Better Pipe Organ Database

Hillgreen-Lane Co. Opus 948 (1929)

First Church of Christ, Scientist / Auburn Presbyterian Church
Monroe, LA

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

Images

2014-05-30 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by Matt Sanderson/Database Manager)

2014-05-30 - Console (Photograph by Matt Sanderson/Database Manager)

2014-05-30 - Opus Number (Photograph by Matt Sanderson/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Horseshoe
3 manuals
31 stops
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys in Horseshoe Curves
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
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2009-04-08 - Identified through information received via e-mail from Sand Lawn April 6, 2009: "... now Auburn Presbyterian Church; all the pipework is still in the church; console was removed." -Database Manager

2014-06-28 - Console is currently in the former Coca-Cola factory building in downtown Monroe. First CCS sold the building to Auburn Presbyterian Church and moved to a smaller building. First CCS later closed its doors in 2005. -Database Manager

2018-08-08 - Information from Hillgreen, Lane & Co. opus list, compiled by Bynum Petty<br> Contract: January 1929.<br> 73-note manual chests.<br> 44-note Pedal chests.<br> Price: $11,500. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from the OHS Archives Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

   Monroe, Louisiana
   First Church of Christ, Scientist

   Hillgreen, Lane   Op. 948   1929   3/20
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   GREAT (enclosed)              SWELL
8' Diapason        73        16' Bourdon           61
8' Gemshorn        73         8' Diapason          73
8' Gamba           73         8' Gedeckt           12
8' Melodia         73         8' Salicional        73
4' Flute d'Amour   73         8' Vox Celeste       61
8' Tuba            73         4' Flute Harmonic    12
   Tremolo                2 2/3' Twelfth            7
   Sub                        2' Fifteenth          5
   Unison Off                 8' Oboe              73
   Super                      8' Vox Humana        73
   Chimes          20            Tremolo
                                 Sub
   CHOIR                         Unison Off
8' Violin Diapason 73            Super
8' Concert Flute   73            Chimes            GT
8' Dulciana        73            Harp              CH
8' Unda Maris      61
4' Traverse Flute  73            PEDAL
8' Clarinet        73        16' Cathedral Bourdon 32 b
   Tremolo                   16' Bourdon           32
   Sub                       16' Lieblich Gedeckt  SW
   Unison Off                 8' Flute             12
   Super                      8' Dolce Flute       SW
   Harp            49 a

a  Large scale
b  Largest scale

  [Received online from Jeff Scofield June 28, 2014]