Pipe Organ Database

a project of the organ historical society

Bond Pipe Organs Inc. (Opus 19, 1990)

Location:

Willamette University
900 State St.
Salem, OR 97301 US
Waller Hall, Cone Chapel
Organ ID: 765

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Colleges and Universities
  • The organ is unaltered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is good, used occasionally.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Paul R. Marchesano on September 30, 2022.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 27 ranks. 1,517 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 22 stops. 24 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a case at the front of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on July 10, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 22
  • Registers: 24
  • Position: Keydesk attached, manuals set into case.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with hinged doors that enclose keyboards.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in vertical rows on angled jambs.
  • Combination Action: Adjustable combination pistons.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
  • Has Crescendo Pedal
  • Has Tutti Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Tutti Reversible Toe Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Toe Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Toe Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on July 10, 2018.
Database Manager on January 17, 2017:

Updated by Zachary Duell, who has heard or played the organ.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 24, 2007:

Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Handsome 7-sectional case with ?? facade pipes arranged: 5-10-5-??-5-10-5. The center section is divided into upper (??) and lower (11) sections. Several registers are prepared-for. When fully completed, the organ will have 25 registers, 27 speaking stops, 32 ranks, and 1,735 pipes. This organ replaced a second-hand, electrified 1878 Bergstrom tracker which had originally been built for Taylor Street M.E. in Portland.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Status Note: There 1992.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Suspended key action; El. stop action; SS comb.; 3 more stops prepared.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Typed stoplist from the OHS PC Database.
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Organ case at front of room: Builder website, Strode Eckert Photographic, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano. Taken approx. 1990

Console: Photograph from an archival source: Builder website, Strode Eckert Photographic, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano. Taken approx. 1990

Organ case at front, view from left: Photograph from an archival source: Builder website, Strode Eckert Photographic, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano. Taken approx. 1990