Inc./Jim Stettner)
October 2024 - Console from right (Bond Pipe Organs, Inc./Jim Stettner)
October 2024 - Console, straight-on (Bond Pipe Organs, Inc./Jim Stettner)
October 2024 - Console: manuals and stops (Bond Pipe Organs, Inc./Jim Stettner)
October 2024 - Console: Misc. controls (Bond Pipe Organs, Inc./Jim Stettner)
October 2024 - Builder's nameplate (Bond Pipe Organs, Inc./Jim Stettner)
October 2024 - Console: Pedalboard, toe studs, and pedal movements (Bond Pipe Organs, Inc./Jim Stettner)
Consoles
Main - Original
- Organ type: Non-Traditional Style, As Consoles by Holtkamp, Schlicker, et al
- Console position: Movable Console
- 2 manuals
- 32 stops
- 43 registers
- 3 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: Computerized/Digital
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has coupler thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
Notes
2014-10-18 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. -- Identified by James R. Stettner, based on personal knowledge of the organ. -Database Manager
2014-10-20 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The slider chests used by Balcom and Vaughan are of a Fisk design that was shared with William J. Bunch when he was a Superintendent of Aeolian-Skinner in the 1960's. The pallet is a rectangular valve/pneumatic over the note channel that fully collapses when exhausted by the primary (rather than being hinged). -Database Manager
2024-12-19 - The original console has been replaced by the Bond firm of Portland, Oregon and was listed as available by them on the Facebook page in October, 2024. -Jim Stettner
Stoplist
Stoplist copied from the console December, 1992 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Olympia, Washington
The United Churches
BALCOM and VAUGHAN PIPE ORGANS, Inc., Opus 869, 1987 - Original Specifications
GREAT (I) SWELL (Expressive – III)
16 Bourdon 61 8 Bourdon 61 *
8 Principal 61 8 Gambe 61
8 Flûte à Cheminée 61 * 8 Voix Céleste (tc) 49
4 Octave 61 4 Principal 61
2-2/3 Nasard 61 4 Flûte Octaviante 61
2 Octave 61 2 Flûte Douce 61
1-3/5 Tierce 61 III-IV Plein Jeu [22-26-29] 220 *
III-V Fourniture [19-22-26] 250 16 Basson 61
8 Trompette 61 8 Trompette 61
4 Clairon 12 8 Basson-Hautbois 12
Chimes (Maas; tg – g 44) (25) 4 Clairon 12
Tremulant
POSITIF (II) Swell to Swell 16'
8 Principal 61 Swell to Swell 4'
8 Bourdon 61
4 Octave 61
4 Flûte à Fuseau 61 PEDAL
2-2/3 Quinte 61 16 Principal 27
2 Octave 61 16 Soubasse 32 *
1-3/5 Tierce 61 16 Bourdon (Gt) --
1-1/3 Larigot 61 8 Octave 12
II-III Cymbale [29-33-36] 165 8 Bourdon (Soub) 12
8 Cromorne 61 4 Octave 32
Tremulant III Fourniture [15-19-22] 96
16 Bombarde 32
Positif to Positif 16' 16 Basson (Sw) --
Positif to Positif 4' 8 Trompette 12
4 Hautbois (Sw) --
COUPLERS FINGER PISTONS
Swell to Pedal 8 General 1 – 10
Great to Pedal 8 Swell 1 – 6
Positif to Pedal 8 Sw to Ped (rev)
Great 1 – 6
Swell to Great 16,8 Gt to Ped (rev)
Positif to Great 16,8 Positif 1 – 6
Pos to Ped (rev)
Swell to Positif 16,8 Pedal 1 – 6
Set
Can
PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Expression (bal.)
Crescendo (bal.) TOE STUDS
General 1 – 10
Pedal 1 – 6
MEMORY Gt. to Ped. (rev)
5-level selector with lockout Sw. to Ped. (rev)
Pos. to Ped. (rev)
Clochettes [9 bells] (rev)
ACTION: E-S & VOICES: 32 STOPS: 43 RANKS: 43 PIPES: 2,331
E-P unit (inc. chimes)
NOTES
The United Churches was formed from the merger of First Presbyterian Church and First
Congregational Church.
The original organ was a 1908 W.W. Kimball Co. instrument installed in the First Pres-
byterian Church at Legion Way & Franklin. The cost of the organ was $2,500.00. It was
dedicated on September 6, 1908 at the same time the new building was dedicated.
In 1935, one rank of pipes was added as well as chimes. In 1962-63, the organ was re-
built and enlarged by Balcom and Vaughan as their Opus 705. 2 ranks of pipes were added
at this time. Then again in 1971, Balcom and Vaughan was contracted to finish the earlier
project by adding 5 more ranks of pipes as their opus 705 A. The organ totalled 15 ranks
by this time.
On the current instrument, stops marked with an asterisk (*) denote stops whose pipes are
partly or entirely from the previous organ (Opus 705/705A). Notes 1 – 5 of the Pedal 16'
Principal are borrowed from the 16' Soubasse. The organ also has two illuminated pistons
controlling the two sets of Swell shutters. They are labeled, “Choir Expression Only” and
“Nave Expression Only.”
Sources: Balcom and Vaughan opus lst and files; JRS; extant organ
[Received from James R. Stettner 2014-11-03.]
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