Better Pipe Organ Database

Harrison & Harrison (1973)

Christ Church, Episcopal
18 Abercorn St.
Savannah, GA

Images

2005-12-18 - Church exterior (Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2005-12-18 - Console (Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2005-12-18 - Gallery, organ and organ case (Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Church Exterior (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1968)/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Hinged Doors That Enclose Keyboards
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
42 stops
50 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Pressure)
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

2007-09-30 - Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- In 3 cases in the rear gallery: Divided Pedal cases on either side and a 5-section main case in the center. -Database Manager

2007-10-09 - Updated through on-line information from Stephen Hall. -- Repeatedly rebuilt, renovated, and altered between 1976 and 1999 (see Ontko website for details). Major rebuild by Ontko in 2005. -Database Manager

2012-01-13 - Updated through online information from Timothy L. Hall. -- A most enjoyable organ to hear and to play, in a beautifully historic building with fine acoustics! -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Catalogue of Pipe Organs In Georgia, Calvert Johnson, ed.

GREAT Gemshorn 16 (12 Choir), Principal 8, Open Flute 8, Octave 4, Stopped Flute 4, Twelfth 2 2/3, Fifteenth 2, Cornet II-V, Mixture IV, Tremulant, Festival Trumpet 8, Choir to Great, Swell to Great, Choir Gemshorns on Great

SWELL Stopped Diapason 16, Violone 8, Violone Celeste 8, Stopped Diapason 8, Spire Flute 8, Spire Flute Celeste 8, Principal 4, Stopped Flute 4, Open Flute 2, Sesquialtera II, Mixture IV, Contra Fagotto 16, Trumpet 8, Clarion 4, Tremulant, Super

CHOIR Flute 8, Gemshorn 8, Gemshorn Celeste 8, Principal 4, Nason 4, Superoctave 2, Twentysecond 1, Mixture IV, Cimbel III, Clarinet 8, Tremulant, Festival Trumpet 8 (Great), Swell to Choir

PEDAL Open Wood 32 (Electronic), Principal 16, Stopped Wood 16, Stopped Diapason 16 (Swell), Gemshorn 16 (Choir), Octave 8, Stopped Flute 8, Stopped Diapason 8 (Swell), Fifteenth 4, Flute 4, Mixture IV, Bombarde 16, Contra Fagotto 16 (Swell), Bombarde 8, Bombarde 4, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Choir to Pedal

Websites

Music41.jpg [Church web site] - Photograph (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#29593 - Ontko & Young Co. Opus 34 (2005)