Better Pipe Organ Database

Kenneth Jones & Assoc. (1994)

St. Michael's Episcopal Church
71 Broad Street
Charleston, SC

Images

2013 - Church exterior (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2013 - Church exterior from churchyard (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2013 - Organ case and keydesk (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2013 - Organ case and facade in rear gallery (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Hinged Doors That Enclose Keyboards
Console position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
3 manuals
40 stops
4 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Suspended Tracker)
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)

Notes

2006-12-31 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- For this new instrument, Kenneth Jones & Co. restored the original 1768 Snetzler case - since modified - to its original configuration, and installed their new instrument within and behind the historic case. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Taken from AGO Chapter website Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Charleston, South Carolina
St. Michael's Episcopal Church

Kenneth Jones and Associates   1994         3 manuals, 40 stops, 51 ranks
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            GREAT ORGAN Manual II (Snetzler Case) 
 1.     16' Lieblich Bourdon     58 pipes   copper & 50% tin
 2.      8' Open Diapason        58 pipes   75% tin front pipes, gilt, rest 50% tin
 3.      8' Stop'd Diapason      58 pipes   copper & 20% tin
 4.      4' Principal            58 pipes   50% tin
 5.      4' Open Flute 4         58 pipes   23% tin
 6.  2 2/3' Twelfth              58 pipes   20% tin
 7.      2' Fifteenth            58 pipes   50% tin
 8.  1 1/3' Mixture IV          232 pipes   50% tin
 9.         Cornet V (mid C)    170 pipes   mounted, 20% tin
10.      8' Trumpet 8            62 pipes   50% tin
              i.  Swell to Great
              ii. Choir to Great

            SWELL ORGAN Manual III (under Expression) 
11.      8' Stop'd Diapason 8    58 pipes   oak & 50% tin
12.      8' Salicional 8         58 pipes   copper & 50% tin
13.      8' Voix Celeste (ten c) 46 pipes   50% tin
14.      4' Principal            58 pipes   50% tin
15.      4' Wald Flute           58 pipes   20% tin
16.      2' Doublette            58 pipes   50% tin
17.      2' Mixture III-IV      210 pipes   50% tin
18.     16' Double Trumpet 16    58 pipes   50% tin
19.      8' Cornopean 8          62 pipes   50% tin
20.      8' Oboe                 58 pipes   50% tin
              iii. Tremulant

            CHOIR ORGAN Manual I (Snetzler Case) 
21.      8' Stop'd Diapason 8    58 pipes   oak & 20% tin
22.      4' Principal 4          58 pipes   50% tin
23.      4' Flute 4              58 pipes   20% tin
24.  2 2/3' Nazard               58 pipes   20% tin
25.      2' Fifteenth            58 pipes   50% tin
26.      2' Blockflute           40 pipes   50% tin, bass no. 25
27.  1 3/5' Tierce               58 pipes   20% tin
28.  1 1/3' Cymbal II           116 pipes   50% tin
29.      8' Cromorne 8           58 pipes   50% tin
30.      8' Grand Trumpet 8      62 pipes   75% tin
              iv. Tremulant (affects Great & Choir)
              v.  Swell to Choir

            PEDAL ORGAN 
31.     16' Open Wood 16         32 pipes   wood, restored, revoiced
32.     16' Sub Bass             32 pipes   pine
33.     16' Lieblich Bourdon*               mechanically derived from No. 1 
34. 10 2/3' Quint                20 pipes   50% tin, bass No. 32
35.      8' Principal            32 pipes   copper and 50% tin
36.      8' Bass Flute*          20 pipes   50% tin, bass No. 3
37.  5 1/3' Twelfth              12 pipes   extension No. 34
38.      4' Choral Bass*         25 pipes   50% tin, bass No. 4
39.      4' Mixture III          96 pipes   50% tin
40.     16' Trombone 16          32 pipes   copper and 50% tin
              vi.   Swell to Pedal
              vii.  Great to Pedal
              viii. Choir to Pedal

* denotes stops located in Snetzler Case 

Combination System:
            8 General Thumb Pistons
            8 Thumb Pistons each for Swell, Great, Choir, Pedal
            Toe Pistons duplicating General and Pedal Pistons
            Reversible Thumb pistons for couplers
            Reversible Toe Pistons for Great to Pedal and Swell to Great
            Switch for Great and Pedal Pistons combined
            Pistons adjustable by setter piston, with 16 separate sets of memories.
            An ITT star card facility with read-write unit at the console,
              storing all 16 sets of internal memory.

Balanced Expression Pedal
Adjustable Bench 
Tracker key action, mechanical stop-action with a parallel electric stop-action. 
The organ case is restored to its original 1767 style and proportions.
Original case by John Snetzler. It has been in St. Michael's since 1767.


 [Received from Christopher Dunivan 2012-11-18.]

Websites

[Church web site - no title] - Stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#24966†* - John Snetzler (1768)