Seattle, Washington
Maple leaf Lutheran Church (ELCA)
BALCOM and VAUGHAN PIPE ORGANS, Inc., Opus 803, 1974
BALCOM and VAUGHAN PIPE ORGANS, Inc., Opus 803A, 1994 - Tonal Changes & Additions
GREAT COUPLERS
8 Rohr Gedeckt 61 Swell to Pedal 8,4
8 Spitz Gamba (Sw) -- Great to Pedal 8
4 Oktave 61
2 Octave 61 Swell to Great 16,8,4
IV Mixture 1⅓' 232
Chimes (Maas; ta – f2) (21)
FINGER PISTONS
Great to Great 4' General 1 - 6
Swell 1 - 4
Sw. to Ped. (rev)
SWELL (Expressive) Sw. to Gt. (rev)
8 Bordun 61 Great 1 - 4
8 Spitz Gamba 61 Gt. to Ped. (rev)
4 Principal 61 Pedal 1 - 4
4 Spill Flöte 61 Cancel
2-2/3 Nasard 61
2 Block Flöte 61
1-3/5 Tierce 61 TOE STUDS
1-1/3 Nasat 61 General 1 - 6
8 Oboe-Schalmey 61 Pedal 1 - 4
Gt. to Ped. (rev)
Swell to Swell 16' Sw. Tremulant (rev)
Swell to Swell 4'
PEDAL MOVEMENTS
PEDAL Swell Expression (bal.)
16 Subbass 32 Crescendo (bal.)
16 Sanftbass (Ped/Sw) --
8 Oktav Bass 32
4 Choral Bass 32
16 Fagott (L/2) 32
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ACTION: E-P slider VOICES: 17 STOPS: 20 RANKS: 20 PIPES: 1092
& unit (inc. chimes)
NOTES
The organ is installed on a shelf cantilevered over the rear gallery. The Great is a
slider chest while the remaining windchests are all Kilgen-style E-P unit chests.
On the Swell, the blank stoptablet was originally intended for an 8' Spitz Gamba Celeste.
The Pedal 16' Sanftbass take its first 12 notes from the 16' Subbass on soft wind, and
the balance from the Swell 8' Bordun.
The contract price of this organ was $27,350.00.
In 1994, the church contracted with Balcom and Vaughan for tonal changes and additions.
The only change was the swapping of the two 2' stops and the renaming of the original 2'
Prinzipal to 2' Octave. Tonal additions were made only to the Swell. A new 4' Principal
was added along with a new 2-2/3' Nasard and a new 1-3/5' Tierce. Since the combination
action was finite and the Swell had only one prepared-for tablet, two other stops/functions
had to be sacrificed. The Swell Unison Off was omitted, and the Tremulant was moved to a
reversible toe stud.
The organ was also cleaned after discovering that it had been infested with mice. This was
done by Clinton B. Meadway of Monroe, WA.
Sources: B&V opus list and files, extant organ
[Received from James R. Stettner 2012-12-09.]