2013-02-26 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by Jim Hepler, based on personal knowledge of the organ. -- -Database Manager
Stoplist taken from dedicatory program and personal knowledge of organ Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Bennettsville, SC Schantz Organ Company 2/28, 1,587 speaking pipes GREAT ORGAN (Unenclosed - pipes exposed behind and above choir) 8' Principal 8' Gedackt 4' Octave 4' Koppelflote 2' Waldflote Mixture IV Enclosed with Swell: 8' Spitzflote 8' Erzahler 8' Krummhorn Tremulant Chimes (Deagan) SWELL ORGAN (Enclosed in expression chamber on right side of choir) 8' Bourdon 8' Viole de Gambe 8' Viole Celeste (t.c.) 4' Flute a Cheminee 2 2/3' Nasard 2' Doublette 1 3/5' Tierce Plein Jeu III 8' Trompette Tremulant PEDAL ORGAN (Unenclosed in chamber on left side of choir) 16' Brummbass 16' Bourdon (extension of Swell) 8' Principal 8' Flotenbass (extension of Brummbass) 8' Bourdon (Swell) 4' Choralbass Mixture II 16' Contre Trompette (extension of Swell) The organ was designed by Alfred E. Lunsford of Knoxville, Tennessee, who was then the Southeastern representative of the Schantz Organ Company, in conjunction with Mr. John E. Williams, organ consultant. Mr. Williams was organ professor at St. Andrews Presbyterian College, Laurinburg, N.C. [Received from Jim Hepler 2013-02-27.]
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