First Methodist Church: Sanctuary
360 Peachtree Street NE
Atlanta, GA
Images
1994-01-01 - Nave and Chancel with Facade (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
1986-08-04 - Choir Loft with Facade from the Balcony (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
1954-06-03 - Facade (Reuter sales catalog, collection of Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
1984-08-04 - Console, Left Side (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
1984-08-04 - Console, Right Side (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
1984-08-04 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
- 4 manuals
- 40 stops
- 57 registers
- 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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
- 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
2005-11-24 - Identified from the Reuter Opus List, provided by Chris Leaver, Reuter Organ Co., November, 2005. -Database Manager
2006-11-04 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- The original 1885 Roosevelt was moved to the present 1200-seat sanctuary in 1904 and rebuilt by Möller in 1919, retaining 9 Roosevelt stops; the Reuter retained 15 stops from the Moller rebuild; console renovated in 1991 by A. E. Schlueter; massively enlarged by A. E. Schlueter 2007 with pipes and digital voices, with a new 5-manual console. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Stoplist from console and <i>The Diapason</i> April 1954 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Atlanta, Georgia
First Methodist Church
Reuter Op. 1098 1954 4/45
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GREAT CHOIR
8' Diapason 61 8' Melodia 73
8' Melodia CH 8' Gemshorn 73
8' Gemshorn CH 8' Dulciana 73
4' Octave 61 8' Unda Maris 61
4' Rohrflöte CH 4' Nachthorn 73
2 2/3' Twelfth 61 2 2/3' Nazard 61
2' Fifteenth 61 2' Flautino 12
IV Fourniture 244 1 3/5' Tierce 61
Tremolo 8' Clarinet 73
Sub Tremolo
Unison Off Sub
Super Unison Off
Chimes SO Super
Chimes SO
SWELL Harp 49
16' Lieblich Gedeckt 12
8' Violin Diapason 73
8' Stopped Flute 73 ANTIPHONAL (prep)
8' Gamba 73 8' Diapason
8' Salicional 73 8' Spitzflöte
8' Voix Celeste 73 8' Flute Celeste
8' Flauto Dolce 73 4' Principal
8' Flute Celeste 61 4' Spitzflöte
4' Octave Geigen 73 2' Flautino
4' Flute Harmonic 73 8' Flugel Horn
2' Flageolet 61 8' Vox Humana
III Plein Jeu 183 Tremolo
16' Contra Fagotto 73
8' Trompette 73 PEDAL
8' Fagotto 12 32' Resultant --
8' Vox Humana 61 16' Diapason 32
4' Clarion 73 16' Bourdon 32
Tremolo 16' Violone 12 SO
Sub 16' Gedeckt SW
Unison Off 8' Octave 32
Super 8' Bourdon 12
8' Cello 32
SOLO 8' Gedeckt SW
8' Doppelflöte 73 5 1/3' Quint 32
8' Violoncello 73 4' Super Octave 12
8' Cello Celeste 61 4' Choralbass 12
4' Claribel Flute 73 2' Octavin 12
8' Harmonic Trumpet 73 16' Trombone 32
8' English Horn 73 16' Contra Fagotto SW
Tremolo 8' Tromba 12
Sub 4' Clarion 12
Unison Off Chimes
Super
Chimes 25 ANTIPH PEDAL (prep)
16' Gedeckt
8' Spitzflöte
[Received online from Jeff Scofield July 8, 2012]
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