Our Saviour Episcopal Church
144 Caldwell Street
Rock Hill, SC
Images
2016-10-01 - Console (Photograph by Alex Wilson/Database Manager)
Unknown - Right Pipe Display and Facade (Photograph by Alex Wilson/Database Manager)
2016-05-03 - Nave Looking towards Altar (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
2016-05-03 - Pipe Display - Left Side of Chancel (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
2016-05-03 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
2016-05-03 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
2022-04-15 - Exposed pipework in front (Church Facebook page/Jim Stettner)
2022-04-15 - Exposed pipework (left side) in front (Church Facebook page/Jim Stettner)
2020-09-19 - Exposed pipework (right side) in front with console underneath (Church Facebook page/Jim Stettner)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Movable Console
- 3 manuals
- 23 stops
- 30 registers
- 3 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
- Has combination 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. website, accessed December 16, 2004: http://www.austinorgans.com/organ-research.htm. -Database Manager
2009-03-10 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Replaced Skinner Op. 420 (1923, formerly at Christ Church, Greenville SC), retaining some Skinner stops. -Database Manager
2009-06-13 - Updated through online information from David Lowry. -- The 19th-C church building has been renovated 2008 now with more favorable acoustic. No changes were made to the organ. -Database Manager
2011-02-02 - From photos on the church website, it appears that some work was done on the organ during the 2008 restoration -- perhaps just to the console. -Database Manager
2011-08-10 - Updated through online information from Dr. David Lowry. -- Original EM Skinner, Opus 420, at Christ Church, Greenville, was enlarged with an Austin Great and an Austin console prior to 1968. The Austin Great universal chest, blower, and console were moved to Our Saviour, Rock Hill in 1968. Austin Great pipes were incorporated into Christ Church's 1968 Moller organ. Original Skinner shifter chest destroyed in Rock Hill by water from a collapsed roof. Austin chest is incorporated in present Austin 3m Opus 2688. Only Skinner pipes retained are Swell Gamba and Celeste, and Pedal 16' Bourdon. -Database Manager
2016-04-30 - Updated through online information from Virginia S. Moe. -Database Manager
2024-06-16 - Updated through online information from David Lowry (June 13, 2024): This instrument has been altered by Chip Mays of Cornell Zimmer. -Jim Stettner
Stoplist
Source: Stoplist copied from previous Database (copied from console June 24, 1991)
Great Principal 8, Octave 4, Blockflote 2, Sesquialtera II, Gedeckt 8, Mixture III, Chimes, Trumpet 8
Swell Open Flute 8, Gamba Celeste 8, Gamba 8, Principal 4, Octavin 2, Flute Octaviante 4, Plein Jeu III, Fagot 16, Fagot 8, Tremulant
Positiv Stopped Diapason 8, Gemshorn 4, Italian Principal 2, Clarinet 8, Tuba 8, Tremulant
Pedal Subbass 16, Principal 8, Bass Flute 8, Choral Bass 4, Trumpet 16, Trumpet 8, Fagot 16, Fagot 4, blank, blank, Chimes
Swell to Pedal 8 (Swell 8 [to Pedal]), Swell to Pedal 4 (Swell 4 [to Pedal]), Positiv to Pedal 4 (Positiv 4 [to Pedal]), Great to Pedal 4 (Great 4 [to Pedal]), Positiv to Pedal 8 (Positiv 8 [to Pedal]), Great to Pedal 8 (Great 8 [to Pedal]), Great to Great 16 (Great 16), Swell to Great 16 (Swell 16 [to Great]), Great to Great 4 (Great 4), Great to Great 8 (Unison Off), Swell to Great 8 (Swell 8 [to Great]), Swell to Great 4 (Swell 4 [to Great]), Positiv to Great 16 (Positiv 16 [to Great]), Swell to Swell 16 (Swell 16), Positiv to Great 4 (Positiv 4 [to Great]), Positiv to Great 8 (Positiv 8 [to Great]), Swell to Swell 8 (Unison Off), Swell to Swell 4 (Swell 4), Positiv to Positiv 16 (Positiv 16), Positiv to Swell 8 (Positiv 8 [to Swell]), Positiv to Positiv 8 (Unison Off), Positiv to Positiv 4 (Positiv 4), Swell to Positiv 16 (Swell 16 [to Positiv]), Swell to Positiv 8 (Swell 8 [to Positiv]), Great to Positiv 8 (Great 8 [to Positiv]), Swell to Positiv 4 (Swell 4 [to Positiv])
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