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Washington Church Organ (1994)

St. Columban Catholic Church: Sanctuary; front
506 1st St S.
Yelm, WA

Images

ca. 2020 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
2 manuals
9 stops
26 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: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2022-12-07 - This entry represents the installation of a used organ without tonal changes for a new congregation in a new city and state. The organ was originally built for Tabernacle Baptist Church in Seattle and installed in 1956 with 6-ranks and several prepared-for stops. In 1981, it was relocated by Seattle Wicks Rep. Charles W. Allen to St. John the Apostle Catholic Church in Oregon City, Oregon with three new ranks added to the Great. It was moved here to St. Columban's in 1994 and installed by [then] Wicks Rep. Philip A. Larson of Spokane, Washington without tonal changes. An 8' Vox Humana was later added by organist Andy Crow of Olympia, WA. The Pedal has no independent registers - only extensions and borrows. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist copied from the console in Oregon City June 20, 1990

Yelm, Washington
St. Columban Catholic Church

WICKS ORGAN CO., Opus 3655, 1956
Charles W. Allen (Seattle Wicks Rep.), 1981 - Moving & Reinstallation
Washington Church Organ, 1994 - Moving & Reinstallation


       GREAT (Expressive)                    COUPLERS
8'     Principal                 68          Swell to Pedal        8,4
8'     Gedeckt             (Sw)  --          Great to Pedal        8,4
8'     Dolcan              (tg)  54
4'     Octave  [1981]            61          Swell to Great      16,8,4
4'     Flute               (Sw)  --
2-2/3' Twelfth   [1981]          61
2'     Fifteenth   [1981]        61          FINGER PISTONS
2'     Dolcetina                 24          Masters              1 - 3
8'     Tromba                    68          Swell             0, 1 - 3
       Tremolo                               Great             0, 1 - 3
2      blank stoptablets                     Pedal             0, 1 - 3
                                             SFZ                  (rev)
Great to Great 16'                           Comb. Setter
Great Unison Silent                          0
Great to Great 4'

                                             TOE STUDS
       SWELL (Expressive)                    Sforzando            (rev)
16'    Bourdon                   12          Comb. Setter
8'     Gedeckt                   61
8'     Salicional                61
8'     Voix Celeste        (tg)  61          PEDAL MOVEMENTS
4'     Flute                     12          Swell Expression    (bal.)
4'     Violina                   12          Great Expression    (bal.)  
2-2/3' Nazard                     7          Crescendo           (bal.)
2'     Flageolet                  5
8'     Tromba              (Gt)  --
       Tremolo

Swell to Swell 16'
Swell Unison Silent
Swell to Swell 4'


       PEDAL (Expressive)                 ACTION: Direct-Electric ™
32'    Resultant                 --
16'    Principal           (Gt)  12       VOICES: 9
16'    Bourdon             (Sw)  --
8'     Octave              (Gt)  --       STOPS: 26
8'     Gedeckt             (Sw)  --
8'     Cello               (Sw)  --       RANKS: 9
4'     Flute               (Sw)  --
8'     Tromba              (Gt)  --       PIPES: 640


Sources: JRS; extant organ

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