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Schantz Organ Co. Opus 1739 (1983)

First Baptist Church: Sanctuary
515 Third St. SW
Roanoke, VA

Images

2016-06-20 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
4 manuals
49 stops
68 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)
Combination action: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
Has combination 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. -- Moved to new 3,500-seat sanctuary c.1995; in 1997, water damage to the Great and Pedal was repaired and the divisions were moved to be exposed in front of the organ. -Database Manager

2011-08-06 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist courtesy of the Schantz Organ Co. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Roanoke, Virginia
       First Baptist Church

       Schantz   Op. 1739   1983   4/68
       ___________________________________________________

       GREAT                             SWELL
   16' Gemshorn             61       16' Bourdon        61
    8' Principal            61        8' Montre         61
    8' Rohrflöte            61        8' Bourdon        12
    8' Gemshorn             12        8' Viola          61
    4' Octave               61        8' Viola Celeste  49
    4' Spitzflöte           61        4' Prestant       61   
2 2/3' Octave Quint         61        4' Flute Ouverte  61
    2' Super Octave         61    2 2/3' Nasard         61
1 3/5' Terz                 49        2' Flute a Bec    61
   IV  Fourniture          244    1 3/5' Tierce         49
  III  Scharf              183        V  Plein Jeu     305
    8' Trompete             61       16' Basson         61
       Sub                            8' Trompette      61
       Unison Off                     8' Basson         12
       Super                          4' Clairon        61
       Chimes                            Tremulant
    8' Trompette-en-Chamade AN           Sub
                                         Unison Off
       CHOIR-POSITIV                     Super
    8' Holzgedeckt          61
    8' Erzähler             61           PEDAL
    8' Erzähler Celeste     49       32' Resultant      --
    4' Spitzprincipal       61       16' Principal      32
    4' Koppelflöte          61       16' Subbass        32
    2' Spitzprincipal       12       16' Violone        32 a
    2' Blockflöte           61       16' Gemshorn       GT
1 1/3' Quinte               61       16' Bourdon        SW
   IV  Zymbel              244        8' Octave         32
    8' Cromorne             61        8' Flute          12
    8' Oboe                 61 a      8' Gemshorn       GT
       Tremulant                      8' Bourdon        SW
    8' Trompette Harmonique 61        4' Choralbass     32
       Sub                            4' Flute          12
       Unison Off                     4' Gemshorn       GT
       Super                         IV  Mixture       128
    8' Trompette-en-Chamade AN       32' Kontra Posaune 12
                                     16' Posaune        32
       ANTIPHONAL *                  16' Basson         SW
    8' Gedackt              61        8' Posaune        12
    8' Viola da Gamba       61        4' Rohrschalmei   32
    8' Viola Celeste        49
    4' Principal            61           ANTIPHONAL PEDAL
    2' Octavin              61       16' Rohrbass       12 AN
   IV  Mixture             244        8' Gedeckt        AN
       Sub
       Unison Off                     a  added in 1992
       Super
    8' Trompette-en-Chamade 61

    *  When Schantz moved the organ to the new sanctuary in
       1992, the Antiphonal was installed in the front of the 
       room with the rest of the organ and renamed Ancillary.

      [Received online from Jeff Scofield  August 6, 2011]

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