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Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. Opus 1487 (1967)

First Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
393 E. Main Street
Spartanburg, SC

Images

2010-03-14 - Console (Photograph by Spartanburg AGO Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2004-10-19 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2004-10-19 - Chancel and Facade (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2004-10-19 - Antiphonal Organ (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2004-10-19 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
35 stops
47 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Computerized/Digital
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2007-03-22 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2007-11-14 - Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. -- The case work and facade pipes (non-speaking) were retained from the 1925 Hook and Hastings instrument as were some of the Pedal pipes. The organ is in regular use for services (2007). -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist Source: From Allen Kinzey Date not recorded

Spartanburg, South Carolina
First Presbyterian Church

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.   Opus 1487   1966   3 manuals, 35 stops, 48 ranks
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            GREAT ORGAN                             SWELL ORGAN
        16' Gemshorn            61              16' Rohrflöte           68
         8' Principal           61               8' Viola Pomposa       68
         8' Bourdon             61               8' Viola Celeste       68
         8' Gemshorn            12               4' Prestant            68
         4' Octave              61               2' Octavin             61
         4' Spitzflöte          61                  Plein Jeu III-V    269
         2' Superoctave         61              16' Hautbois            68
            Fourniture IV      244               8' Trompette           68
            Chimes                               4' Schalmei            68
                                                    Tremulant
            CHOIR ORGAN
         8' Pommer Gedeckt      68                  PEDAL ORGAN
         8' Erzähler            68              32' Subbass             12
         8' Erzähler Celeste    68              16' Contra Bass         32
         4' Fugara              68              16' Bourdon             32
         4' Koppelflöte         68              16' Gemshorn            GT
     2 2/3' Nasat               61               8' Octave              12
         2' Blockflöte          61               8' Flute               12
     1 3/5' Terz                61               8' Gemshorn            GT
         8' Krummhorn           68               4' Choralbass          32
            Tremulant                            4' Flute               12
                                                    Mixture III         96
            ANTIPHONAL ORGAN                    16' Bombarde            32
         8' Spitzflöte          61              16' Hautbois            SW
         8' Rohrflöte           61               8' Trompette           12
         4' Principal           61               8' Krummhorn           CH
            Mixture III-V      269               4' Krummhorn           CH
         8' Trompette           61


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2017-09-20]

Websites

Opus 1487: First Presbyterian Church - [Aeolian-Skinner Archives website] Photographs, stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#15902†* - Hook & Hastings Opus 2506 (1925)