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Casavant Frères Ltée. Opus 2866 (1966)

First Baptist Church: Sanctuary
250 E. Main St.
Spartanburg, SC

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
4 manuals
60 stops
58 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)
Combination action: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
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

2006-04-15 - Identified through information adapted from <i>E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List</i>, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: <br><i> Replaced E. M. Skinner Opus 649, previously altered in 1945, after it burned in 1965. In a new building.</i> -Database Manager

2009-06-21 - Updated through on-line information from Jonathan Farnsley. -- The 4 manual organ was updated with a 5 manual Allen console which still controls the pipe work along with a number of digital voices as well. It has a digital antiphonal section as well. -Database Manager

2011-01-24 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- 5-manual Allen console and digital stops added c.2003. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

    Spartanburg, South Carolina
    First Baptist Church

    Casavant   Op. 2866   1966   4/77

    Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives
    St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
    _________________________________________________

    GREAT                       CHOIR
16' Quintade        61       8' Salicional         61     
 8' Principal       61       8' Salicional Celeste 61
 8' Bordun          61       8' Gedackt            61
 8' Spitzflöte      61       8' Erzähler           61
 4' Octave          61       8' Erzähler Celeste   54 GG
 4' Kleingedackt    61       4' Gemshorn           61
 2' Blockflöte      61       4' Koppelflöte        61
II  Rauschquinte   122   2 2/3' Nasat              61
 V  Mixture        305       2' Flachflöte         61
 8' Trompete        61   1 3/5' Terz               61
    Chimes          25   1 1/3' Quintflöte         61
                           III  Kleinmixtur       183
    SWELL                    8' Krummhorn          61
16' Gemshorn        61       8' Cor Anglais        61
 8' Geigen          61          Tremulant
 8' Viole de Gambe  61          Sub
 8' Viole Celeste   61          Unison Off
 8' Rohrflöte       61          Super
 4' Principal       61
 4' Nachthorn       61          ANTIPHONAL (enclosed)
 2' Octave          61       8' Principal          61
IV  Mixture        244       8' Rohrflöte          61
16' Fagott    L/2   61       8' Gambe              61
 8' Trompette       61       8' Gambe Celeste      61
 8' Oboe            61       8' Stillflöte         61
 4' Klarine         61       4' Octave             61
    Tremulant                4' Waldflöte          61
    Sub                      2' Octavine           61
    Unison Off              IV  Mixture           244
    Super                    8' Trompete           61
                                Tremulant
    PEDAL                       Sub
16' Principal       32          Unison Off
16' Subbass         32          Super
16' Quintade        32          Chimes             GT
16' Gemshorn        SW
 8' Octave          32          ANTIPHONAL PEDAL
 8' Gedacktflöte    32      16' Gedackt            32
 4' Octave          32
 4' Spitzflöte      32
VI  Mixture        192
16' Posaune         32
16' Fagott          SW
 8' Trompette       32
 4' Schalmei        32
    Chimes          GT

[Received online from Jeff Scofield  January 29, 2011]

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