Pipe Organs Inc. (1999)

Images

2017-04-23 - Console (Photograph by Dan Koehler/Database Manager)

2017-04-23 - Pipes as viewed from sanctuary. (Photograph by Dan Koehler/Database Manager)

1999-07-02 - Pipework: Dulciana (above) and 'new' 4' Octave (below) (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1999-07-02 - Pipework: Facade pipes on the pews (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1999-07-02 - Pipework: Swell 8' Horn (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1999-07-02 - Pipework: Reeds tongues and shallots out for cleaning (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1999-07-02 - Pipework: The 'new' Great 4' Octave (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1999-07-02 - Pipework: 8' Krummhorn, 8' Horn, 8' Celeste, 8' Salicional, 8' Flute, 4' Octave (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

2007-04-21 - "Organ, facade pipes removed" (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

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Notes

2004-10-30 - The original builder was W. W. Kimball (1919, Opus6565). -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Tonal changes. Sw. 8' Violin Diapason and Gt. 8' Dulciana swapped. Violin Diapason cut-down, debearded, and revoiced as 4' Octave. Dulciana loudened and tuned sharp as Voix Celeste with 8' Salicional. Flute unit revoiced. -Database Manager

2006-11-04 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- In Sept. 2006, the church replaced the failing 1973 Klann console with a new Rodgers 3-man. organ. Five of the seven ranks are connected to the Rodgers. The Diapason and Krummhorn are not. -Database Manager

2007-05-14 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

2019-04-23 - Updated by Dan Koehler, who has heard or played the organ. <br> <br>Following a construction project connecting the office building to the sanctuary via a new gathering hall the organ has been ciphering badly. As a result effective Sunday March 30, 2019 all pipes have been silenced, and the Rodgers Trillium Masterpiece 935 console is currently operating as a purely digital instrument. Upon inspection of the pipes by a technician later this year a decision will be made regarding the feasibility of repairing and/or restoring the original Kimball pipes. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the console July, 1999 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Coeur d'Alene, Idaho First Presbyterian Church W.W. Kimball Co., KPO 6565, 1921 Don Gorman, 1973 - New Console & Tonal Change Pipe Organs, Inc., 1999 - Cleaning, Tonal Changes GREAT (Expressive *) 8 Open Diapason 61 1-24 en facade. 8 Flute (Sw) -- 4 Octave (*) 61 Made from the original Swell 8' Violin Diapason. 4 Flute (Sw) -- 2 Flautina (Sw) -- Chimes (32) Maas; tenor C thru g 44. blank blank blank Great to Great 16' Great Unison Off Great to Great 4' SWELL (Expressive) 8 Salicional 61 8 Voix Celeste 61 Original Great 8' Dulciana revoiced. 8 Flute 61 4 Flute 12 Extension of the 8' Flute. 2-2/3 Nasat 7 Extension of the 8' Flute. 2 Flautina 5 Extension of the 8' Flute. 8 Horn 61 8 Orch. Oboe -- Synthetic. From the 8' Salicional and 2-2/3 Nasat. 8 Vox Humana 61 Replaced with a Krummhorn (1973) but stop tablet never changed. Tremulant Vox Humana Tremulant Old fashioned beater type. blank blank blank Swell to Swell 16' Swell Unison Off Swell to Swell 4' PEDAL (Expressive) 16 Bourdon (Sw) 12 Extension of the 8' Flute. 8 Flute (Sw) -- blank blank blank COUPLERS Swell to Pedal 8,4 Great to Pedal 8,4 Swell to Great 16,8,4 FINGER PISTONS General 1 - 4 Swell 1 - 3 Sw. to Ped. (rev) Great 1 - 3 Gt. to Ped. (rev) Pedal 1 - 3 G.C. TOE STUDS General 1 - 4 Pedal 1 - 3 Gt. to Ped. (rev) Sforz (rev) PEDAL MOVEMENTS Expression (bal.) Crescendo (bal.) ACTION: Electro-Pneumatic primary VOICES: 7 STOPS: 17; inc. chimes RANKS: 7 PIPES: 463 NOTES This is an original installation that has been slightly altered over the years. The facade is a 3-sectional pipe fence of 29 gold-painted pipes arranged: 11-7-11. The Great 8' Open Diapason was the only unexpressive rank, having pipes 1-24 in the facade and the remainder on small, diatonically divided chests between the facade and the inner case. These "inner" pipes are rough, canvas lead, with high cut-ups and horribly "flutey" sounding - not diapason-like in the least. (They actually sounded good as capped flutes though!). The unit flute was an open wood flute except for the 16' & 8' octaves. In 1973, Don Gorman of Spokane assisted by Bill Bunch of Seattle replaced the original, failing console with a new Klann console. The original console had been located directly in front of the case, on a lower level than the present chancel, and with the organist facing across the chancel with the congregation to their left. The new console was installed in the same configuration, but on the right side of the chancel beneath the chimes. A new Peterson relay was installed to handle the flute switching; replacing the original pneumatic switching. It was placed between the outer case, and the inner case. The only tonal change was to replace the original 8' Vox Humana with a new 8' Krummhorn with very narrow-scale resonators. In 1999, Clint Meadway and Jim Stettner dba Pipe Organs, Inc. of Monroe, WA. de-piped the organ for cleaning. The stoppers were releathered. The unit flute was revoiced to be a bit more articulate. The original Swell 8' Violin Diapason was cut-down at scale, de-bearded, and revoiced as a "new" 4' Octave on the Great. It was installed on the former 8' Dulciana toeboard. The 8' Dulciana, in turn, was relocated to the Swell chest on the former 8' Violin Diapason toeboard and revoiced/regulated to function as much as possible as a Celeste with the Salicional. Other problems plagued the instrument. The lead tubing from the main chest up to the Vox Humana chest was heavy and unsupported, and the suaged tubes kept falling-out of the Vox chest causing ciphers. The console combination action also started to disintegrate soon thereafter, and various options were presented. The church ultimately decided to purchase a 3-manual electronic organ from the builder's Salt Lake City representatives and to "hybridize" the organ. The Open Diapason and Krummhorn were not connected, but the other ranks were made playable from the new console. [Received on line from James R. Stettner April 12, 2009.]

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