Better Pipe Organ Database

W. Zimmer & Sons, Inc. Opus 26 (1968)

Bob Jones University: Rodeheaver Auditorium
1700 Wade Hampton Boulevard
Greenville, SC

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
54 stops
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
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

2008-06-23 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ was revoiced, and augmented with 47 digital stops and a new console by Cornel Zimmer in 2004. -Database Manager

2017-12-18 - Updated by Noah Vancina, who has heard or played the organ. -Database Manager

2024-07-06 - "In February of 2004, the Rodeheaver organ was renovated and revoiced as Opus 79 by Cornell Zimmer Organ Builders of Denver, NC. After 35 years, the time had come for a new console as well as the addition of digital enhancements as part of the project." Organs of Bob Jones University website, accessed 2024-07-06 -Paul R. Marchesano

Stoplist

Digital scan of a published document, courtesy of Noah Vancina. Source: From organ website

Unsupported filetype pdf, view here.

Websites

Organs of Bob Jones University - Rodeheaver Auditorium - Description, console photographs, links to stoplist and other documents (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)