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Milnar Organ Co. (1998)

First Presbyterian Church: Church Sanctuary
2100 4th Avenue North
Birmingham, AL

Images

2022-01-12 - Church exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022-01-12 - Church interior to rear (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022-01-12 - Right stopjamb (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022-01-12 - Left stopjamb (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022-01-12 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022-01-12 - Church interior from floor (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022-01-12 - Church interior from balcony (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2007-11-14 - Chancel window and pipe display (Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
39 stops
45 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Computerized/Digital
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2005-04-06 - Rebuild and enlargement of 1951 Aeolian-Skinner organ. Most of the organ is in the original chamber, which now has a new opening into the nave. Great principals moved to new electro-mechanical chests on front wall above the choir loft. -Database Manager

2007-05-29 - Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Ken Stein, photographybystein.com

       Birmingham, Alabama
       First Presbyterian Church

       Aeolian-Skinner   Op. 1160   1951   3/36
       Milnar Organ Co.             1998   3/43
       ____________________________________________

       GREAT                     SWELL
    8' Open Diapason   61    16' Gedeckt         73
    8' Harmonic Flute  61     8' Geigen Diapason 73
    8' Gemshorn        61     8' Chimney Flute   73
    4' Octave          61     8' Salicional      73
    4' Flute           61     8' Voix Celeste    73
2 2/3' Twelfth         61     4' Octave          73
    2' Fifteenth       61     4' Triangle Flute  73
  III  Mixture        183     2' Flautino        61
    8' Trumpet         61   III  Mixture        183
       Chimes                16' Fagotto         73
                              8' Trompette       73
       CHOIR                  8' Oboe            73
    8' Viola           73     8' Vox Humana      73
    8' Concert Flute   73     4' Clarion         73
    8' Dulciana        73        Tremolo
    8' Unda Maris      61
    4' Principal       73        PEDAL
    4' Koppel Flute    73    16' Contrabass      32
2 2/3' Nazard          61    16' Bourdon         32
    2' Piccolo         61    16' Gedeckt         SW
1 3/5' Tierce          61     8' Octave          32
    8' Clarinet        73     8' Flute           12
       Tremolo                8' Flute           SW
       Chimes          GT     4' Choral Bass     32
                              4' Flute           12
                             16' Trombone        32
                             16' Fagotto         SW
                              8' Tromba          12
                                 Chimes          GT

      [Received from Jeff Scofield August 10, 2021]

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