Better Pipe Organ Database

Schantz Organ Co. Opus 423 (1960)

First Baptist Church: Sanctuary
901 Main St.
Pineville, LA

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
24 stops
42 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
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

2011-08-05 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2014-01-18 - Positiv division and ten other stops originally prepared for; four of those stops added in 1966 and one (Choir Bombarde) in 1983. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Pineville, Louisiana
       First Baptist Church

       Schantz   Op. 423   1959   3/30
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       Stops without pipecounts are prepared for

       GREAT       4" wind                SWELL       4" wind
   16' Gemshorn         61 *          16' Rohrfloete       68
    8' Open Diapason    61             8' Rohrfloete       12
    8' Hohl Flute       61             8' Viola            68
    8' Gemshorn         12 *           8' Viola Celeste    56
    4' Octave           61             8' Flauto Dolce
    4' Cor d'Nuit       61 *           8' Flute Celeste
2 2/3' Twelfth          61             4' Geigen Principal 68
    2' Fifteenth        61             4' Rohrfloete       12
   IV  Fourniture      244             2' Flautino
       Sub                           III  Plein Jeu       183
       Unison Off                     16' Fagotto
       Super                           8' Trompette        68
       Chimes           21             8' Fagotto
                                       4' Clarion          12
       CHOIR       4" wind                Tremulant
    8' Bourdon          68                Sub
    8' Erzähler         68                Unison Off
    8' Erzähler Celeste 56                Super
    4' Koppelfloete     61
    2' Koppelfloete     12                PEDAL       4" wind
1 1/3' Larigot                        16' Open Diapason    32
  III  Dolce Cornet                   16' Bourdon          32
    8' Oboe             68            16' Gemshorn         GT
       Tremulant                      16' Rohrfloete       SW
    8' Bombarde         68 **     10 2/3' Quint             7
       Sub                             8' Octave           12
       Unison Off                      8' Bourdon           5
       Super                           8' Gemshorn         GT
                                       8' Rohrfloete       SW
       POSITIV     4" wind         5 1/3' Gemshorn         GT
    8' Nasongedeckt                    4' Super Octave     12
    4' Nachthorn                       4' Flute            12
2 2/3' Nasat                         VII  Grand Cornet     -- *
    2' Principal                      II  Mixture          64 *
1 3/5' Tierce                         16' Double Trumpet   32 ***
    1' Siffloete                      16' Fagotto
  III  Cymbal                          8' Trumpet          12
    8' Krummhorn                       4' Clarion
  
    *  added by Schantz in 1966
   **  added by Schantz in 1983      ***  on 6" wind

      [Received online from Jeff Scofield January 18, 2014]

Documents

(1967-01-03) David N. Johnson Organ Recital First Baptist Pineville Louisiana 1967 The Town Talk article announcing a David N. Johnson organ recital at First Baptist Church, Pineville Louisiana on 1/6/1967 -Craig Otto