Pipe Organ Database

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Bond Pipe Organs Inc. (1985)

Originally Balcom and Vaughan (Opus 665, 1961)

Location:

First Presbyterian Church
230 NE 9th St.
Bend, OR 97701 US
Chapel
Organ ID: 70216

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Presbyterian Churches
  • The organ has been relocated.
  • The organ's condition is not playable.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jim Stettner on September 28, 2022.
Joe O'Donnell on September 28, 2022:

A letter in Bond's files indicates that the church purchased a Balcom and Vaughan organ from an LDS Stake Center in Walla Walla, Washington in May of 1984 for $6500. This was almost certainly the 1961 Balcom and Vaughan listed elsewhere in the database. Richard Bond augmented the instrument with Kilgen windchests and pipework from various sources.

We received the most recent update for this note from Joe O'Donnell on September 28, 2022.
Joe O'Donnell on February 04, 2022:

The original sanctuary now serves as a chapel. Because the organ was no longer in regular use, the church gifted it back to Bond. It was removed to storage in September 2021 with the exception of the exposed 8' Principal pipes which the church desired to retain. Negotiations are underway to install the organ in a new home.

The core of the organ is a Balcom and Vaughan instrument removed from an LDS church in Walla Walla, Washington. A few used ranks and chests were used to augment it at the time of its installation in Bend.

We received the most recent update for this note from Joe O'Donnell on February 04, 2022.

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