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Randall Dyer & Assoc., Inc. (2001)

Bluff Park United Methodist Church
Hoover, AL

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
52 stops
5 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Computerized/Digital
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

2005-10-23 - Originally built in 1963 by Austin Organs, Inc., for McCoy Methodist Church, Birmingham, Ala. That church closed in the 1990s, and the instrument was purchased by Bluff Park United Methodist Church and placed in storage by Randall Dyer. -Database Manager

2005-10-23 - The console was rebuilt, new solid state switching installed, some minor tonal changes, and a vintage Austin chest substituted for the E. M. Skinner chest that was re-used in the Echo in the original installation. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from Birmingham Chapter AGO; pipecounts from OHS Database ID 11231 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Hoover, Alabama
Bluff Park United Methodist Church

Austin Organs, Inc.   Opus 2386   1963       3 manuals, 52 stops, 44 ranks
Originally built for McCoy Methodist Church, Birmingham, Alabama
Moved and renovated by Randall Dyer & Assoc., Inc.   2001
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         GREAT ORGAN                        SWELL ORGAN
     16' Erzähler             CH        16' Rohr Bourdon (ext)   12
      8' Diapason             61         8' Spitzprincipal       68
      8' Holzgedeckt          61         8' Rohrflöte            68
      4' Octave               61         8' Viole da Gamba       68
      4' Harmonic Flute       61         8' Gamba Celeste        56 TC
      2' Fifteenth            61         4' Geigen Principal     68
     IV  Mixture             244         4' Hohlflöte            68
         Chimes                          2' Spitzflöte           61
         Cymbelstern                   III  Scharf              183
                                        16' Contra Oboe          68
         CHOIR ORGAN                     8' Trompette            68
      8' Bourdon              61         8' Oboe (ext)           12
      8' Erzähler             61         4' Clairon              68
      8' Erzähler Celeste     56 FF         Tremulant
      4' Koppelflöte          61
  2 2/3' Nazard               61            PEDAL ORGAN
      2' Blockflöte           61        32' Resultant            --
  1 3/5' Terz                 61        16' Contrabass           32
      8' Krummhorn            61        16' Bourdon              32
         Tremulant                      16' Rohr Bourdon         SW
                                        16' Erzähler             CH
         ANTIPHONAL ORGAN *              8' Spitzprincipal       32
      8' Flute                73         8' Bourdon (ext)        12
      8' Dulciana             73         8' Rohrflöte            SW
      8' Unda Maris           73         8' Erzähler             CH
      4' Triangle Flute       73         4' Principal (ext)      12
  2 2/3' Nazard               61         4' Bourdon (ext)        12
      8' Vox Humana           73       III  Mixture              96
      8' Trompette Harmonique 73        16' Bombarde             32
         Tremulant                      16' Contra Oboe          SW
                                         8' Trompette (ext)      12
                                         8' Oboe                 SW
                                         4' Clairon (ext)        12


      *  Antiphonal pipework from McCoy Methodist Church's
         previous organ, 2/9 Skinner, Op. 772 (1929).


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2015-02-20]

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