First Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
609 Brickell Ave.
Miami, FL
Images
2016-02-25 - Church interior and organ chambers (Photograph by Larchmont Ave. Church, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2015-08-17 - Church exterior (Photograph by Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Unknown - Church interior (Photograph by Rich R via Yelp, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2020-05-01 - Pipe work (Photograph by Seth Carlson/Seth Carlson)
2020-05-01 - Great/Pedal pipe work (Photograph by Seth Carlson/Seth Carlson)
2020-05-01 - Organ chambers above alter dome (Photograph by Seth Carlson/Seth Carlson)
2020-05-01 - Great/Pedal Pipe work (Photograph by Seth Carlson/Seth Carlson)
2020-05-01 - 1970 Schlicker Console (Photograph by Seth Carlson/Seth Carlson)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- 3 manuals
- 24 stops
- 46 registers
- 4 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)
- Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Main
- Organ type: Non-Traditional Style, As Consoles by Holtkamp, Schlicker, et al
- Console position: Movable Console
- 3 manuals
- 4 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets 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
- Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Notes
2011-05-25 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- located in chambers nearly above the semi-circular chancel. -Database Manager
2013-11-03 - Combined c.1998 by David Brodie with Schantz 2/14 Op. 304 (1956) from the Community Church, Miami Beach, Florida; the 304 Swell and Pedal became the new Antiphonal and Antiphonal Ped; the 304 Great was either added to or replaced the Great of Op. 83. -Database Manager
2020-05-02 - The original console has been replaced with a 1970 Schlicker console. This work was most likely done by Guzowski & Steppe. There are no exposed pipes over the main entry/doorway or anywhere in the sanctuary. The playable stoplist matches the Opus 83 stoplist. Opus 304 from Miami Beach Community Church does not appear to have been relocated to this space or added to this organ. The organ is playable, but in need of repair. -Seth Carlson
2023-06-07 - Update on 1st Presbyterian Church of Miami Organ ID# 48043
The original organ console was replaced in the spring of 2016 as it was damaged structurally and would not have survived being relocated to the north balcony. The replacement console was built in 1970 for the Schlicker organ that was at Bethesda By The Sea Episcopal Church in Palm Beach. Guzowski & Steppe Organbuilders, Inc. of Ft. Lauderdale had been using the Schlicker console as a "loaner" console at various other churches in the southeast while their consoles were at the G&S shop for overhaul/updating.
As for Opus 304 from Miami Beach Community Church. It was indeed installed (partially) in the back of 1st Presbyterian Church's sanctuary but was removed around 2018 as it never was made playable and the church wanted the space for new audio equipment. The same can be said about opus 304's Great division. The chests and pipes are there but were never made playable.
1st Presbyterian Church of Miami has decided to remove the organ and remodel the organ chambers and convert them to classrooms for their school. The organ is being broken up and some 15 ranks are being saved. It's unfortunate that the 16' open wood and 16' Gemshorn pipes and chests cannot be saved as there is no way to remove them intact as they were installed before the plaster grillwork was installed.
-Douglas Cable
2023-06-14 - Organ being broken up for parts/pipes. -Douglas Cable
Stoplist
Stoplist from <i>The Diapason</i> November 1949 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Miami, Florida
First Presbyterian Church
Schantz Op. 83 1952-1953 3/26
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Stops with no pipecount are prepared-for
GREAT CHOIR
16' Open Diapason 16' Rohrbourdon 73
8' Open Diapason 61 8' Geigen Diapason 61
8' Melodia 61 8' Rohrfloete 12
8' Gemshorn 61 8' Dulciana 73
4' Octave 61 8' Unda Maris 61
4' Gemshorn 12 4' Geigen 12
2 2/3' Twelfth 61 4' Nachthorn 61
2' Fifteenth 61 2 2/3' Nazard 61
IV Mixture 2' Flute 12
Sub 1 3/5' Tierce 61
Super 8' Orchestral Oboe 61
Tremulant
SWELL Sub
16' Lieblich Gedeckt 12 Unison Off
8' Violin Diapason 73 Super
8' Stopped Diapason 61 Chimes 25
8' Salicional 73
8' Voix Celeste 66 PEDAL
8' Flauto Dolce 32' Resultant
8' Flute Celeste 16' Contrabasse
4' Principal 12 16' Open Diapason 32
4' Flauto Traverso 73 16' Bourdon
2' Flautino -- 16' Gemshorn 12 GT
III Cornet 16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
III Plein Jeu 183 16' Rohrbourdon CH
16' Contra Fagotto 61 8' Octave 12
8' Trumpet 61 8' Principal
8' Fagotto 12 8' Bourdon
8' Vox Humana 73 8' Gemshorn GT
4' Clarion 12 8' Dolce Flute SW
Tremulant 5 1/3' Gemshorn GT
Sub 4' Super Octave 12
Unison Off 4' Gemshorn GT
16' Double Trumpet
ECHO-ANTIPHONAL 16' Fagotto SW
8' Trumpet SW
6 blank knobs 8' Fagotto SW
4' Clarion SW
[Received online from Jeff Scofield November 4, 2013]
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