Better Pipe Organ Database

Schantz Organ Co. Opus 1192 (1973)

First Baptist Church: Sanctuary
Peachtree St. NE, between 4th and 5th Sts. NE
Atlanta, GA

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

Images

Unknown - Church exterior (Photograph by afterthealtarcall.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1990-09-14 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1990-09-14 - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Unknown - Sanctuary interior to rear (Photo from church brochure/Database Manager)

Unknown - Church exterior (Photograph from church brochure/Database Manager)

Unknown - Chancel, console and chamber grille (Photo courtesy of the Schantz Organ Co./Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
4 manuals
82 stops
66 registers
6 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: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
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

2011-04-24 - Identified through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- Retained the Pilcher Echo division; Gallery division and Swell Vox Humana prepared-for; downtown property sold for $43.5 million in 1990 and the last service was held in this facility in March 1997, with the congregation relocating to their new 55-acre site in North Atlanta in April; the organ was put into storage shortly thereafter and was still in storage as of 2011; the magnificent 2000-seat Georgian-style sanctuary was razed. -Database Manager

2019-02-02 - The organ has since been dispersed. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from promotional flyer and from the console Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Atlanta, Georgia
       First Baptist Church

       Schantz   Op. 1192   1973   4/85
       ________________________________________________________

       GREAT                            SWELL
   16' Violone              61      16' Bourdon              61
    8' Principal            61       8' Principal            61
    8' Rohrflöte            61       8' Bourdon              12
    4' Octave               61       8' Viole de Gambe       61
    4' Nachthorn            61       8' Viole Celeste        61
2 2/3' Octave Quint         61       8' Flute                61
    2' Super Octave         61       8' Flute Celeste        49
   IV  Mixture             244       4' Prestant             61
  III  Zymbel              183       4' Flute Conique        61
   16' Fagot                61       2' Doublette            61
    8' Trompete             61      IV  Fourniture          244
       Chimes                      III  Plein Jeu           183
       Harp                         16' Basson               61
       Celesta                       8' Trompette            61
    8' Trompette-en-Chamade 61       8' Hautbois             61
                                     8' Voix Humaine         61
       CHOIR                         4' Clairon              61
   16' Erzähler             61          Tremulant
    8' Spitzprincipal       61          Sub
    8' Gedackt              61          Unison Off
    8' Erzähler             12          Super
    8' Erzähler Celeste     49       8' Trompette-en-Chamade GT
    4' Hohlflöte            61
2 2/3' Nasat                61          POSITIV
    2' Blockflöte           61       8' Nasonflöte           61
1 3/5' Terz                 61       4' Principal            61
    1' Sifflöte             61       4' Koppelflöte          61
  III  Mixture             183       2' Octave               61
    8' Clarinet             61   1 1/3' Quinte               61
       Tremulant                    II  Sesquialtera        122
    8' Trompette Militaire  61      IV  Scharf              244
       Sub                          16' Rankett              61
       Unison Off                    8' Krummhorn            61
       Super                         4' Zink                 61
       Zymbelstern                      Tremulant
    8' Trompette-en-Chamade GT          Unison Off
                                    16' Trompette-en-Chamade tc
       PEDAL                         8' Trompette-en-Chamade GT
   32' Resultant            --       4' Trompette-en-Chamade GT
   16' Principal            32
   16' Brummbass            32          ECHO (old reconnected)
   16' Violone              GT       8' Gedackt              73
   16' Bourdon              SW       8' Salicional           73
   16' Erzähler             CH       8' Voix Celeste         61
    8' Octave               32       4' Gedackt              --
    8' Flötenbass           32       8' Vox Humana           73
    8' Violone              GT          Tremulant
    8' Bourdon              SW
    4' Super Octave         32          GALLERY (prepared for)
    4' Rohrflöte            32       8' Gedacktpommer
    2' Waldflöte            32       4' Principal
   IV  Mixture             128       2' Spitzflöte
  III  Mixture              96     III  Mixture
   32' Kontra Posaune  L/2  12       8' Trompette
   16' Posaune              32
   16' Basson               SW          GALLERY PEDAL (prep)
    8' Trompete             32      16' Bourdon
    4' Schalmei             32       8' Bourdon

      [Received online from Jeff Scofield  April 25, 2011]