Balcom and Vaughan
1944
Originally The Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. (1920s)
First Congregational Church / Hope Lutheran Church
7209 S. Puget Sound Ave.
Tacoma, WA, US
4 Ranks - 292 Pipes
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STOPLISTS
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
Design: Horseshoe
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Features:
2 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal1 Divisions25 Stops4 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop ActionCombination Thumb Piston(s)Stop Layout: Stop Keys in Horseshoe Curves
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination Action: Setterboard
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Updated through online information from James R. Stettner.
Database Manager on April 6th, 2013:
Altered and relocated existing organ.
Identified by James R. Stettner, based on personal knowledge of the organ.
-- The building was originally built as Hope Lutheran Church, and it was into this congregation's edifice that the used Wurlitzer organ was installed by Balcom and Vaughan in 1944. The original home of the Wurlitzer is not presently known, though a likely candidate may be the Key Street Theatre in Tacoma. The Salicional and Flute are original, as are the windchests, console, and relay/switch stack. The Open Diapason rank is not original and is believed to have replaced an 8' Trumpet rank. Its first six pipes are of open wood, and are marked "Baritone." The metal pipes are not leather-lipped. The Dulciana replaced an 8' Vox Humana. This would have made the organ a 135B model. Two different Balcom and Vaughan opus lists give the size of the organ as 6-ranks. But no evidence was present to suggest that the organ was down-sized when moved to Hope Lutheran.
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