Friendship Missionary Baptist Church
3400 Beatties Ford Road
Charlotte, NC
Images
Unknown - Church exterior (Photograph by pinterest.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2021-12-29 - Console center (Photograph by Dylan David Shaw, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2009-01-07 - Great windchest B (Photograph by Monty Bennett/Database Manager)
2009-01-07 - Great Open Diapason 8 and Harmonic Flute 8 (Photograph by Monty Bennett/Database Manager)
2009-01-07 - Pedal Mixture V (Photograph by Monty Bennett/Database Manager)
2009-01-07 - Great Mounted Cornet V (Photograph by Monty Bennett/Database Manager)
2006-06-26 - Console (Photograph by Monty Bennett/Database Manager)
2006-06-26 - Antiphonal (Photograph by Monty Bennett/Database Manager)
2006-06-26 - Organ facade (Photograph by Monty Bennett/Database Manager)
2006-06-26 - Nameplate (Photograph by Monty Bennett/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
- Console position: Movable Console
- 5 manuals
- 66 stops
- 94 registers
- 10 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
2008-09-01 - Identified through online information from David Ritch. -- According the dieorgelsite, 68 of the organ's 132 registers are digital. -Database Manager
2008-09-11 - Updated through online information from Monty Bennett. -- This instrument is the first to use the Ruffatti "Hyper-Dynamic Expression" system. Digital voices are by Marshall and Ogletree and were selected and voiced by Doug Marshall and Francesco Ruffatti. -Database Manager
2008-10-27 - Updated through online information from Monty Bennett. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Specification from builder's web site Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Charlotte, North Carolina
Friendship Missionary Baptist Church
Fratelli Ruffatti 2006 5 manuals, 66 stops, 90 pipe ranks
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Prepared-for (pf) stops were completed with digital stops by Marshall & Ogletree
GREAT ORGAN (II) SWELL ORGAN (III)
16' Contre Principal 12 16' Bordone Dolce pf
16' Bourdon pf 16' Contra Gamba pf
8' Principal 61 8' Geigen Diapason 61
8' Open Diapason 61 8' Flauto a Camino 61
8' Harmonic Flute 61 8' Viole de Gambe 61
8' Bourdon en Bois 61 8' Viole Celeste 61
8' Violone pf 8' Voix Celeste II pf
4' Octave 61 8' Flauto Dolce Celeste II pf
4' Octave Diapason 12 4' Octave 61
4' Flûte Ouverte 61 4' Flauto Veneziano 61
2 2/3' Quinte 61 2 2/3' Nasardo 61
2' Fifteenth 61 2' Super Octave 61
2' Flûte Suisse 61 2' Flautino 61
8' Mounted Cornet V (TC) 245 1 3/5' Terza 61
2 2/3' Mixture Grave IV 244 2' Plein Jeu VI 366
1 3/5' Fourniture IV 244 16' Waldhorn pf
16' Trombone 12 16' Bassoon 12
8' Tromba Inglese 61 8' French Trumpet 61
8' Tromba dell'Amicizia CH 8' Oboe 61
4' Clarine 12 4' Clarion 61
Tremulant 8' Vox Humana pf
Orchestral Chimes SO Tremulant
Great to Great 16 Vox Humana Tremulant
Unison Off Swell to Swell 16
Great to Great 4 Unison Off
MIDI on Great Swell to Swell 4
MIDI on Swell
CHOIR ORGAN (I)
16' Flûte Conique pf SOLO ORGAN (IV)
16' Cor de Chamois Celeste II pf 16' Gambas II pf
8' English Diapason 61 8' Flauto Mirabilis 61
8' Viola Pomposa 61 8' Solo Gamba 61
8' Viola Celeste 61 8' Gamba Celeste 61
8' Violes d'Orchestre II pf 4' Gamba Celeste II 24
8' Stopped Flute 61 4' Orchestral Flute 61
8' Dulciana 61 16' Tuba Mirabilis pf
8' Unda Maris (TC) 49 16' Saxophone pf
4' Fugara 61 8' Tuba Mirabilis 61
4' Flute d'Amour 61 8' Saxophone pf
4' Echo Celeste II pf 8' Corno di Bassetto pf
2' Block Flute 61 8' English Horn pf
1 1/3' Larigot 61 8' French Horn pf
1' Fife 61 4' Tuba Clarion 12
1' Mixture III 183 16' Tibia Dura pf
16' Posaune 61 8' Tibia Clausa pf
8' Cornopean 61 5 1/3' Tibia Quint pf
8' Cromorne 61 4' Tibia Mollis pf
8' Cromorne 61 2 2/3' Tibia Twelfth pf
8' Tromba Dell'Amicizia 61 2' Piccolo pf
4' Clarion 24 1 3/5' Tibia Tierce pf
8' Tibia Minor pf Main Tremulant
4' Tibia Minor pf Tibia Tremulant
Tremulant Solo to Solo 16
Chimes pf Unison Off
Harp pf Solo to Solo 4
Celesta pf Orchestral Chimes (25) pf
Choir to Choir 16 Glockenspiel (49) pf
Unison Off MIDI on Solo
Choir to Choir 4
MIDI on Choir TROMPETERIA (floating, antiphonal)
16' Cor de la Glorie 12
ANTIPHONAL (floating) 8' Herald Trumpet 61
8' Montre 61 4' Millennial Clarion 12
8' Philomela pf Trompeteria on I
8' Open Flute Celeste II pf Trompeteria on II
8' Metal Gedeckt pf Trompeteria on III
4' Prestant pf Trompeteria on IV
4' Tapered Flute pf Trompeteria on V
2' Doublette pf Trompeteria on Pedal
2' Mixture IV-VI pf
16' Petite Bombarde pf PEDAL ORGAN
8' Trumpet pf 32' Contra Principal 26
8' Cor d'Amour pf 32' Contra Violone pf
4' Clarion pf 32' Contra Subbasso pf
Tremulant 16' Open Wood pf
Antiph. to Antiph. 16 16' Principal 32
Unison Off 16' Violone pf
Antiph. to Antiph. 4 16' Subbasso 32
Antiphonal on I 16' Flûte Conique CH
Antiphonal on II 16' Contre Viole SW
Antiphonal on III 16' Bordone Dolce SW
Antiphonal on IV 16' Cor de Chamois II CH
Antiphonal on V 10 2/3' Grande Quint pf
Antiphonal on Pedal 8' Open Bass pf
8' Octave 32
CELESTIAL ORGAN (floating) 8' Stopped Bass 32
16' Muted Cellos III pf 8' Violone pf
8' Dulcetts III pf 8' Flauto a Camino SW
8' String Chorus V pf 8' Viole SW
8' Voix Seraphique III pf 4' Choral Bass 32
8' Voix Angelique III pf 4' Cantus Flute 32
4' Fern Flute pf 4' Bourdon GT
8' Echo Vox Humana pf 2' Octavin 12
Tremulant 2' Grosse Fourniture V 160
Celestial Chimes (25) pf 5 1/3' Grand Cornet VI wired
Celestial Harp (49) pf 32' Contra Ophicleide pf
Celestial to Celestial 16 32' Contra Fagotto pf
Unison Off 32' Bombarde 32
Celestial to Celestial 4 16' Buccina 12
Celestial on I 16' Bassoon SW
Celestial on II 16' Bass Trompette 32
Celestial on III 8' Tromba GT
Celestial on IV 8' Tromba dell'Amicizia CH
Celestial on V 8' Cromorne CH
Celestial on Pedal 4' Clarion 32
Celestial Expression Swell 4' Trombina GT
Celestial Expression Choir 4' Zink 12
Celestial Expression Solo Chimes CH
MIDI on Pedal
GRAND CHOEUR (V, encl. with Solo)
16' Diapason Magna pf ANTIPHONAL PEDAL
8' Cathedral Diapason 61 32' Contre Dulciana pf
4' Liturgical Octave 61 16' Principal pf
2' Grande Fourniture IV 244 16' Bourdon pf
16' Grand Bombardo 12 8' Octave pf
8' Corno de Angelis 61 8' Bourdon pf
8' Tromba dell'Amicizia CH 4' Prestant Bass pf
4' Bombarde Clarion 12 4' Stopped Flute pf
Grand Choir 16 16' Trombone pf
Unison Off
Grand Choir 4
REVERSIBLES
Zimbelstern 12 bells
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[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2014-09-06]
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