First Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary; front
114 SW 8th Street
Corvallis, OR
Images
1955 - Keydesk [cropped] (Photograph from an archival source: Parish website, "Our History", submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
1955 - Organ case from the side [cropped] (Photograph from an archival source: Parish website, "Our History", submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
1944 - Organ case in the front (Photograph from an archival source: Parish website, "Our History", submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
1920 - Organ at the front of the church (Photograph from an archival source: Parish website, "Our History", submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
1910's - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Vintage postcard, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
- Console position: Keydesk Attached
- 2 manuals
- 3 divisions
- Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 30 notes
- Pedal Type: Flat Straight
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
- Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
- Has combination thumb pistons
Notes
2021-12-09 - This entry represents the installation of a new pipe organ, based on documented extant pipework in a new organ at the same church, and online church history and photos. The organ was electrified sometime after 1955. In 1976, Balcom and Vaughan of Seattle, Washington replaced the Kimball with a new 3-manual instrument retaining 11-or-so ranks. -Jim Stettner
2021-12-09 - From the "Our History" section of the parish website -- "The church building at 4th and Jefferson was sold and the funds were used for the new building.
The architects, John Bennes and E. E. McClaran, used the Akron model. Allen of Portland was the builder. Church members helped build the church including teams of members that laid the bricks. The building cost $18,600 including the steam heat and the 61 stained glass windows and 4 large memorial windows comprising 827 square feet of stained glass. The stained glass windows were created by the Povey Bros. Studio of Portland, Oregon. With the cost of the organ at $5,000, furnishings, the total cost went up to $25,000.
The new building at 8th and Monroe was completed and dedicated in October 1910.
The building housed the first pipe organ in Corvallis (the fourth in the state [Editor's Note: This is errant. There were at least 32 pipe organs pre-dating the 1910 Kimball] ). The Kimball organ had 1000 pipes. It was dedicated in 1910 with a community concert. The organ recital that year was considered the beginning of our church as a center for music and other community events. -Jim Stettner
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