First Methodist Church, South
Highway 61 and North Street
Uniontown, AL
Images
2002-07-17 - Keydesk (Photograph by Jim Cook/Database Manager)
2002-07-17 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by Jim Cook/Database Manager)
2002-07-17 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Jim Cook/Database Manager)
2002-07-17 - Chancel and organ (Photograph by Jim Cook/Database Manager)
2021-11-28 - Sanctuary interior with organ in front from right perspective (David Bulit on AbandonedAL.com/Jim Stettner)
2021-11-28 - Sanctuary interior with organ in front from left perspective (David Bulit on AbandonedAL.com/Jim Stettner)
2021-11-28 - Sanctuary interior with rgan in front from center perspective (David Bulit on AbandonedAL.com/Jim Stettner)
2021-11-28 - Chancel and organ facade (David Bulit on AbandonedAL.com/Jim Stettner)
2021-11-28 - Organ facade in profile (console NOT Pilcher) (David Bulit on AbandonedAL.com/Jim Stettner)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Keydesk Attached
- 2 manuals
- 11 stops
- 3 divisions
- Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
- Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Has crescendo
- Combination action: None
Notes
2005-04-06 - Identified through information in Volume IV p. 172 of the Pilcher factory ledger and a list of Pilcher organs typed by William E. Pilcher of Louisville. See the document referenced below. -Database Manager
2005-04-06 - Original price: $3,900 -Database Manager
2012-01-30 - Updated through online information from david finch. -- Organ renovation 1984 by Norman Greenwood from Charlotte, NC. New felt on keyboards at tubes, installed tuning collars on pipes -Database Manager
2024-05-04 - The church is now closed/abandoned. The structure is in some degree of structural peril. The steeple has been removed and a smaller substitute installed in its place. The bell is now displayed on the front lawn. -Jim Stettner
Stoplist
Source: Stoplist from the keydesk, 2002
Great Open Diapason 8, Dulciana 8, Flte d'Amour 4, Melodia 8
Swell Stopped Diapason 8, Viola 8, Aeoline 8, Flute Harmonic 4, Oboe 8, Tremolo
Pedal Bourdon 16, Lieblich Gedeckt 16
Documents
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