Bethany Lutheran Church
1644 Main Avenue Dr. N.W.
Hickory, NC
Images
2023-10-02 - Church exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2023-10-02 - Console and nave (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2023-10-02 - Right stopjamb (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2023-10-02 - Left stopjamb (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2023-10-02 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2023-10-02 - Right organ chamber and console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2023-10-02 - Church interior to rear (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2023-10-02 - Church interior to front (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
- 3 manuals
- 47 stops
- 52 registers
- 4 divisions
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Balanced Tracker)
- 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 sequencer
- 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
2007-11-14 - Identified through on-line information from Drew Middleton. -- 1963 M.P. Möller Opus 9804 2M/P (8 rank double artiste) installed in current chambers. Rebuilt March 2006 by John Dower & Co., Lincolnton, NC. New primaries, wiring, winding system, SSL. Pipe work cleaned and regulated. One new Gambe Celeste rank added. Wind pressures raised. Restored E.M. Skinner 3M/P drawknob console installed replacing Möller 2M/P rockertab. New 3M/42 rank pipe organ to be built and installed by John Dower & Co. late 2008. -Database Manager
2010-01-21 - Updated through on-line information from Drew Middleton. -- The organ was installed by December 2009 and is currently undergoing final tonal finishing. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Original document from Alex Wilson. Source: Stoplist directly from console 2020-01-13
Hickory, NC
Bethany Lutheran Church
Organ by John Dower and Company
Swell
16’ Gedackt
8’ Geigen Diapason
8’ Stopt Diapason
8’ Gambe
8’ Gambe Celeste
4’ Principal
4’ Harmonic Flute
II Ripeno
2’ Piccolo
16’ Basson
8’ Hautbois
8’ Trompette
4’ Clarion
Swell to Swell 4
Chimes
Tremulant
Great
16’ Gemshorn (Ext 8’ Gemshorn)
8’ Gemshorn
8’ Principal
8’ Rohrflote
4’ Octave
4’ Flute
2’ Fifteenth
II Sesquialtera (TC)
IV Mixture
8’ Trompette
8’ Tuba Minor (Prepared for)
Great to Great 16
Choir
8’ Flauto Dolce
8’ Dolce Celeste
8’ Rohr Flöte
4’ Rohrflote
4’ Klein Principal
2 2/3 Nazard
2’ Super Octave
1 3/5 Tierce
III Scharf
8’ Krummhorn
8’ Trompette (GT)
Tremulant
Pedal
32’ Acoustic Bass
16’ Double Open Diapason
16’ Brummbass
16’ Gedackt (SW)
16’ Gemshorn (GT)
8’ Open Bass
8’ Bourdon
8’ Gemshorn (GT)
4’ Choral Bass
16’ Trombone
8’ Tromba
4’ Schalmei
Couplers
Swell to Great 16
Swell to Great 8
Swell to Great 4
Swell to Choir 16
Swell to Choir 8
Swell to Choir 4
Choir to Great 16
Choir to Great 8
Choir to Great 4
Great to Pedal 8
Swell to Pedal 8
Choir to Pedal 8
Chimes
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