Sherman, Clay
& Co.
Seattle, WA
Opus 580
Great
8' Gr. Open
Diapason
61
8' Gr. Melodia
61
8' Gr.
Dulciana
61
4' Gr.
Principal
61
Swell
(Enclosed)
16' Sw.
Bourdon
61
8' Sw. Violin
Diapason
61
8' Sw. Stopped
Diapason 61
8' Sw.
Salicional
61
4' Sw. Flute
Harmonic
61
8' Sw. Oboe [labial] (tc) 49
Tremolo
Pedal
16' Ped.
Bourdon
30
Couplers
Swell to
Pedal
[8]
Great to
Pedal
[8]
Swell to
Great
[8]
Swell to Great
8ves
[4]
Foot Levers
(undocumented)
REV [Great to Pedal] reversible
Pedal
Movements
Swell
Expression
balanced
Action: Tubular-Pneumatic
key & stop
Voices:
11
Stops:
11
Ranks:
11
Pipes: 628
Notes
The organ was
free-standing and encased with an attached, projecting keydesk.
It was originally built for Sherman, Clay & Co. in Seattle,
and was purchased by and installed at
First Congregational Church of Wenatchee in 1910.
It was later sold to
the Methodists in Wenatchee. It was replaced at First United Methodist
by a III-manual Casavant.
The exact nomenclature
of stops and controls can not be verified since the organ
was broken-up. It was taken from a letter from Mr. Roger D. Swayze
to Bill Bunch of Balcom and Vaughan in February, 1972. It is also
taken from other extant and documented examples of the builder's
work from this period.
The organ was sold to
Mr. Swayze of Eugene, OR. in 1972. He retrieved it from Wenatchee in
late January, 1973 and had plans to move it to his home in Eugene where
he was going to use the electrified Great 4-rank chest to make a unit
organ for his home. The 6-rank Swell chest was to be sold to a Mr. Art
Hawn to become the Choir division of an existing home pipe organ.
The Great 8' Melodia
had a stopped wood and not a Haskelled bass. The Great 8' Dulciana was
- suprisingly - full-length and not Haskelled. But the Swell 8' Violin
Diapason and 8' Salicional both very likely had Haskelled basses.
Sources
Estey opus list
Correspondence in the Balcom & Vaughan files
James R. Stettner