Better Pipe Organ Database

George Miller (1994)

North Avenue Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
607 Peachtree St. NE
Atlanta, GA

Images

Unknown - Church interior (Photograph by Atlanta Symphony Orchesstra, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Robert Tucker via Atlanta AGO/Database Manager)

Unknown - Console (Photograph by Robert Tucker via Atlanta AGO/Database Manager)

Unknown - Exposed pipes (Photograph by Robert Tucker via Atlanta AGO/Database Manager)

Unknown - Church exterior (Photograph by Robert Tucker via Atlanta AGO/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
36 stops
48 registers
4 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 thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2007-08-30 - Identified through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- Originally installed 1901 as Austin Op. 50; Austin rebuilt and enlarged the organ in 1939, with a new console; it was rebuilt with tonal changes early 1960s by Wicks, with a new console; rebuilt with extensive tonal changes, additions and new console by Ruffatti 1970; rebuild and tonal changes by George Miller 1994, reusing and rebuilding the console from the 1956 Moller rebuild of the organ in Franklin Chapel, University of Georgia, Athens. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the console September 1, 2000 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Atlanta, Georgia
       North Avenue Presbyterian Church

       Austin   Op. 50     1901   
       Austin   Op. 50R    1939   3/34
       Wicks    Op. 2136   1961   3/26
       Ruffatti            1976   3/45
       George Miller       1994   3/53
       _______________________________________________

       GREAT                         SWELL
   16' Principal                 16' Gedeckt
   16' Gedecktpommer              8' Rohrflote      12
    8' Principal                  8' Viola Pomposa
    8' Octave           12        8' Viola Celeste
    8' Bourdon                    8' Flute Celeste II
    4' Octave                     4' Principal
    2' Fifteenth                  4' Flauto Veniziano
   IV  Fourniture             2 2/3' Nazard
    8' Trumpet                    2' Blockflote
       Tremulant                 VI  Plein Jeu
       Sub                       16' Basson
       Unison Off                 8' Trompette
       Super                      8' Hautbois       12
    8' Trompette-de-Fete          4' Clairon                   
       Chimes                        Tremulant
       Zimbelstern                   Sub
                                     Unison Off
       PEDAL                         Super
   32' Contra Principal EL           MIDI
   32' Contra Bourdon   EL
   16' Diapason         EL           CHOIR
   16' Principal                  8' Gemshorn
   16' Subbass                    8' Gemshorn Celeste
   16' Gedeckt          SW        8' Bordone
    8' Octave                     4' Principale
    8' Bourdon          12        4' Koppelflote
    8' Gedeckt          SW        2' Principalino
    4' Choralbass       12    1 1/3' Nineteenth
    4' Flute            12       II  Sesquialtera
    V  Mixture                   IV  Scharff
   32' Contra Bombarde  EL        8' Krummhorn
   16' Bombarde                      Tremulant
   16' Basson           SW        8' Trompette-de-Fete
    8' Trompette        12           Sub
    4' Clarion          12           Unison Off
                                     Super
                                     MIDI

   [Received online from Jeff Scofield October 28, 2012]

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