Wenatchee, Washington
First Presbyterian Church

ESTEY ORGAN CO., Opus 720, 1909
Balcom and Vaughan, 1940 - Electrification, Additions, & New Console


GREAT (Expressive)                           COUPLERS
   8  Open Diapason                  61         Swell to Pedal                  8
   8  Melodia                        61         Great to Pedal                  8
   8  Dulciana                       61
   4  Octave                         61         Swell to Great                  8,4
      Chimes  (Maas; t  -  2)       (2 )

   Great to Great 16'
   Great Off 8'                              PEDAL MOVEMENTS
   Great to Great 4'                            Expression                   (bal.)
                                                Crescendo                    (bal.)
   1 blank stoptablet


SWELL (Expressive)
   8  Stopped Diapason               61
   8  Salicional               (tc)  49
   8  Voix Celeste             (tc)  49
   4  Flute Harmonic                 61
   8  Oboe        [labial]     (tc)  49
      Tremolo

   Swell to Swell 16'
   Swell Off 8'                              ACTION: E-P primary & unit
   Swell to Swell 4'
                                             VOICES: 10

                                             STOPS: 13; inc. chimes
PEDAL (Expressive - 32 notes)
   16  Bourdon                       30      RANKS: 10
   16  Lieblich Gedeckt              --
   8   Flute               (Gt/Ped)  --      PIPES: 543


NOTES
This organ was originally free-standing and encased, and likely had an attached, 
projecting keydesk. The façade was most likely 3-sectional containing 23 gold-painted
pipes arranged 5-13-5. 17 of these were from the Great 8' Open Diapason. The stops and
couplers were controlled by a miniature keyboard over the Swell keys. Pressing a labelled
white key activated that stop or function. Pressing the adjacent black key canceled it.

In 1939-40, the organ was electrified by Balcom and Vaughan of Seattle, WA.  A 'new' 
console was provided, which was actually a recycled Everett Orgatron console. Tonally, 
a new 8' Melodia was added on the Great and a new tenor C, 8' Voix Celeste was added to
the Swell. Both ranks were added on a new E-P unit chest. The entire instrument was placed
inside a chamber under expression.

The bass of the Swell 8' Salicional is borrowed to the bottom of the 8' Stopped Diapason.
The original pedal compass was 30 notes. The present, original, 16' Bourdon has only 30 
pipes, so the top two notes are borrowed from the Great 8' Melodia. The 16' Pedal Lieblich
Gedeckt is the same as the 16' Bourdon but with notes 1-12 on soft wind. The Pedal 8' Flute
takes notes 1-18 from the 16' Bourdon, and notes 19-32 from the Great 8' Melodia.

In 1951, this organ was replaced by a new M.P. Möller. Balcom and Vaughan moved the Estey
and reinstalled it at the Seattle First Church of the Nazarene.

Sources: Estey opus list; Balcom and Vaughan opus list and files; JRS; extant,
         moved organ.

 [Received from James R. Stettner 2012-06-24.]