Balcom & Vaughan Pipe Organs
Opus 681, 1961

Originally Austin Organ Co. (Opus 1205, 1923)

First Christian Church

Sanctuary

602 North Orchard Street
Tacoma, WA, US

17 Ranks - 3 Physical Divisions
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Builder: Austin Organ Co.
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
2 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal3 DivisionsElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop ActionCrescendoCombination Thumb Piston(s)Combination Toe Piston(s)
Stop Layout: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A

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This instrument is: Not ExtantandNot Playable in this location

Database Manager on September 23rd, 2014:

Updated through online information from James R. Stettner.

Database Manager on September 21st, 2014:

Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. The organ was further tonally altered by Homer D. Johnson in 1990, and the console was updated to solid state controls and combination action.

Database Manager on September 20th, 2014:

Altered and relocated existing organ. Identified by James R. Stettner, based on personal knowledge of the organ. -- This was the removal of the organ from the old edifice, and re-installation at the new church. The original Austin chests were discarded, and used, re-leathered 1902 Hutchings-Votey E-P windchests from Seattle's Temple de Hirsch were re-leathered and used along with several new Kilgen-style E-P unit chests.

Related Instrument Entries: Austin Organ Co. (Opus 1205, 1923) , Hutchings-Votey Organ Co. (Opus 1642, 1907ca.) , Homer R. Johnson (1990)

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