First Baptist Church
Tacoma, WA
Opus 2281



Great (Enclosed w/Choir)
16' Open Diapason                          61
 8'  Open Diapason                          61
 8'  Second Open Diapason              61
 8'  Gamba                                      61
 8'  Doppel Flute                              61
 8'  Concert Flute                             61
 8'  Gemshorn                                 61
 4'  Octave                                      61
 4'  Flute Harmonic                          61
 2 2/3' Twelfth                                  61   
 2'  Fifteenth                                   61
 8'  Tuba                                         61
     Tremolo     
     Chimes                          
     Harp  (Ch)

Great to Great 16                            
Great to Great 8'  [Unison Off]                     
Great to Great 4             
Swell to Great 16-8-4
Choir to Great 16-8-4
                

Swell (Enclosed)
16' Lieblich Gedeckt                        73
 8'  Open Diapason                          73
 8'  Stopped Diapason                      73
 8'  Quintadena                                73
 8'  Salicional                                   73
 8'  Viole d'Orchestre                        73
 8'  Voix Celeste (TC)                       61
 8'  Aeoline                                      73
 4'  Fluto Traverso                            73
 2'  Piccolo                                     73
 III  Dolce Cornet                            183 
 8'  Cornopean                                 73
 8'  Oboe                                          73
 8'  Vox Humana                              73
     Tremolo                                    
 
Swell to Swell 16'                               
Swell to Swell 8'  [Unison Off]                 
Swell to Swell 4'                                
  
Choir  (Enclosed)
16' Contra Gamba                           73
 8'  Diapason                                  73
 8'  Clarabella                                 73
 8'  Viole d'Amour                           73
 8'  Dulciana                                   73
 8'  Unda Maris (TC)                        61
 4'  Flute d'Amour                           73
 8'  Clarinet             [labial]               73
     Tremolo                                    
     Harp (Gt)                                     
 
Choir to Choir 16                                
Choir to Choir 8  [Unison Off]                  
Choir to Choir 4                                  
Swell to Choir 16-8-4
 
Echo (Enclosed)
8'  Lieblich Gedeckt                        61
8'  Muted Viol                                 61
8'  Viole Celeste (TC)                      49
4'  Flute                                         61
8'  Vox Humana                              61
    Tremolo                                    
    Chimes                                   
 
 
Pedal
16' Open Diapason                        32
16' Second Open Diapason (Gt)
16' Bourdon                                   32
16' Contra Gamba (Ch)
16' Lieblich Gedeckt (Sw)
16' Echo Bass (Echo)                    12
 8'  Octave                                    12
 8'  Flute                                       12
 8'  Cello                                       12
16' Tuba Trombone  (Gt)                 12
 
Pedal to Pedal 4' 
Great to Pedal 8'
Swell to Pedal  8'
Choir to Pedal 8'
 
Finger Pistons
General                              1 - 10
Swell                                    1 - 6
Great                                   1 - 6
Choir                                    1 - 6
Echo                                   1 - 3
Pedal                                  1 - 4
Echo                                On/Off
Great                                On/Off
 
Toe Studs
Gr. to Ped.                    reversible
 
 
Pedal Movements 
Swell Expression           balanced
Gt/Ch Expression          balanced
Echo  Expression          balanced
  Crescendo                     balanced


Action: E-P Primary & Unit

Voices: 36

Stops: 50; inc. chimes & harp

Ranks:  38

Pipes 2,242





 

Dedication
Program


The Church celebrates its
120th Anniversary.

Additional Photographs

Shop Order

 Notes
The organ originally had a luminous, "cash register" console,
which was replaced without tonal changes by Genn White of
Olympic Organ Builders of Seattle.

In 1976, tonal additions were made to the organ. This mostly included de-unifying the flutes.
An 8' Trumpet was installed in the Choir in place of the original 8' Clarinet as a memorial. In the Pedal,
the Swell 16' Lieblich Gedeckt was borrowed  and the Echo 8' Gedackt was extended to 16' and borrowed
to the Pedal as a 16' Echo Bass.
 
The Great and Choir were separated into their own chambers, the former Echo expression shoe used to control the extra set of shutters. This required that the Echo expression be controlled by another shoe - and the Great shoe was chosen for this.
  
 Sources
Estey opus list
Estey Shop Order
Extant, rebuilt organ
James R. Stettner
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