Better Pipe Organ Database

M. L. Bigelow & Co. Opus 16 (1987)

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Provo Central Stake
450 North 1220 West
Provo, UT

Images

2024-04-18 - Pulpit and organ facade (Kenneth Ray/Kenneth Ray)

2024-04-18 - Organ facade in chapel (Kenneth Ray/Kenneth Ray)

2024-04-18 - Console (Kenneth Ray/Kenneth Ray)

2024-04-18 - Facade (Kenneth Ray/Kenneth Ray)

2024-04-18 - Pedals and couplers (Kenneth Ray/Kenneth Ray)

2024-04-18 - Right stopjamb (Kenneth Ray/Kenneth Ray)

2024-04-18 - Left stopjamb (Kenneth Ray/Kenneth Ray)

2024-04-18 - Trackers and stop action (Kenneth Ray/Kenneth Ray)

2024-04-18 - Vogelsang (Kenneth Ray/Kenneth Ray)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Suspended Tracker)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Sliding Stop Controls/Levers
Manual compass: 58 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: None

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1997 -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Cymbelstern & Vogelgesang. 7 stops playable from either manual. -Database Manager

2012-07-23 - Updated through online information from David Keller. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from builder's specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

 
   16'      Subbass                          P. only
   16'      Quintade                         I OR P.
    8'      Praestant                        I OR P.
    8'      Chimney Flute                    I OR II
    8'      Quintadena (from 16')            P. only
    8'      Gamba                            I OR II
    8'      Celeste                          I OR II
    4'      Octave                           I OR II
    4'      Conical Flute                    I OR II
    2'      Octave                           I OR II
2-2/3'      Nazard Man. I OR Cornet III  Man. II
   IV       Mixture Man. I OR 1 1/3' Quint Man. II
   16'      Dulcian                          P OR II
    8'      Trumpet                          I OR II
    8'      Trumpet  (Same rank, for flexibility) P
 
       

            GENERAL
            58/30 notes. Flat pedal-board. Keys of bone and ebony.
            Self-regulating, suspended mechanical key action.
     
            Mechanical stop action. Stops with pitches listed under
            two divisions are registered on one OR the other
            division by means of sliding stop levers, e.g.: I - Off - II.
       
            COUPLERS
            Manual I to Pedal 
            Manual II to Pedal
            Manual II to Manual I
            Flexible Wind/Tremulant
            Cymbelstern
            Vogelgesang
            Mechanically operated swell shades enclose all pipes except 8' Praestant and 16' Subbass. 



 [Received from Michael Olson 2014-09-12.]

Websites

Opus 16 - Bigelow & Co - Tracker Pipe Organ Builders - Photographs, stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)