Better Pipe Organ Database

Schantz Organ Co. Opus 501 (1962)

Canterbury United Methodist Church
350 Overbook Road
Mountain Brook (Birmingham), AL

Images

Unknown - Church exterior (Photograph by villagelivingonline.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022-01-10 - Console and interior to rear (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022-01-10 - Church interior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
4 manuals
43 stops
59 registers
6 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
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2006-11-15 - Additions and alterations by John Horton and Howard Best, 1970s-1990s. Console rebuilt by Colby, 1980s. -Database Manager

2007-05-27 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Information taken from a copy of the contract specification provided by Schantz. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from the 1981 AGO Regional Booklet Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Mountain Brook (Birmingham), Alabama
       Canterbury Methodist Church

       Schantz   Op. 501   1962   4/56

       GREAT                         CHOIR
   16' Gemshorn 61                8' Spitzprinzipal 61
    8' Principal 61               8' Gedackt 68
    8' Hohlflöte 61               8' Dulciana 68
    8' Gemshorn 12                8' Unda Maris 56 tc
    4' Octave 61                  4' Praestant 68
    4' Harmonic Flute 61          4' Koppelflöte 61
2 2/3' Twelfth 61             2 2/3' Nazat 61
    2' Fifteenth 61               2' Blockflöte 61
   IV  Fourniture 244         1 3/5' Terz 61
       Sub                        8' Krummhorn 68
       Unison Off                 4' Schalmei 68
       Super                         Tremulant
       Chimes 21                     Sub
       Cymbelstern 8                 Unison Off
                                     Super
       SWELL
   16' Rohrflöte 12                  POSITIV
    8' Rohrflöte 68               8' Bordun 61
    8' Viola 68                   4' Spitzflöte 61
    8' Viola Celeste 56 tc        2' Prinzipal 61
    4' Geigenprinzipal 68     1 1/3' Quinte 61
    4' Waldflöte 68               1' Sifflöte 61
    2' Flautino 61              III  Zymbel 183
   IV  Plein Jeu 244
   16' Contre Basson 68              PEDAL
    8' Trompette 68              32' Bourdon 32
    8' Basson-Hautbois 12        16' Contrabass 32
    8' Voix Humaine 61           16' Bourdon 12
    4' Clairon 68                16' Gemshorn GT
       Tremulant                 16' Rohrflöte SW
       Sub                        8' Octave 32
       Unison Off                 8' Bassflöte 12
       Super                      8' Gemshorn GT
                                  8' Rohrflöte SW
       SOLO                       4' Choralbass 12
    8' Flute Conique 68           4' Flute 12
    8' Flute Celeste 68           2' Nachthorn 32
    8' English Horn 68          III  Mixture 96
       Tremulant                 32' Contre Basson 12
    8' Processional Trumpet 68   16' Bombarde 32
       Sub                       16' Contre Basson SW
       Unison Off                 8' Bombarde 12
       Super                      4' Clairon 12

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield January 11, 2010.]

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