1999-02-23 - Organ (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
1999-02-23 - "Organ, second view" (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1998. -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Rebuild of Balcom & Vaughan organ. -Database Manager
2005-12-30 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- This was a rebuild and enlargement of the previous Balcom and Vaughan organ, opus 739, 1965 - which had been installed completely exposed and cantilevered off of the back wall. In the Bond rebuild, new E-P slider chests as well as E-P unit chests were built. The existing console was retained as was the existing pipework. A new case of Peruvian walnut now houses the organ, and the previously unenclosed Oberwerk is now expressive. The organ was dedicated on February 22, 1998 by Music Dir. adn Assoc. Pastor Rev. Walter Knowles. -Database Manager
2008-11-04 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager
2010-07-06 - Updated through online information from Walter Knowles. -- * manual chests are slider with EP pulldowns and solenoid stop action * SW Fagott is unified on E.P. chests and available on GT and Pedal * pedal chests are E.P. unit chests * All the Stinkens pipework used by B&V was reused and revoiced, except for a Flachflöte 2'. The Spanische Trompette (which was actually a German-style trumpet mounted en chamade) had new resonators constructed and installed vertically in the SW. A Principal 16' of flamed copper (the principle façade) was added to the pedal, a Mixture III (2' if I remember correctly) was added to the swell, and a Principal 2' replaced the Flachflöte in the great, and a Tierce 1-3/5' was added (the original Tierce was a unit from the Quint 2-2/3') * The original Organ Supply console was retained, but it is planned for replacement (n/d) -Database Manager
Stoplist copied from the console February 23,1999 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Kenmore, Washington
Episcopal Church of the Redeemer
BALCOM & VAUGHAN PIPE ORGANS, Opus 739, 1965
Bond Pipe Organs, 1998 - Rebuild with Additions
HAUPTWERK PEDAL
8 Prestant 49 16 Principal 32
8 Rohr Floete 61 16 Subbass 32
blank 8 Kupfer Prinzipal 12
4 Oktav 61 8 Gedackt 12
4 Spill Pfeife 61 blank
2-2/3 Quint 61 4 Koral Bass 32
2 Flach Floete 61 blank
1-3/5 Terz 61 blank
IV Fourniture 19-22-26-29 244 II Quint Mixtur 22-26 64
blank 16 Fagott Bass 12
8 Fagott (OW) -- 8 Fagott (OW) --
Zimbelstern blank
blank
Haupt. to Haupt. 16'
Haupt. Unison Off 8' 1 blank, black stoptablet
Haupt. to Haupt. 4'
1 blank, black stoptablet COUPLERS
Ober. to Ped. Wrk. 8,4
Haupt. to Ped. Wrk. 8,4
OBERWERK
8 Gedackt Floete 61 Ober. to Haupt. 16,8,4
8 Spitz Gamba 61
8 Schwebung (tc) 49
4 Weit Prinzipal 61 FINGER PISTONS
4 Quintade 61 General 1 - 6
2 Gemshorn 61 Ober to Ped (rev)
blank Haup to Ped (rev)
8 Trumpet 61 Cancel
8 Fagott 61
8 Cromorne 61
Tremulant TOE STUDS
General 1 – 6
Ober. to Ober. 16' HW —— Ped (rev)
Ober. Unison Off 8' OB —— Ped (rev)
Ober. to Ober. 4'
1 blank, black stoptablet PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Crescendo (bal.)
ACTION: E-P slider VOICES: 21 STOPS: 27 RANKS: 25 PIPES: 1,404
E-P unit (inc. Zmblstrn)
NOTES
This organ as originally built by Balcom & Vaughan was also located at the rear of the
church, and was cantilevered high off of the back wall.
In the rebuild work by Bond Pipe Organs, the original cantilevered chests were removed,
and the organ was placed in a new free-standing case of dark Peruvian walnut - styled
after Greene & Greene.
Existing pipework was rescaled, revoiced, and the wind pressure was raised. The manual
divisions were placed atop new electro-pneumatic, slider windchests with electric slider
motors. Only the 8' Fagott, which is borrowed to the Hauptwerk, is located on an electro-
pneumatic unit chest.
The lower façade is comprised entirely of Pedal pipes. The flamed copper pipes at the corner
and in the center are from the 16' Principal/ 8' Kupfer Prinzipal unit of 44 pipes, which are
entirely new. The polished copper pipes between the center and corners are 30 pipes from the
4' Koral Bass. Pipes 31 and 32 are directly behind the façade on the right side. The first 6
pipes of the Pedal 16' Subbass are in the side façades. 12 of the 32 16' Subbass pipes are
from the Balcom and Vaughan instrument. The entire Pedal division is diatonically divided with
the left side being the C side and the right side being the sharp (♯) side. The Pedal II Quint
Mixtur is on the right side between the façade and the swellbox, and is on a chromatic chest.
The unenclosed 16' Fagott Bass extension is on the left side between the façade and the swell-
box. The entire Pedal division is on electro-pneumatic unit chests. The pedal is prepared for
the addition of a 16' Posaune.
The Oberwerk is housed in the new swellbox which is surrounded by the pedal division. All three
original reeds from the Balcom & Vaughan were moved to the enclosed Oberwerk during the rebuild.
The Oberwerk is prepared for the addition of a III Scharf.
The Hauptwerk is located atop the Oberwerk swellbox and has all 61 pipes of the 8' Prestant in
the façade with the other ranks behind it. The 1-3/5' Terz is new pipework - the old one having
been derived from the OW 2' Gemshorn. The Hauptwerk is prepared for the addition of a 2' Super
Octav and an 8' Trumpet.
The Zimbelstern of 4 bells has a speed control with a toggle switch. In the center position, the
zimbelstern is off even when the stoptablet is registered. In the left position, it plays on fast,
and in the right position it plays on slow.
The original console was retained. The manuals are reverse-color with ebony naturals, and sharps
of rosewood with ivory caps.
The organ was dedicated on February 22, 1998 in an evensong service which began with 30 minutes
of organ music played by Music Director/Organist, and Associate Pastor Rev. Walter Knowles. The
music performed in this pre-evensong recital was chosen to demonstrate the wide range of sound
the renewed organ is capable of.
Sources: Bond opus list and files; JRS; extant organ
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