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Schantz Organ Co. Opus 2283 (2008)

Wesleyan College: Porter Family Memorial Auditorium
4760 Forsyth Road
Macon, GA

Images

Unknown - Console (Photograph courtesy of the Schantz Organ Co./Database Manager)

2019-03-14 - Auditorium interior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2019-03-14 - Auditorium interior from balcony (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2019-03-14 - Auditorium to rear (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console on Lift
4 manuals
64 stops
91 registers
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: 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

2008-08-31 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Rebuild of Aeolian organ installed here in 1958 with Möller console. The Echo division, moved to a case at the back of the stage during a 1989 renovation, was not retained in this rebuild. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Schantz shop specification Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Great Organ
16'	Violone	             85 pipes
8'	First Open Diapason  73 pipes
8'	Second Open Diapason 73 pipes
8'	Violone              ext.	
8'	Gross Flute	     73 pipes
8'	Gamba	             73 pipes
8'	Gemshorn	     73 pipes
4'	Octave	             73 pipes
4'	Flute Harmonic	     73 pipes
2-2/3'	Twelfth	             61 pipes
2'	Fifteenth	     61 pipes
2'	Mixture IV	     244 pipes
16'	Fagotto	             73 pipes
8'	Cornopean	     73 pipes
4'	Clarion	             73 pipes
	Tremolo	
8'	Tuba Magna	     [SOLO]
	Chimes	             [SOLO]

Swell Organ
16'	Bourdon	             85 pipes
8'	Diapason	     73 pipes
8'	Bourdon	             ext.
8'	Gedeckt	             73 pipes
8'	Salicional 	     73 pipes
8'	Vox Celeste	     73 pipes
8'	Viole d’Orchestra    73 pipes
8'	Viole Celeste	     73 pipes
8'	Aeoline	             73 pipes
4'	Geigen Octave	     73 pipes
4'	Wald Flute	     73 pipes
2'	Flautino	     61 pipes
2'	Plein Jeu III	     183 pipes
16'	Bassoon	             73 pipes
8'	Trumpet	             73 pipes
8'	Oboe	             73 pipes
4'	Clarion	             73 pipes 
8'	Vox Humana	     73 pipes
        Tremolo
8'	Tuba Magna 	     [SOLO]
	Harp	             digital
	Celesta	             digital

Choir Organ
16'	Dulciana	     73 pipes
8'	Diapason	     73 pipes
8'	Gemshorn	     73 pipes
8'	Salicional	     73 pipes
8'	Dulciana	     73 pipes
8'	Dulciana Celeste     73 pipes
8'	Quintadena	     73 pipes
8'	Concert Flute	     73 pipes
8'	Flute Celeste	     73 pipes
4'	Principal	     73 pipes
4'	Koppel Flute	     73 pipes
2-2/3'	Nazard	             61 pipes
2'	Piccolo	             61 pipes
1-3/5'	Tierce	             61 pipes
1-1/3'	Larigot	             61 pipes
8'	Cornopean	     [GREAT]
8'	Clarinet	     73 pipes
8'	Tuba	             73 pipes
8'	Tuba Magna	     [SOLO]
	Tremolo 	
	Harp	             digital
	Celesta	             digital

Solo Organ
8'	Diapason	     73 pipes
8'	Gamba	             73 pipes
8'	Gamba Celeste	     73 pipes
8'	Philomela	     73 pipes
4'	Doppel Flute	     73 pipes
8'	French Horn	     73 pipes
8'	English Horn	     73 pipes
	Tremolo
8'	Tuba Magna	     73 pipes
	Chimes

Pedal Organ
32'	Double Diapason	     44 pipes
32'	Contre Violone	     digital
32'	Contre Bourdon	     digital
16'	Diapason	     ext.
16'	Principal	     44 pipes
16'	Violone	             44 pipes
16'	Violonbass	     [GREAT]
16'	Bourdon	             39 pipes
16'	Lieblich Gedeckt     [SWELL]
16'	Dulciana	     [CHOIR]
10-2/3'	Flute Quint	     ext.
8'	Principal	     44 pipes
8'	Octave	             ext.
8' 	Violonecello	     ext.
8'	Viol	             [GREAT]
8'	Bourdon	             [SWELL]
8'	Flute	             56 pipes
4'	Super Octave	     ext.
4'	Flute	             ext.
2'	Octavin              ext.
2-2/3'	Mixture IV	     128 pipes
32'	Ophicleide	     digital
32'	Contra Bassoon	     digital
16'	Trombone	     56 pipes
16'	Bassoon	             [SWELL]
8'	Trumpet	             ext.
8'	Cornopean	     [GREAT]
8'	Tuba Magna	     [SOLO]
4'	Clarion	             ext.
4'	Oboe	             [SWELL]
	Chimes	             [SOLO]

[Received on line from Eric J. Gastier March 18, 2010.]

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