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Balcom and Vaughan Opus 542 (1952)

Zion Lutheran Church: Sanctuary
2102 40th St. N
Seattle, WA

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
2 manuals
7 stops
7 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: None

Notes

2020-09-03 - The Estey organ was originally built for the German Lutheran Church. This was a project of moving, electrification, and reinstallation in a single, expressive chamber at the front on the left side. The cost of this project was $3,447.90. The organ was later tonally modified by Richard Warburton and one rank added. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist taken from the console junction & B&V files March, 1993

Seattle, Washington
Zion Lutheran Church

ESTEY ORGAN CO., Opus 1028, 1912
Balcom and Vaughan, Opus 542, 1952 - Removal, Electrification, Re-installation


GREAT (Expressive)                           COUPLERS
8     Open Diapason              61          Swell to Pedal                  8,4
8     Melodia                    61          Great to Pedal                  8,4
8     Dulciana                   61
      blank                                  Swell to Great               16,8,4

Great to Great 16'
Great Unison Off                             FINGER PISTONS
Great to Great 4'                            Sw. to Ped. Rev.              (rev)
                                             Gt. to Ped. Rev.              (rev)
                                             Sw. to Gt. Rev.               (rev)
SWELL (Expressive)
8     Stopped Flute              61
8     Salicional                 61          TOE STUDS
8     Voix Celeste       (prep)  –-          None
4     Flute Harmonic             61
      Tremolo
                                             PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell to Swell 16'                           Expression                   (bal.)
Swell Unison Off                             Crescendo                    (bal.)
Swell to Swell 4'


PEDAL (Expressive)
16    Bourdon                    30


ACTION: E-P Ventil       VOICES: 7        STOPS: 7       RANKS: 7       PIPES: 396

NOTES
This was the removal, electrification, and reinstallation of the congregation's
original tubular-pneumatic Estey. All original chests and pipes were retained.
a new Balcom and Vaughan console was provided. The organ was installed in a single
elevated expressive chamber on the left side ofr the chancel. The organ was later
tonally altered by Richard Warburton.

Sources: Estey opus list; Balcom and Vaughan opus list; Eugene M. Nye
         compilation; James R. Stettner; extant organ


Zion Lutheran Church (ELCA)
2102 40th St. N.
Seattle,  WA.  98103                         Documented: March, 1993

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