First Methodist Church: Sanctuary
518 19th Street North
Birmingham, AL
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
Images
1953-04-23 - Chancel and organ facade (Photograph by Church Archives , submitted by Richard Byrd/Richard Byrd)
1940s - Detached console by Austin in 1923 (Photograph from an archival source: Church archives, submitted by Richard Byrd/Richard Byrd)
Unknown - Church Exterior (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1930s)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Organ Case (Vintage Postcard (ca. 1908); image courtesy of William Dunklin/Database Manager)
1892-01-01 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Organ Case (Photograph by Birmingham Public Library Archives; image courtesy of Alan Dismukes/Database Manager)
1895-01-01 - Chancel and Organ Case (Photograph by Birmingham Public Library Archives; image courtesy of Alan Dismukes/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Console position: Keydesk Attached
- 3 manuals
- 4 divisions
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Mechanical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Flat Jambs
- Combination action: Fixed Mechanical
Notes
2004-10-30 - Electrified in 1923 by local affiliates of Austin Organ Co. Significantly altered 1931 by M. P. Möller. Replaced by Schantz Organ Co., 1960. Two ranks retained (32' Bourdon and Vox Humana). -Database Manager
2004-11-22 - There is little documentary evidence that describes this organ, but surviving photographs do allow some inferences to be made. Additionally, contracts in the church archives, tendered at the time of the 1931 modifications, contain other implications that are of value. -Database Manager
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