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Austin Organs, Inc. Opus 2718 (1989)

First Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
540 William Hilton Pkwy.
Hilton Head Island, SC

Images

2019-03-11 - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2001-06-04 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
38 stops
68 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)
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

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

2007-12-17 - Updated through online information from Sanford Berry. -Database Manager

2017-05-28 - Renovation by A. E. Schlueter in 2016, along with revoicing, a new 4-manual console and many digital stops. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from Austin ad in <i>The American Organist</i> April 1991 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
       First Presbyterian Church

       Austin   Op. 2718   1990   3/48
       ________________________________________________

       GREAT                         CHOIR
   16' Quintaton                  8' Gemshorn
    8' Principal                  8' Gedeckt
 *  8' Harmonic Flute             8' Dolce
    8' Bourdon                    8' Dolce Celeste
    8' Quintaton       12         4' Prestant
    4' Octave                 2 2/3' Nasard          tc
 *  4' Spire Flute                2' Blockflöte
    2' Fifteenth              1 3/5' Tierce          tc
 * II  Sesquialtera              16' Clarinet
   IV  Fourniture                 8' Rohrschalmei
  III  Scharff                       Tremulant
 *  8' Trompete                      Chimes
       Unison Off                 8' Fanfare Trumpet GT
       Super                      4' Fanfare Trumpet GT
    8' Fanfare Trumpet
    4' Fanfare Trumpet 12            PEDAL
                                 32' Resultant       --
    *  enclosed in Choir         16' Principal       12 GT
                                 16' Bourdon
       SWELL                     16' Quintaton       GT
   16' Viola                     16' Viola           SW
    8' Geigen                     8' Principal
    8' Rohrflöte                  8' Bourdon         12
    8' Viola           12         8' Viola           SW
    8' Voix Celeste               8' Flauto Dolce    CH
    4' Principal                  4' Choralbass
    4' Koppelflöte                4' Koppelflöte     SW
    4' Viola           12         2' Koppelflöte     SW
    4' Viola Celeste   12       III  Mixture
2 2/3' Nazard                    32' Contre Hautbois 12 SW
    2' Principal       12        16' Posaune
    2' Koppelflöte     12        16' Hautbois        SW
1 1/3' Quint           12         8' Trumpet         12
  III  Plein Jeu                  8' Hautbois        SW
   16' Hautbois                   4' Rohrschalmei    CH
    8' Trompette                  8' Fanfare Trumpet GT
    8' Hautbois        12         4' Fanfare Trumpet GT
    8' Vox Humana
    4' Clairon         12
       Tremulant
    8' Fanfare Trumpet GT
    4' Fanfare Trumpet GT

      [Received online from Jeff Scofield March 24, 2014]

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