Better Pipe Organ Database

Schantz Organ Co. Opus 489 (1961)

Central Methodist Church: Sanctuary
172 N. Second Street
Albemarle, NC

Images

2016-10-26 - Church exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2016-10-26 - Sanctuary Interior and Chancel (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2016-10-26 - Chancel and Chamber Grillework (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2016-10-26 - Sanctuary Interior and Great/Pedal Pipe Display (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2016-10-26 - Great and Pedal Pipe Display (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2016-10-26 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2016-10-26 - Nave (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2016-10-26 - Stained Glass Window (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
19 stops
24 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons

Notes

2011-04-24 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- "The Swell and Choir will be installed in chambers opening into the chancel; the Great and unenclosed Pedal ranks will have exposed pipework in a shallow transept." -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from <i>The Diapason</i> June 1960 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

     Albemarle, North Carolina
     Central Methodist Church

     Schantz   Op. 489   1961   3/23
     ________________________________________________

     GREAT                       CHOIR
  8' Open Diapason    61      8' Nason Gedackt     61
  8' Bourdon          61      8' Dulciana          61
  4' Octave           61      8' Unda Maris        49
III  Mixture                  4' Koppelflöte       61
     Sub                      2' Spitzprinzipal    61
     Unison Off               8' Oboe              61
     Super                       Tremulant
     Chimes           21         Sub
                                 Unison Off
     SWELL                       Super
  8' Flute a Cheminee 61
  8' Viole de Gambe   61         PEDAL
  8' Viole Celeste    49     16' Bourdon           32
  4' Prestant         61     16' Gemshorn          32
III  Plein Jeu       183     16' Flute a Cheminee  12 SW
  8' Trompette        61      8' Principal         32
     Tremulant                8' Gemshorn          12
     Sub                      8' Flute a Cheminee  SW
     Unison Off               4' Octave            12
     Super                    4' Gemshorn          12

 [Received online from Jeff Scofield  April 24, 2011]