Better Pipe Organ Database

Unknown Builder (1949)

St. John's Lutheran Church (1949): Sanctuary
Jacksonville, FL

Note: Not playable. (in this location)

Images

2023-12-15 - Great stoptabs (Photograph by T.S. Phillips, submitted by Shawn P. Keith/Shawn P. Keith)

2023-12-15 - Swell stoptabs (Photograph by T.S. Phillips, submitted by Shawn P. Keith/Shawn P. Keith)

2023-12-15 - Pedal stoptabs (Photograph by T.S. Phillips, submitted by Shawn P. Keith/Shawn P. Keith)

2023-12-15 - Pipework (Swell 16' Bourdon in forefront) (Photograph by T.S. Phillips, submitted by Shawn P. Keith/Shawn P. Keith)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
2 manuals
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
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

Notes

2004-10-30 - This entry represents the moving, reinstallation, and electrification of the existing 1911 A. B. Felgemaker from the previous edifice. -Database Manager

2023-12-23 - Organ was discovered to be extant (though unplayable) in the church's vintage 1949 building, having been relocated by an as-yet unknown builder. -Shawn P. Keith

Stoplist

Source: Taken from the console December 2023

GREAT Open Diapason 8, Melodia 8, Dulciana 8, Flute d'Amour 4, Oboe 8, Chimes, , Great 4'

SWELL (Expressive) Bourdon 16, Geigen Diapason 8, Stopped Diapason 8, Aeoline 8, Flute Harmonique 4, Vox Humana 8, Tremolo, Tremolo Reeds, , Swell 16', Swell Unison Off, Swell 4'

PEDAL Bourdon 16, Flute 8

INTER-DIVISIONAL COUPLERS Swell to Pedal, Great to Pedal, , Swell to Great (16, 8, 4)

FINGER PISTONS Undocumented

TOE STUDS Undocumented

PEDAL MOVEMENTS Expression (balanced), Crescendo (balanced)

Websites

A Short History of St. John's - Brief history of the church including a notation about the purchase of the Felgemacher [sic] organ in 1911. (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#70923†* - A. B. Felgemaker Co. (1911)