FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
ESTEY ORGAN CO., Opus 667, 1908
GREAT
8' Open Diapason 61 1-17 en facade.
8' Melodia 61
8' Dulciana 61 1-12 haskelled.
4' Octave 61
SWELL (Expressive)
16' Bourdon 61
8' Violin Diapason 61 1-12 haskelled.
8' Lieblich Gedeckt 61
8' Salicional 61 1-12 haskelled.
4' Flute Harmonic 61
8' Oboe [labial] 61 1-12 haskelled.
Tremolo
PEDAL
16' Bourdon 30
COUPLERS (Undocumented)
Swell to Pedal 8
Great to Pedal 8
Swell to Great 8
Swell to Great 8ves 4
FINGER PISTONS
Unknown if any; but unlikely.
FOOT LEVERS (Undocumented)
REV [Great to Pedal] (rev)
PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Expression (bal.)
ACTION: Tubular-Pneumatic key to ventil chests
Tubular-Pneumatic stop
VOICES: 11
STOPS: 11
RANKS: 11
PIPES: 640
NOTES
The organ was installed at the front of the sanctuary facing down the central axis. It was housed
in a quarter-sawn oak case with 65 gold-painted facade pipes - 17 of which were speaking from the
Great 8' Open Diapason. The facade consisted of 5 flats divided by 4 towers as follows:
5-7-5-9-13-9-5-7-5.
The nomenclature for stops and controls given above is not verified since the original keydesk was
removed in 1978. It is taken from writing on the extant pipes, writing on the toe and rack boards,
and from other extant and documented examples of the builder's work from this period.
The Great 8' Melodia has 12 stopped basses. The Swell 4' Harmonic Flute becomes harmonic at middle
c. The first 12 pipes of the Swell 16' Bourdon are outside the swellbox and diatonically divided at
either side of the box. Wind is conveyed through the walls of the box.
The organ was electrified and tonally altered/augmented by Möller Rep. Harold B. Curryer of
Spokane, WA in 1978. It was removed from its original home in October, 1994, placed in storage,
and then reinstalled in the new edifice in Feb./March 1995 by Meadway & Stettner Pipe organs of
Monroe, WA.
Sources: Extant, electrified organ documented August 1994, and Feb./March 1995.
[Received via e-mail from James R. Stettner November 25, 2008]