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Puget Sound Pipe Organs (2020)

Originally Balcom and Vaughan Pipe Organs, Inc. (Opus 796, 1973)

Location:

St. John the Evangelist RC Church
106 N. 79th St.
Seattle, WA 98103 US
Sanctuary
Organ ID: 60634

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Roman Catholic Churches
  • The organ is unaltered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is good, in regular use.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from James R. Stettner on May 10, 2020.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: EP unit , Electro-pneumatic (EP)
  • 20 ranks. 4 divisions. 3 manuals. 21 stops. 49 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): EP unit chests
  • Position: In gallery-level chambers at the rear of the room.
  • Built by Balcom and Vaughan Pipe Organs, Inc.
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on April 23, 2020.

Great:
  • Chest Type(s): EP unit chests
  • Position: In gallery-level chambers at the rear of the room.
  • Built by Balcom and Vaughan Pipe Organs, Inc.
We received the most recent update for this division from James R. Stettner on May 10, 2020.

Swell/Choir:
  • Chest Type(s): EP unit chests
  • Position: In gallery-level chambers at the rear of the room.
  • Built by Balcom and Vaughan Pipe Organs, Inc.
We received the most recent update for this division from James R. Stettner on May 10, 2020.

Pedal:
  • Chest Type(s): Electro-pneumatic (EP) chests
  • Position: In gallery-level chambers at the rear of the room.
  • Built by W. W. Kimball Co.
We received the most recent update for this division from James R. Stettner on May 10, 2020.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Stops: 20
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Main (Gallery):
  • Built by The Aeolian Co.
  • Manuals: 3
  • Divisions: 4
  • Stops: 21
  • Registers: 49
  • Position: Console in fixed position, center.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style without cover.
  • Stop Controls: Stop keys above top manual.
  • Combination Action: Computerized/Digital system.
  • Combination Action Name: Syndyne LS 8400
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
  • Has Crescendo Pedal
  • Has Tutti Reversible Thumb Piston(s)
  • Has Tutti Reversible Toe Piston(s)
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Piston(s)
  • Has Combination Action Toe Piston(s)
We received the most recent update for this console from James R. Stettner on May 10, 2020.
James R. Stettner on April 24, 2020:

This was the conversion of the console and electro-mechanical relays to Syndyne solid state. Tonal changes were also made to the Swell.

This organ has a long, evolutionary history which will be available on this account in the Documents section.

We received the most recent update for this note from James R. Stettner on May 10, 2020.
Database Manager on October 16, 2017:

"Messrs. Hook & Hastings, of Boston, have just completed an organ in the Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia. The instrument is built upon very large scales, containing ten stops in the great, eight in the swell, and two in the pedal, and has reversed action and is blown by a water-motor." The Organ, June 1892

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

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