Balcom and Vaughan Pipe Organs, Inc.
Opus 821, 1976

Fifteenth Church of Christ, Scientist

5801 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA, US

21 Ranks - 1,391 Pipes
Instrument ID: 24275 ● Builder ID: 7403 ● Location ID: 21589
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Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal3 Divisions19 Stops53 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)✓ Coupler 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 (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A

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This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location

Database Manager on October 21st, 2006:
Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- This organ was originally in the home of Balcom and Vaughan President William J. Bunch back in Boston when he was a Vice President for Aeolian-Skinner. When he returned to Seattle to take over Balcom and Vaughan, the organ was moved and reinstalled in his Seattle residence. It was only around 6-or-so ranks back in the 1960's. The Swell, Great, duplexed Positiv, and Pedal were located in two chambers at the front of the room with the Great/Pedal on the right and Swell on the left. The Choral Great, Choral Positiv, and Choral Pedal were located in a single antiphonal chamber, and the console was placed in a small, floor-level gallery beneath this chamber. When the congregation disbanded around 1993, the building was sold to a Scientology congregation who did not want the organ. It was acquired by Balcom and Vaughn, and later rebuilt as a 2-manual instrument for First Baptist in Bellingham - replacing their electrified and rebuilt Kimball organ.

Related Instrument Entries: Balcom and Vaughan Pipe Organs, Inc. (Opus 879, 1994)

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