Better Pipe Organ Database

John Brombaugh & Associates Opus 27 (1983)

Southern Adventist University: Ackerman Auditorium
4881 Taylor Circle
Collegedale, TN

Images

2021-06-24 - Auditorium interior; Op. 23e is to the left, Op. 27 in center (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2021-06-24 - Drawknobs (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2021-06-24 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2021-06-24 - Organ case (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2021-06-24 - Organ case and console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
2 manuals
11 stops
13 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Manual compass: 45 notes
Pedal compass: 25 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
Combination action: None

Notes

2004-10-30 - Mean-tone tuning and split sharps. -Database Manager

2009-08-05 - Updated through on-line information from Eric Rasmussen. -- Schnitger style short octave in pedal and manuals. -Database Manager

2016-03-19 - Updated through online information from David Poile. <br>This organ is nearly identical to Brombaugh's op. 25 at Fairfield Chapel of Oberlin College. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from information by John Brombaugh Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Collegedale, Tennessee
Southern Adventist University

John Brombaugh & Associates, op. 27, 1986

GREAT                 BRUSTWERK                        PEDAL
Oak Principal 8'      Hohlquinta 3' (treble from C)    Subbass 16'
Praestant 8'                                           Praestant 8'
Gedackt 8'                                             Trumpet 8'
Octave 4'                                              Great to Pedal
Spitzpfeife 4'
Quint 3'
Sesquialtera II
Octave 2'
Mixtura IV-VI         Wind
Trumpet 8'            Tremulant

Manual I compass: CDE-c''' with sub-semitones on E-flat/D-sharp, G-sharp/A-flat and B-flat/A-sharp 
Manual II compass: C/E-c'''
Pedal compass:  CDE-d' with sub-semitones

Tuned in 1/4-comma Meantone

The Praestant 8' and Trumpet 8' on Manual I is transmitted to the pedal.

 [Received from David Poile 2016-03-03.]

Websites

Organ - Southern Adventist University - Description, pictures (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)