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Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. Opus 1493 (1968)

Christ Methodist Church
467 1st Avenue N
St. Petersburg, FL

Images

1996-02-12 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Chamber Grillework (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Unknown - Church Exterior ((ca. 1970) Vintage Postcard; image courtesy of Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1996-02-12 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
4 manuals
43 stops
57 registers
4 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

2008-07-03 - Identified through information adapted from E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: Tonal additions by Wicks in 1981. -Database Manager

2018-11-02 - The sanctuary seats 1,704. -Database Manager

Stoplist

From Allen Kinzey via The Aeolian-Skinner Archives Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

St. Petersburg, Florida
Christ Methodist Church

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.   Opus 1493   1967    4 manuals, 57 stops, 59 ranks
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        GREAT ORGAN (2-3/4" wind)                    SWELL ORGAN (3-1/2" wind)
    16' Gemshorn              12                 16' Rohrbass              12
     8' Principal             61                  8' Viola Pomposa         61
     8' Holzbordun            61                  8' Viola Celeste         61
     8' Gemshorn              61                  8' Rohrflöte             61
     4' Octave                61                  8' Flute Douce           61
     4' Rohrflöte             61                  4' Prestant              61
     2' Super Octave          61                  4' Flute Octaviante      61
    II  Sesquialtera (TC)     98              2 2/3' Nasard (TC)           49
    IV  Mixture              244                  2' Zauberflöte           61
   III  Scharf               183              1 3/5' Tierce (TC)           49
    16' Fagot (L/2)           61                  V  Plein Jeu            305
     8' Trompete              61                 16' Hautbois              61
        Tremulant                                 8' Trompette             61
     8' Bombarde (8" wind)    61                  8' Hautbois              12
     4' Clairon               12                  4' Clairon               61
        Chimes (Mayland)      25 tubes               Tremulant
 
        CHOIR ORGAN (3-1/2" wind)                    PEDAL ORGAN (3-1/2" & 4" wind)
     8' Spitzprincipal        61                 32' Resultant (Bdn)       --
     8' Cor de Nuit           61                 16' Principal             32
     8' Dolcan                61                 16' Bourdon               32
     8' Dolcan Celeste (GG)   54                 16' Gemshorn              GT
     4' Octave                61                 16' Rohrbass              SW
     4' Spillflöte            61                  8' Principal             32
     2' Principal             61                  8' Spitzflöte            32
 1 1/3' Quinte                61                  8' Rohrflöte             SW
III-IV  Cymbel               219                  4' Choralbass            32
     8' Krummhorn             61                  4' Rohrflöte             SW
     4' Rohrschalmei          61                 IV  Mixture              128
        Tremulant                                32' Contra Posaune (L/2)  12
        Cymbelstern                              16' Posaune               32
                                                 16' Hautbois              SW
        ANTIPHONAL ORGAN (prepared-for)           8' Bombarde              GT
     8' Salicional                                8' Trompete              12
     8' Gedeckt                                   4' Klarine               12
     4' Principal                                    Chimes                GT
     2' Nachthorn
    IV  Mixture
        5 Blank Knobs
     8' Bombarde              GT


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2015-08-31]

Websites

Opus 1493: Christ Methodist Church - (Aeolian-Skinner Archives website) Specification (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#35787 - Wicks Organ Co. (1981)