Better Pipe Organ Database

W. Zimmer & Sons, Inc. Opus 17 (1967)

First Baptist Church
2650 Union Rd
Gastonia, NC

Images

2023-10-04 - Church exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-10-04 - Interior to rear (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-10-04 - Interior from floor (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-10-04 - Church interior from balcony (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-10-04 - Choirloft, chamber and console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-10-04 - Builder nameplate (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-10-04 - Right stopjamb (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-10-04 - Left stopjamb (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-10-04 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2008-12-01 - Console (Photograph by David Ritch/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

3 manuals
41 stops
49 registers
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

Notes

2006-01-08 - Identified through information adapted from E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: -Database Manager

2008-12-07 - Updated through online information from David Ritch. -- The organ was moved to the present building by Spearman-Hawkinson Inc. in 1997-98. Church documents indicate that some revoicing may have been done to the organ during that time. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the dedication program Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Gastonia, North Carolina
       First Baptist Church

       W. Zimmer & Sons   Op. 17   1967   3/54
       _____________________________________________________

       GREAT                          SWELL

    8' Principal        61        16' Rohrbourdon         61
    8' Rohrflöte        61         8' Spitzprincipal      61
    4' Octave           61         8' Gedackt             61
    4' Spitzflöte       61         8' Gamba               61
    2' Superoctave      61         8' Celeste             49
   IV  Mixture  1 1/3' 244         4' Prestant            61
  III  Scharf     1'   183 *       4' Spillflöte          61
    8' Trompete         61     2 2/3' Nazard              61
                                   2' Flachflöte          61
                               1 3/5' Tierce              61
       CHOIR                      IV  Fourniture  1 1/3' 244
                                  16' Contra Fagotto      61
    8' Bourdon          61         8' Fagotto             12
    8' Erzähler         61         4' Clarion             12
    8' Erzähler Celeste 49            Tremolo
    4' Flute Octaviante 61            Sub
2 2/3' Rohrquint        61            Unison Off
    2' Blockflöte       61            Super
    8' Oboe             61
       Tremolo                        PEDAL
       Unison Off
                                  16' Principal           32
       POSITIV                    16' Subbass             32
                                  16' Rohrbourdon         SW
    8' Singendgedeckt   61         8' Octave              32
    4' Quintadena       61         8' Bassflöte           12
    2' Principal        61         4' Choralbass          12
1 1/3' Larigot          61         4' Gedeckt             12
    1' Sifflet          61         2' Nachthorn           32
  III  Cymbel   2/3'   183        IV  Mixture            128
    8' Krummhorn        61        16' Posaune             32
    4' Rohrschalmey     61         8' Trumpet             12
       Unison Off                  4' Clarion             12

    *  spelled 'Schaff' on the knob

          [Received from Jeff Scofield December 5, 2016]