Better Pipe Organ Database

Schantz Organ Co. Opus 886 (1969)

First Methodist Church / United Methodist Church of the Palm Beaches: Sanctuary
West Palm Beach, FL

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

1990-01-11 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1990-01-11 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1990-01-11 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, Chamber Grillework, and Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
37 stops
50 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)
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

2011-08-19 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- The congregation moved to a suburban location in 1989 and the organ is believed to have been put in storage; a new sanctuary is expected to be completed ca. 2013 and the Schantz may be rebuilt and installed there; the congregation is now known as the United Methodist Church of the Palm Beaches. -Database Manager

2018-04-15 - The sanctuary was spared demolition when the area was transformed into CityPlace; a $6 million renovation turned it into the Harriet Kimmel Theater and event venue and a centerpiece of the redevelopment. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from the console January 11, 1990, and <i>The Diapason</i> March 1967 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       West Palm Beach, Florida
       First United Methodist Church

       Schantz   Op. 886   1969   3/47
       _____________________________________________________

       HAUPTWERK                         POSITIV (enclosed)
   16' Quintaton            61        8' Nachthorn        61
    8' Prinzipal            61        8' Erzähler         61
    8' Spillflöte           61        8' Erzähler Celeste 49
    8' Gemshorn             61        4' Koppelflöte      61
    4' Oktav                61    2 2/3' Nasat            61
2 2/3' Quint                61        2' Blockflöte       61
    2' Super Oktav          61    1 3/5' Terz             61
IV-VI  Mixtur              305    1 1/3' Spitzquint       61
  III  Scharf               pf        8' Krummhorn        61
    8' Trompette-en-Reredos 61        4' Rohrschalmei     61
    4' Clairon-en-Reredos   12           Tremulant
       Unison off                        Sub
       Chimes                            Unison Off
       Blank                             Super
                                         Chimes           25

       RÉCIT                             PEDAL
   16' Flûte Courte         12       32' Untersatz        32
    8' Montre               61       16' Contra Bass      32
    8' Flûte à Cheminée     61       16' Untersatz        12
    8' Gambe                61       16' Quintaton        HW
    8' Gambe Céleste        49       16' Flûte Courte     RE
    4' Prestant             61        8' Principal        32
    4' Flûte Harmonique     61        8' Bourdon          12
    2' Octavin              61        8' Gemshorn         HW
   IV  Plein Jeu           244        8' Flûte à Cheminée RE
  III  Cymbale              pf        4' Choralbass       32
   16' Fagot                61        4' Bourdon          12
    8' Trompette            61      III  Mixture          96
    8' Voix Humaine         61       32' Bombarde         pf
    4' Clairon              61       16' Bombarde         32
       Tremulant                     16' Fagot            RE
       Sub                            8' Bombarde         12
       Unison Off                     4' Bombarde         12
       Super                             Chimes           PO

      [Received online from Jeff Scofield August 20, 2011]