First Baptist Church: Sanctuary
5 Oak Street
Asheville, NC
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
Images
1951 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: fbc asheville Celebration of Victory program, submitted by Raymond Stines. Taken approx. 1951/Brad Engelland)
1951 - Church interior (Photograph from an archival source: fbc asheville Celebration of Victory program, submitted by Raymond Stines/Raymond Stines)
2012-06-23 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by Lawrence T. Sprinkle/Database Manager)
1927 - Console (1927 Dedication Program Book/Tate Addis)
1954 - Church interior (1954 Re-Dedication Program Book/Tate Addis)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- 4 manuals
- 61 stops
- 42 registers
- 6 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
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Notes
2005-04-07 - Identified through information in Volume VI p. 279 of the Pilcher factory ledger and the list of Pilcher organs typed by William E. Pilcher of Louisville. For more information see the document referenced below. -Database Manager
2005-04-07 - Original price: $23,000 -Database Manager
2011-08-31 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager
2012-07-05 - Nameplate removed from the console in 1977, which was destroyed by fire in 1978 (information from Lawrence T. Sprinkle). -Database Manager
Stoplist
Stoplist from <i>The American Organist</i> May 1928 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Asheville, North Carolina
First Baptist Church
Pilcher Op. 1341 1927 4/43
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As per the editorial policy of THE AMERICAN
ORGANIST at the time, borrows and extensions
have the same name as the parent rank.
GREAT CHOIR
16' Diapason 73 16' Contra Viole 73
8' Diapason 73 8' English Diapason 73
8' Diapason 2 73 8' Concert Flute 73
8' Gamba 73 8' Dolce 73
8' Gemshorn 73 8' Dolce Celeste 61
8' Doppel Floete 73 4' Flauto d'Amore 73
4' Octave 73 2' Piccolo --
4' Waldflöte 73 8' Clarinet 73
8' Tuba 73 Tremulant
Sub Sub
Super Unison Off
Chimes EC Super
Chimes EC
SWELL Harp 49
16' Bourdon 73
8' Diapason 73 SOLO
8' Viole d'Orchestre 73 8' Stentorphone 73
8' Viole Celeste 73 8' Gross Gamba 73
8' Stopped Flute 73 8' Gamba Celeste 73
8' Aeoline 73 8' Grossflöte 73
4' Flute Harmonic 73 4' Grossflöte --
4' Viole d'Orchestre -- 16' Ophecleide 85
2' Flautino 61 8' Ophecleide --
II Mixture 12-17 122 8' French Horn 73
16' Contra Fagotto 73 8' Orchestral Oboe 73
8' Cornopean 73 4' Ophecleide --
8' Oboe 73 Tremulant
8' Vox Humana 61 Sub
Tremulant Unison Off
Sub Super
Unison Off Harp CH
Super
Chimes EC PEDAL
Harp CH 32' Bourdon --
16' Diapason 32
ECHO 16' Bourdon 32
8' Viole Aetheria 61 16' Gamba 12 GT
8' Viole Celeste 61 16' Contra Viole CH
8' Echo Flute 61 16' Bourdon SW
8' Vox Humana 61 8' Diapason 12
Tremulant 8' Bourdon 12
Chimes 25 16' Ophecleide SO
[Received online from Jeff Scofield May 24, 2012]
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