Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organ Co. Opus 1867 (1934)

Bethel Methodist Church: Sanctuary
57 Pitt St.
Charleston, SC

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

1992-04-20 - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1992-04-20 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
16 stops
22 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys 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)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons

Notes

2004-12-17 - Information identifying this instrument from the Austin Organs, Inc. web site, accessed December 16, 2004: http://www.austinorgans.com/organ-research.htm. -Database Manager

2005-08-08 - This organ replaced an 1887 Felgemaker that was donated to Spring Street United Methodist Church. -Database Manager

2014-02-21 - Church and organ badly damaged in 1989 by Hurricane Hugo and both repaired; replaced in 2005 by 3/51 A. E. Schlueter. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the console April 20, 1992 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

     Charleston, South Carolina
     Bethel Methodist Church

     Austin   Op. 1867   1934   3/18
     _________________________________________

     GREAT (encl w/CH)        SWELL
  8' Open Diapason         8' English Diapason
  8' Hohl Flute            8' Stopped Flute
  8' Dulciana              8' Salicional
  4' Octave                8' Vox Angelica
  4' Flauto Dolce          4' Wald Flute
III  Mixture               2' Flautino
     Sub                   8' Oboe Horn
     Unison Off            8' Vox Humana
     Super                    Tremolo
     Chimes                   Sub
                              Unison Off
     CHOIR                    Super
  8' Geigen Principal  
  8' Clarabella    GT         PEDAL
  8' Dolce         GT     16' Subbass    12 GT    
  4' Flute d'Amour GT     16' Bourdon    12 SW
  8' Clarinet              8' Bass Flute SW
     Tremolo
     Sub
     Unison Off
     Super 

[Received from Jeff Scofield February 21, 2014]