Balcom and Vaughan
1931
Originally Ernest M. Skinner Company (Opus 217, 1913)
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Bellingham, WA, US
21 Ranks - 1,408 Pipes
Instrument ID: 19503 ● Builder ID: 299 ● Location ID: 17658
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STOPLISTS
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal5 Divisions21 Stops26 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination Action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
Updated through online information from James R. Stettner.
Database Manager on December 21st, 2005:
Updated through information adapted from E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: Skinner Opus 217, relocated from Alaska Theater, Seattle, Washington. Tonal changes and new two manual console by Balcom & Vaughan in 1968; after water damage in 1991 removed and sold for parts; Choir chest in Warburton residence, Skykomish, WA; replaced by three manual Marceau.
Database Manager on October 2nd, 2005:
Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ was originally built for the Alaska Theatre in Seattle. It was installed here at St. Paul's Episcopal Church without tonal changes by Balcom and Vaughan of Seattle in 1931. In 1969, Balcom and Vaughan rebuilt the organ as a large, II-manual instrument with a new console. The size was increased to 27 ranks. The original Skinner drawknob console went to Tom Kaasa of Seattle. In 1992, the church signed a contract with Marceau & Associates of Portland, Oregon to again rebuild and enlarge the organ.
Related Instrument Entries: Ernest M. Skinner Company (Opus 217, 1913) , Balcom and Vaughan Pipe Organs, Inc. (Opus 781R, 1969) , Marceau & Associates Pipe Organ Builders (Opus 7, 1991)
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