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Schantz Organ Co. Opus 693 (1965)

St. John's Lutheran Church
5 Clifford Street
Charleston, SC

Images

1965 - Gallery, organ and organ case (Photograph by Schantz Organ Co., via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1992-04-21 - Sanctuary interior to rear, gallery case and en-chamade (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1992-04-21 - Case, console and en-chamade (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1992-04-21 - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1992-04-21 - Console to left (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1992-04-21 - Console to right (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2014-12-24 - Balcony, Console, Organ Case (from 1823 Hall organ), and Trompette en Chamade (Photograph by Randall Lesemann/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
21 stops
25 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
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2011-06-12 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Installed by Schantz as a 3/26 in 1965; damaged by Hurricane Hugo and rebuilt by Schantz in 1991, with the addition of six ranks. -Database Manager

2012-03-13 - Updated through online information from Randall Lesemann. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from <i>The Diapason</i> October 1963 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Charleston, South Carolina
       St. John's Lutheran Church

       Schantz   1965/1991   3/33
       _________________________________________________________

       GREAT                             POSITIV
    8' Prinzipal            61        8' Nasonflöte           61
    8' Bordun               61        4' Gemshorn             61
    4' Octav                61        2' Waldflöte            61
    2' Super Octav          61    1 1/3' Quinte               61
   IV  Mixtur              244     *  1' Sifflöte             61
       Unison Off                   III  Scharf              183
       Super                       *  8' Krummhorn            61
  * 8' Trompette-en-Chamade 61           Unison Off
                                      8' Trompette-en-Chamade GT
       SWELL
    8' Rohrflöte            61           PEDAL
    8' Viola da Gamba       61       32' Resultant            --
  * 8' Viole Celeste        49       16' Prinzipal            32
    4' Koppelflöte          61       16' Gedackt              32
2 2/3' Nasat                61        8' Octav                12
    2' Prinzipal            61        8' Gedackt              12
1 3/5' Terz                 61        4' Super Octave         12
    8' Trompette            61     * II  Mixture              64
    4' Chalumeau            61       16' Bombarde             32
       Tremulant                   *  4' Schalmey             32
       Sub
       Unison Off
       Super
    8' Trompette-en-Chamade GT        *  added in 1991 renovation

Websites

Organ [Church web site] - Photograph, stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#61966 - Schantz Organ Co. Opus 1985 (1991)