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Schantz Organ Co. Opus 151 (1951)

First Baptist Church: Sanctuary
Parkway and Baskins Creek Road
Gatlinburg, TN

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

1950s - Church Exterior (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1953)/Database Manager)

Unknown - Church exterior, photograph from 1950s. (Vintage postcard, courtesy of James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
33 stops
15 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
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
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2005-12-11 - Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- Great & Choir enclosed together. Stops from Choir borrowed to Great. -Database Manager

2007-10-28 - Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

2011-07-11 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- Relocated to the church's new location in 1991. -Database Manager

2013-01-12 - Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. -- Baskins Creek Road no longer connects with the Parkway, but the 1951 sanctuary was somewhere in the 600's block of the Parkway (US 441). The church was originally named White Oak Flats Baptist and the White Oak Flats Cemetery is still on the hill near the site. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from <i>The Diapason</i> April 1951 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Gatlinburg, Tennessee
       First Baptist Church

       Schantz   Op. 151   1951   3/17
       __________________________________________________

       GREAT (encl w/CH)              CHOIR
    8' Open Diapason    61         8' Viola            73
    8' Melodia          CH         8' Melodia          73
    8' Dulciana         CH         8' Dulciana         73
    4' Octave           61         8' Unda Maris       61
  III  Mixture         183         4' Waldflöte        12
    8' Trumpet          61         4' Dulcet Octave    12
       Sub                     2 2/3' Dulcet Twelfth   --
       Unison Off                  2' Dulcet Fifteenth --
       Super                       8' Clarinet         73
       Chimes                         Tremolo
                                      Sub
       SWELL                          Unison Off
   16' Lieblich Gedeckt 61            Super
    8' Geigen Diapason  73            Chimes    (Maas) 21
    8' Gedeckt          12            Vibraharp (Maas) 44 
    8' Salicional       73
    8' Voix Celeste     61            PEDAL
    4' Principal        12        16' Open Diapason    32
    4' Flute d'Amour    12        16' Bourdon          12 CH
2 2/3' Nazard            7        16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
    2' Flautino          5         8' Octave           12
    8' Oboe             73         8' Bass Flute       CH
       Tremolo                     8' Gedeckt          SW
       Sub                         8' Dulciana         CH
       Unison Off                  4' Super Octave     12
       Super

      [Received online from Jeff Scofield  July 9, 2011]

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