Avondale United Methodist Church
500 40th Street, South
Birmingham, AL
Images
2007-11-14 - Church interior to rear (Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2007-11-14 - Console (Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2006-12-21 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
2001-03-11 - Pipework (Metal-Wood Rohrflute) (Photograph by Jim Cook/Database Manager)
2001-03-11 - Flue Pipework (Photograph by Jim Cook/Database Manager)
2001-03-11 - Reed Pipework (Vox humana and Clarinet) (Photograph by Jim Cook/Database Manager)
2001-03-11 - Reed Pipework (Trumpet, French Horn, English Horn) (Photograph by Jim Cook/Database Manager)
2001-03-11 - 1'c: French Horn, Open Diapason, Viole (Photograph by Jim Cook/Database Manager)
2006-12-21 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
2006-12-21 - Chancel, Console, and Chamber Grillwork (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
- 2 manuals
- 17 stops
- 41 registers
- 2 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
Notes
2006-05-15 - 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> Relocation of #802.</i> -Database Manager
2007-01-09 - On-line update from Jeff Scofield: The organ was originally installed in the Skinner studio in Palm Beach - just in time for the Great Depression. Rumor has it that it surfaced at the 1933 Century of Progress World's Fair in Chicago. From there it reportedly went to Hollins College, Hollins, Virginia. An Aeolian-Skinner representative had a friend at the Avondale church, so he knew that the church was looking for an organ at a good price - and the school was wanting to sell the organ. So, the church contracted with Aeolian-Skinner to move and re-install the organ. Howard Best made additions 1977-87. The organ is in excellent condition and sounds wonderful in the room. -Database Manager
2018-05-27 - Updated by Richard Byrd, who has heard or played the organ.<br>
Major repair/renovation work scheduled for August 2018 -Database Manager
2019-10-24 - Updated by Richard Byrd, who has heard or played the organ. <br> <br> -Database Manager
Stoplist
The most current specification was completed in approximately 1987. Additions to Opus 802-A by Howard Best. Source: Taken from console
Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 802-A, 1941)
Additions by Howard Best 1977-1987
Avondale United Methodist Church, Birmingham, Alabama
* indicates additions by Howard Best
Great
16' Bourdon 61
8' Diapason 61
8' Cello Celeste II 110
8' Voix Celeste II 122
*8' Erzähler 61
8' Chimney Flute (ext.) 12
8' Flute Celeste II 110
*4' Octave 61
*4' Harmonic Flute 61
2 2/3' Nazard (ext.) 7
*2' Fifteenth 61
2' Piccolo (ext.) 5
1 3/5' Tierce (ext.) -
*2' Mixture V 305
8' Trumpet 61
8' French Horn 61
8' Clarinet 61
8' English Horn 61
8' Vox Humana 61
Tremolo
Chimes (20 tubes) A2-E4
Swell (duplicate of GT)
16' Bourdon
8' Diapason
8' Cello Celeste II
8' Voix Celeste II
8' Chimney Flute
8' Flute Celeste II
4' Flute (ext.) 12
2 2/3' Nazard
2' Piccolo
1 3/5' Tierce
8' Trumpet
8' French Horn
8' English Horn
8' Clarinet
8' Vox Humana
Tremolo
Chimes
Pedal
*32' Bourdon (dg) -
*16' Violone (dg) -
*16' Bourdon 32
16' Lieblich Gedackt GT
*8' Gedackt (ext.) 12
8' Still Gedackt GT
*4' Flute (ext.) 12
*16' Trombone 32
*8' Tromba (ext.) 12
Couplers
Great to Pedal 8
Swell to Pedal 8 & 4
Swell 16, 4, Unison Off
Swell to Great 16, 8 & 4
Great 16, 4, Unison Off
Thumb Pistons
Set
Generals 1-8
General Cancel
Toe Studs
Generals 1-8
Balanced Expression Pedals
Great (controls all nave shades)
Swell (controls shades on chamber floor above choir loft)
Crescendo
Summary
24 Ranks
1,442 Pipes, all under expression
Typed stoplist Source: From Allen Kinzey Date not recorded
Birmingham, Alabama
Avondale Methodist Episcopal Church
Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc. Opus 802-A 1941
2 manuals, 30 registers, 10 stops, 13 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN
16' Bourdon 97
8' Diapason 61
8' Chimney Flute --
8' Voix Celeste II 110
8' Cello Celeste II 110
8' Flute Celeste II 110
4' Flute --
2 2/3' Nazard --
2' Piccolo --
1 3/5' Tierce --
8' French Horn 61
8' Trumpet 61
8' Clarinet 61
8' English Horn 61
8' Vox Humana 61
8' Corno d'Amore (Syn) --
Tremolo
Chimes
8' Harp (TC) --
4' Celesta
SWELL ORGAN
(duplicate of Great)
PEDAL ORGAN
16' Bourdon GT
8' Gedeckt GT
Chimes
Drum (prepared-for)
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2017-05-04]
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