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Wicks Opus 4847(A) (1990)

First Baptist Church
61 Church Street
Charleston, SC

Images

2013-09-28 - Church exterior (Photograph by Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

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

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

1992-04-21 - Sanctuary interior, exposed pipes and console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Unknown - Chancel, facade pipes and console (Photograph from THE AMERICAN ORGANIST June 1992/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
41 stops
56 registers
5 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: Computerized/Digital
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

2012-02-22 - Identified through online information from Stephen Hall. -- Wicks installed the original Opus 4847 in 1969; it was damaged by Hurricane Hugo in 1989, rebuilt by Wicks in 1990 retaining the same opus number although it was considerably altered; Positiv was enclosed, some ranks moved or replaced, and the historic Henry Erben instrument in the rear gallery was connected to the main organ by electric pull downs so that it can serve as an Antiphonal division. NOTE: The rank count includes the Erben organ, counting the divided stops as single ranks. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the console April 21, 1992 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Charleston, South Carolina
       First Baptist Church

       Wicks   Op. 4847    1968   3/24
       Wicks   Op. 4847-R  1990   3/32 (not including Erben)
       ____________________________________________________

       GREAT                              SWELL

    8' Principal        61            16' Rohrgedeckt    12
    8' Bourdon          61             8' Rohrflöte      61
    4' Octave           61             8' Viole de Gambe 61
    4' Spitzflöte       61             8' Viole Celeste  49
    2' Blockflöte       61             4' Principal      61
  III  Mixture         183             4' Koppelflöte    61
    8' Trompette        SW             2' Flachflöte     61
       Sub                           III  Plein Jeu     183
       Unison Off                     16' Bassoon        61
       Super                           8' Trompette      61
       Chimes                          8' Hautbois       12
       Blank                           4' Clairon        12
                                          Tremolo
       POSITIV (enclosed)                 Sub
                                          Unison Off
    8' Gedackt          61                Super
    8' Erzähler         61
    8' Erzähler Celeste 49                PEDAL
    4' Nachthorn        61
2 2/3' Nasat            49            32' Resultant      --
    2' Principal        61            16' Principal      32
1 3/5' Terz             49            16' Subbass        32
1 1/3' Quint            61            16' Rohrgedeckt    SW
    8' Krummhorn        61             8' Principal      12
       Tremolo                         8' Gedackt        12
       Sub                             8' Gamba          SW
       Unison Off                      4' Choralbass     32
       Super                           4' Copula         12
       Blank                           2' Nachthorn      PO
       Blank                          16' Bombarde       32
                                      16' Bassoon        SW
       ERBEN ORGAN                     8' Trompette      SW
                                       4' Krummhorn      PO
    8' Open Diapason                      Blank
    8' Stopped Diapason Bass              Blank
    8' Stopped Diapason Treble
    8' Dulciana
    4' Principal Bass
    4' Principal Treble
    4' Flute
    2' Fifteenth
    8' Trumpet

      [Received from Jeff Scofield December 7, 2014]

Websites

Wicks Organ Company [First Baptist, Charleston] - Photograph, stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#27765 - Wicks Organ Co. Opus 4847 (1969)