Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
First Presbyterian Church
W.W. Kimball Co., KPO 6565, 1921
Don Gorman, 1973 - New Console & Tonal Change
Pipe Organs, Inc., 1999 - Cleaning, Tonal Changes
GREAT (Expressive *)
8 Open Diapason 61 1-24 en facade.
8 Flute (Sw) --
4 Octave (*) 61 Made from the original Swell 8' Violin Diapason.
4 Flute (Sw) --
2 Flautina (Sw) --
Chimes (32) Maas; tenor C thru g 44.
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Great to Great 16'
Great Unison Off
Great to Great 4'
SWELL (Expressive)
8 Salicional 61
8 Voix Celeste 61 Original Great 8' Dulciana revoiced.
8 Flute 61
4 Flute 12 Extension of the 8' Flute.
2-2/3 Nasat 7 Extension of the 8' Flute.
2 Flautina 5 Extension of the 8' Flute.
8 Horn 61
8 Orch. Oboe -- Synthetic. From the 8' Salicional and 2-2/3 Nasat.
8 Vox Humana 61 Replaced with a Krummhorn (1973) but stop tablet never changed.
Tremulant
Vox Humana Tremulant Old fashioned beater type.
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Swell to Swell 16'
Swell Unison Off
Swell to Swell 4'
PEDAL (Expressive)
16 Bourdon (Sw) 12 Extension of the 8' Flute.
8 Flute (Sw) --
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COUPLERS
Swell to Pedal 8,4
Great to Pedal 8,4
Swell to Great 16,8,4
FINGER PISTONS
General 1 - 4
Swell 1 - 3
Sw. to Ped. (rev)
Great 1 - 3
Gt. to Ped. (rev)
Pedal 1 - 3
G.C.
TOE STUDS
General 1 - 4
Pedal 1 - 3
Gt. to Ped. (rev)
Sforz (rev)
PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Expression (bal.)
Crescendo (bal.)
ACTION: Electro-Pneumatic primary
VOICES: 7
STOPS: 17; inc. chimes
RANKS: 7
PIPES: 463
NOTES
This is an original installation that has been slightly altered over the
years. The facade is a 3-sectional pipe fence of 29 gold-painted pipes
arranged: 11-7-11.
The Great 8' Open Diapason was the only unexpressive rank, having pipes
1-24 in the facade and the remainder on small, diatonically divided
chests between the facade and the inner case. These "inner" pipes are
rough, canvas lead, with high cut-ups and horribly "flutey" sounding -
not diapason-like in the least. (They actually sounded good as capped
flutes though!). The unit flute was an open wood flute except for the
16' & 8' octaves.
In 1973, Don Gorman of Spokane assisted by Bill Bunch of Seattle replaced
the original, failing console with a new Klann console. The original
console had been located directly in front of the case, on a lower level
than the present chancel, and with the organist facing across the chancel
with the congregation to their left. The new console was installed in the
same configuration, but on the right side of the chancel beneath the
chimes. A new Peterson relay was installed to handle the flute switching;
replacing the original pneumatic switching. It was placed between the
outer case, and the inner case. The only tonal change was to replace the
original 8' Vox Humana with a new 8' Krummhorn with very narrow-scale
resonators.
In 1999, Clint Meadway and Jim Stettner dba Pipe Organs, Inc. of Monroe,
WA. de-piped the organ for cleaning. The stoppers were releathered. The
unit flute was revoiced to be a bit more articulate. The original Swell
8' Violin Diapason was cut-down at scale, de-bearded, and revoiced as
a "new" 4' Octave on the Great. It was installed on the former 8' Dulciana
toeboard. The 8' Dulciana, in turn, was relocated to the Swell chest on
the former 8' Violin Diapason toeboard and revoiced/regulated to function
as much as possible as a Celeste with the Salicional.
Other problems plagued the instrument. The lead tubing from the main chest
up to the Vox Humana chest was heavy and unsupported, and the suaged tubes
kept falling-out of the Vox chest causing ciphers. The console combination
action also started to disintegrate soon thereafter, and various options
were presented.
The church ultimately decided to purchase a 3-manual electronic organ
from the builder's Salt Lake City representatives and to "hybridize" the
organ. The Open Diapason and Krummhorn were not connected, but the other
ranks were made playable from the new console.
[Received on line from James R. Stettner April 12, 2009.]