Bellevue, Washington
First Church of Christ, Scientist

Balcom and Vaughan Pipe Organs, Inc., Opus 826, 1977 - Original Specifications

GREAT (Expressive)                           COUPLERS
   8     Principal                  61          Swell to Pedal         8
   8     Gedeckt                    61          Great to Pedal         8
   8     Erzähler             (tc)  49
   8     Erzähler Celeste     (tc)  49          Swell to Great      16,8,4
   4     Octave                     61
   4     Gedeckt                    12
   2     Super Octave               12       FINGER PISTONS
   1-1/3 Larigot              (Sw)  --          General              1 - 8
   II    Mixture 2'  [15-19]       122          Swell                1 - 8
   8     Hautbois             (Sw)  --            Sw. to Ped.        (rev)
         Tremulant                              Great                1 - 8
         Chimes (Maas; 22-42)      (21)           Gt. to Ped.        (rev)
         Cymbelstern               (04)         Pedal                1 - 4
                                                To Set
   Great to Great 4'                            Cancel 

SWELL (Expressive)
   8     Rohr Flöte                 61       TOE STUDS
   8     Viola Pomposa              61          General              1 - 8
   8     Viola Celeste        (tc)  49          Gt. to Ped.          (rev)
   8     Erzähler Celeste II  (Gt)  --
   4     Principal                  61
   4     Rohr Flöte                 12       PEDAL MOVEMENTS
   2-2/3 Nasat                      73          Swell Expression    (bal.)
   2     Rohr Flöte                 12          Great Expression    (bal.)
   1-3/5 Terz                 (tc)  49          Crescendo           (bal.)
   8     Hautbois                   61
   8     Vox Humana                 61
         Tremulant
         blank tablet

   Swell to Swell 16'
   Swell Unison Off
   Swell to Swell 4'

PEDAL
   16    Viola                (Sw)  12
   16    Gedeckt Bass         (Gt)  12       ACTION: E-P unit
   8     Principal            (Gt)  --
   8     Viola Pomposa        (Sw)  --       VOICES: 14
   8     Gedeckt              (Gt)  --
   4     Choral Bass          (Gt)  --       STOPS: 33; inc. chimes &
   4     Rohr Flöte           (Sw)  --                  cymbelstern 
   2     Octavin              (Gt)  --
         blank tablet                        RANKS: 15
   8     Hautbois             (Sw)  --
   4     Hautbois             (Sw)  --       PIPES: 951

NOTES
The Great 8' Erzähler borrows its first 12 notes from the 8' Gedeckt.
The Swell 8' Vox Humana was given to the church as a gift by then
Balcom and Vaughan President William J. Bunch. It was used pipes of
undocumented provenance.

The Kilgen-style E-P unit windchests had been built with Perflex. The
churhc had contracted a Vancouver, B.C. organ technician to replace
the Perflex in the Great division. In 1993, Balcom and Vaughan completed
the Perflex replacement in the rest of the organ. At that time, they
discovered that the Vancouver, B.C. organ technician had cut the wires
to the II Mixture chest. Although the pouchboards were re-covered, he
left the chest unsoldered and the pipes were left in storage in the
basement of the church. The Great Cymbelstern was also found to be not
functioning, and several notes in the repair log at the console stated
that it could not be fixed. Balcom and Vaughan re-soldered the wires,
re-installed the Mixture pipes, and repaired the Cymbelstern.

 [Received from James R. Stettner 2010-11-29.]