First Congregational Church, U.C.C.: Sanctuary; front
2401 Cornwall Ave.
Bellingham, WA
Images
2019-12-13 - Facade view from the console (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
2019-12-13 - Organ case front and facade (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
2019-12-13 - Case front and facade across sanctuary (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
2019-12-13 - 1969 Balcom and Vaughan console (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
2019-12-13 - Console: Great stops (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
2019-12-13 - Console: Swell stops (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
2019-12-13 - Console: Pedal stops (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
2019-12-13 - Builder's nameplate (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
- 2 manuals
- 17 stops
- 31 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)
- Combination action: Computerized/Digital
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has coupler thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
Notes
2019-12-14 - This was a project of solid state conversion of the console and relay, providing a new case front facade, and tonal additions on new direct-electric windchests. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Thyped stoplist from James R. Stettner Source: Stoplist copied from the console December 13, 2019 Date not recorded
Bellingham, Washington
First Congregational Church, U.C.C.
W.W. KIMBALL CO., Opus ____, ca. 1908
Balcom and Vaughan, Opus 332, 1946 - Electrification
Balcom and Vaughan Pipe Organs, Inc., Opus 332A, 1969 - Console & Additions
Marceau & Associates, Opus XXII, 2003 - Rebuilt Console, Facade, Tonal Additions
<u>GREAT</u> <u>COUPLERS</u>
16' Bourdon (Ped – 56n) –- ● Swell to Pedal 8,4
8' Open Diapason 61 ◊ Great to Pedal 8
8' Melodia 61 MIDI on Pedal
8' Dulciana 61
4' Principal 61 ◘ Swell to Great 16,8,4
4' Flute d'Amour 61 MIDI on Great
2' 15th 12 ◘
III Mixture 1⅓' 183 MIDI on Swell
8' Trumpet (Sw) –- □
Chimes (21)
<u>FINGER PISTONS</u>
Great to Great 4' General 1 - 6
Swell 1 - 4
Sw. to Ped. (rev)
<u>SWELL (Expressive)</u> Sw. to Gt. (rev)
8' Geigen 61 Great 1 – 4
8' Stopped Flute 61 Gt. to Ped. (rev)
8' Salicional 61 Pedal 1 – 4
8' Voix Celeste (tc) 49 Set
4' Principal 61 Cancel
4' Harmonic Flute 61
2-2/3' Nasard 61 ♠
2' Piccolo 61 <u>TOE STUDS</u>
1-3/5' Tierce 61 General 1 – 6
1-1/3' Larigot (49n) –- ♠ Pedal 1 – 4
8' Trumpet 61 □ Gt. to Ped. (rev)
Tremulant
Swell to Swell 16' <u>PEDAL MOVEMENTS</u>
Swell Unison Off Unused (bal.)
Swell to Swell 4' Swell Expression (bal.)
Crescendo (bal.)
<u>PEDAL</u>
32' Bourdon (dig) –- <u>ACTION</u>: Electro-Pneumatic Ventil
16' Subbass 32 ● Direct-Electric
16' Bourdon (dig) –-
8' Open Diapason (Gt) –- ◊ <u>VOICES</u>: 17
8' Gedeckt Bass 12 ●
4' Choral Bass (Gt 4') –- ◘ <u>STOPS</u>: 31; inc. chimes
4' Flute Bass 12 ●
16' Posaune (Sw) 12 □ <u>RANKS</u>: 19
8' Trumpet (Sw) –- □
4' Clarion (Sw) –- □ <u>PIPES</u>: 1,166
<u>NOTES</u>
The original Kimball organ operated by means of tubular-pneumatic action on
ventil chests. It was 10 ranks with 5 on the Swell, 4 on the Great, and 1 in
the Pedal. The keydesk was attached and projecting with a folding cover which
opened to form a music rack. Stops were as drawknobs protruding through an
angled board on either side of the keydesk.
In 1946, Balcom and Vaughan was contracted to electrify the organ. Their opus
list still gives the size as 10 ranks, so apparently no tonal changes or
additions were made. The Pedal 16' Bourdon was likely increased to 32 notes
from the original 30.
In 1969, Balcom and Vaughan was again contracted for organ work. A new A.G.O.
compatible console with combination action was provided and apparently some
additions were made. This likely included the Swell 8' Voix Celeste and may
have also included the 8' Trumpet.
In 2004, Marceau & Associates Pipe Organ Builders of Portland, Oregon were
contracted to build a new façade for the organ, provide a solid state relay
and combination action, and make further tonal additions and changes. The
original Kimball ventil chests are still extant. On the Swell, the 8' Geigen,
8' Stopped Flute, 8' Salicional, 4' Principal, and 4' Harmonic Flute are on
the ventil chest. On the Great, the 8' Open Diapason, 8' Melodia, 8' Dulciana,
and 4' Flute d'Amour are on the ventil chest. And the Pedal 16' Subbass is
still on its original ventil chest.
The pipes of the Great 4' Flute d'Amour are apparently either the original
or another used Stopped Diapason. The stopper handles are not bored. The
Great 16' Bourdon is borrowed from the Pedal 16' Subbass and plays for 56
notes.
On the Swell, the 1-3/5' Tierce breaks-back to 3-1/5' pitch for the top 4
notes. The 1-1/3' Larigot is from the 2-2/3' Nasard, but without extension
and plays for only 49 notes.
<u>Sources</u>: Balcom and Vaughan opus lists; Marceau opus list; JRS; extant organ
First Congregational Church, U.C.C.
2401 Cornwall Ave.
Bellingham, WA. 99225
(360) 734-3720 Documented: December 13, 2019
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