2016-06-16 - Auditorium Interior (Photograph by Andrew Schaeffer/Database Manager)
2016-06-16 - Console (Photograph by Andrew Schaeffer/Database Manager)
2013-02-07 - Identified through online information from Rev. Van Herd. -- New console for existing Wicks organ.<br>The console was replaced with a Holtkamp-style 3M portable console in the mid-1990s by Robert Sipe out of Dallas. Not sure if he did any re-voicing. Eleanor Whitsett, sometime organist there, told me that this was due to electrical switching problems in the original 4M console. The sanctuary underwent a minor restoration in 1999, at which time the Sipe console was moved to the center of the chancel as the choir loft was made into an open "stage" with flexible seating. This new console now sits on the L side of the chancel, down on the sanctuary floor. I heard the organ in both its original and new states and, while it has always spoken with a near-Baroque clarity, it always seems very soft and "disappears" easily, especially with congregational singing and/or with the very accomplished church orchestra they have. -Database Manager
Stoplist taken from the console, 16 June 2016 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Bethany, Oklahoma Bethany First Church of the Nazarene Wicks Organ Company as revised by Robert Sipe & Associates GREAT 16' Quintaton 8' Principal 8' Gedeckt 4' Octave 4' Spillflöte 2' Super Octave IV Mixture 8' Fanfare Trumpet Chimes SWELL 8' Rohrflöte 8' Viole de Gambe 8' Viole Celeste 4' Principal 4' Gemshorn 2⅔' Nazard 2' Hohlflöte 1⅗' Tierce IV Mixture 16' Bassoon 8' Trompette 4' Clarion Tremulant CHOIR 8' Bourdon 8' Erzähler 8' Erzähler Celeste 4' Principal 4' Nachthorn 2' Blockflöte 1⅓' Larigot 8' Cor Anglais 8' Fanfare Trumpet (Gt.) Tremulant PEDAL 32' Untersatz 16' Principal 16' Subbass 16' Quintaton 8' Octave 8' Spitzflöte 8' Erzähler 4' Choralbass 4' Spitzflöte III Mixture 16' Posaune 8' Trompette 4' Zink Tremulant [Received from Andrew Schaeffer 2016-07-05.]
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