First Baptist
534 N. State St.
Alma, MI
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
Images
2018-12-12 - Register Crescendo mechanism (behind stop rail) (Photograph by Shawn P. Keith/Database Manager)
2018-12-12 - Swell 8' Oboe (labial) (Photograph by Shawn P. Keith/Database Manager)
2018-12-12 - Swell Haskell basses (Photograph by Shawn P. Keith/Database Manager)
2018-12-12 - Swell 4' Flauto Traverso (note modified tuning slides) (Photograph by Shawn P. Keith/Database Manager)
2018-12-12 - Swell Treble pipework (Photograph by Shawn P. Keith/Database Manager)
2018-12-12 - Swell 16' Bourdon bass (C# side) (Photograph by Shawn P. Keith/Database Manager)
2018-12-12 - Great pipework (Photograph by Shawn P. Keith/Database Manager)
2018-12-12 - Great Treble pipework (Photograph by Shawn P. Keith/Database Manager)
2018-12-12 - Great 8' Melodia Haskell basses (Photograph by Shawn P. Keith/Database Manager)
2018-12-12 - Tubes to Facade pipes from Great 8' Open Diapason toeboard (Photograph by Shawn P. Keith/Database Manager)
2018-12-12 - Pneumatic tubing behind console to wind chests (Photograph by Shawn P. Keith/Database Manager)
2018-12-12 - Wind regulator under Great Main Chest (the only regulator in the organ) (Photograph by Shawn P. Keith/Database Manager)
2018-12-12 - Tremulant under Swell Main Chest (Photograph by Shawn P. Keith/Database Manager)
2018-12-12 - Pedal Bourdon C side (flanks Great main chest) (Photograph by Shawn P. Keith/Database Manager)
2018-12-12 - Spencer Blower (Photograph by Shawn P. Keith/Database Manager)
2018-12-12 - Blower room wall, utilizing original Estey packing crates (Photograph by Shawn P. Keith/Database Manager)
2018-12-12 - Swell Pipework (4' Flauto Traverso, 8' Stopped Diapason, 8' Salcional, 8' Aeoline) (Photograph by Shawn P. Keith/Database Manager)
2018-12-12 - Casework and Facade (Photograph by Andrew Clark/Database Manager)
Unknown - Casework and Facade in Chancel (Photograph by Unknown (2018)/Database Manager)
2018-12-12 - Swell Stops (Photograph by Shawn P. Keith/Database Manager)
2018-12-12 - Couplers (Photograph by Shawn P. Keith/Database Manager)
2018-12-12 - Great and Pedal Stops (Photograph by Shawn P. Keith/Database Manager)
2018-12-12 - Console detail (Photograph by Shawn P. Keith/Database Manager)
2018-12-12 - Pedalboard (Photograph by Shawn P. Keith/Database Manager)
2018-12-12 - Builders Nameplate (Photograph by Shawn P. Keith/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
- 2 manuals
- 11 stops
- 21 registers
- 3 divisions
- Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
- Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
- 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: Fixed Mechanical
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2007-10-22 - Identified by James R. Stettner through information from the Estey Opus List, published in The Boston Organ Club newsletter, 1973-1979. -Database Manager
2018-12-13 - Updated by Shawn P. Keith, who has heard or played the organ. <br>Swell chest includes a 12-note superoctave (73 notes total). <br>Available for sale as of December 10, 2018. Building has been sold. Completely unaltered, easy restoration possible. Facade includes 15 speaking pipes of the Great 8\' Open Diapason, several of which have Haskell qualifying tubes. -Database Manager
2018-12-14 - Updated by Shawn P. Keith, who has heard or played the organ. <br>73-note Swell, 61-note Great <br> -Database Manager
2019-04-17 - Updated by Shawn P. Keith, who has heard or played the organ. <br> <br>The organ has been sold as of March 16, 2019 and will be broken up for parts. All pipework will be repurposed, a few mechanical components will be repurposed, most of the mechanical components will be discarded. -Database Manager
2019-04-18 - Updated by Shawn P. Keith, who has heard or played the organ. <br> <br>The organ was broken up for parts on March 21, 2019. Most pipework will be recycled for use elsewhere, casework and most mechanics were left in-situ but will be disposed of when the building is renovated for other uses. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Original document from Shawn P. Keith. Source: Stoplist taken from console 2018-12-15
Alma, MI
First Baptist
Organ by Estey Organ Co., Opus 2531, vintage 1926
Installed by Lyon & Healy, Chicago, IL
Tubular-pneumatic note and stop actions
STOPS LISTED IN STANDARD SPECIFICATION ORDER (Console order below):
GREAT (61 notes, unenclosed, partially en facade)
8' Open Diapason (1-15 en facade, some Haskell)
8' Melodia (1-12 Haskell)
8' Dulciana (1-12 Haskell)
4' Great to Great
Great Unison On/Off (buttons on Great treble key cheek)
16' Swell to Great
8' Swell to Great
4' Swell to Great
SWELL (61 notes plus superoctave, enclosed and expressive)
16' Bourdon (1-61 stopped wood, 62-73 open metal)
8' Violin Diapason (1-12 Haskell)
8' Stopped Diapason (1-49 stopped wood, 50-73 open metal)
8' Salicional (1-12 Haskell)
8' Aeoline (1-12 Haskell)
4' Flauto Traverso (1-37 open wood, 38-73 open metal; 13-61 harmonic length)
8' Oboe (labial, from C13)
16' Swell to Swell
Swell Unison On/Off (buttons on Swell treble key cheek)
4' Swell to Swell
Tremolo
PEDAL (32 notes, unenclosed with Great)
16' Bourdon (stopped wood)
8' Great to Pedal
8' Swell to Pedal
4' Swell to Pedal
3 thumb pistons controlling Swell division
2 thumb pistons controlling Great division
Great to Pedal reversible toe kick
Sforzando reversible to kick
Register Crescendo pedal
Swell expression pedal (mechanical linkages)
STOPS LISTED IN ORIGINAL CONSOLE ORDER (Listed left to right):
There are no breaks between divisions, just markers on rail below tabs
Tremolo (red engraving)
Aeoline 8'
Salicional 8'
Stopped Diapason 8'
FLauto Traverso 4'
Violin Diapason 8'
Bourdon 16'
Oboe 8'
Gt. to Ped. 8' (red engraving)
Sw. to Ped. 8' (red engraving)
Sw. to Ped. 4' (red engraving)
Sw. to Gt. 8' (red engraving)
Sw. to Gt. 16' (red engraving)
Sw. to Gt. 4' (red engraving)
Gt. to Gt. 4' (red engraving)
Sw. to Sw. 16' (red engraving)
Sw. to Sw. 4' (red engraving)
Dulciana 8'
Melodia 8'
Open Diapason 8'
Bourdon 16'
Swell Unison On/Off (buttons on Swell treble key cheek)
Great Unison On/Off (buttons on Great treble key cheek)
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