Better Pipe Organ Database

Holtkamp Organ Co. Opus 1947 (1978)

First Baptist Church: Sanctuary
308 Clairemont Avenue
Decatur, GA

Images

Unknown - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Robert Tucker via Atlanta AGO/Database Manager)

2006-09-12 - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Unknown - Chancel and exposed pipes (Photograph by Robert Tucker via Atlanta AGO/Database Manager)

Unknown - Exposed Pipes (Photograph by Robert Tucker via Atlanta AGO/Database Manager)

Unknown - Console (Photograph by Robert Tucker via Atlanta AGO/Database Manager)

Unknown - Sanctuary interior to rear (Photograph by Robert Tucker via Atlanta AGO/Database Manager)

1991-07-18 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Non-Traditional Style, As Consoles by Holtkamp, Schlicker, et al
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
42 stops
41 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1992 -Database Manager

2007-02-04 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- The organ replaced a 1951 4/54 Kilgen destroyed by fire Christmas Eve 1976 -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from <i>Catalogue of Pipe Organs In Georgia</i> Atlanta AGO Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Decatur, Georgia
       First Baptist Church

       Holtkamp   Op. 1947   1978   3/56
       _________________________________________

       GREAT                      POSITIV (expr)
   16' Quintadena    61        8' Gemshorn    61
    8' Principal     61        8' Copula      61
    8' Rohrgedackt   61        4' Praestant   61
    4' Octave        61        4' Rohrflote   61
    4' Spitzflote    61    2 2/3' Nazard      61
    2' Superoctave   61        2' Blockflute  61
   II  Sesquialtera 122    1 3/5' Tierce      61
   IV  Mixture      244       IV  Fourniture 244
  III  Scharf       183        8' Cromorne    61
    8' Trumpet       61           Tremolo

       SWELL                      PEDAL
    8' Hohlflote     61       16' Principal   32
    8' Gamba         61       16' Subbass     32
    8' Voix Celeste  56       16' Quintadena  GT
    4' Principal     61        8' Octave      32
    4' Holzflote     61        8' Pommer      32
    2' Waldflote     61        4' Choralbass  32
1 1/3' Larigot       61        4' Openflute   32
   IV  Zimbel       244        2' Flachflote  32
   16' Dulzian       61       IV  Rauschbass 128
    8' Oboe          61       16' Posaune     32
    4' Clarion       61        8' Trumpet     32
       Tremolo                 4' Schalmey    32
       Sub
       Unison Off
       Super

[Received from Jeff Scofield November 21, 2012]

Typed stoplist from Jeff Scofield Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

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