Better Pipe Organ Database

Schlicker Organ Co. (1964)

First Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
937 Main Street
Danville, VA

Images

2019-05-01 - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Dr. Barry Farmer/Dr. Barry Farmer)

2019-12-01 - Chancel with organ chambers on both sides (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2020-02-19 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Non-Traditional Style, As Consoles by Holtkamp, Schlicker, et al
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
33 stops
39 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons

Notes

2016-05-22 - Identified by John Igoe, using information from this web site: http://coulterorgans.com/projects/FPCDanville.html . Web page describes this work as a "restoration" -Database Manager

2021-06-29 - The organ was restored by Robert I. Coulter - Organbuilders in 2010. No tonal changes are known to have taken place. -Jim Stettner

2024-04-10 - Updated through online information from Dr. Barry Brooks Farmer: This instrument's stoplist has been completely altered with a console restoration done by Grooms and Payne, Ltd, Pipe Organ Builders, Louisa, VA. in 2024. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Source: Taken from the Robert I. Coulter - Organbuilder website 2010

Pedal Subbass 16, Principal 16, Quintadena 16, Octave 8, Gedeckt 8, Choral Bass 4, Quintadena 4, Nachthorn 2, Posaune 16, Mixture III, Trumpet 8, Clarion 4

Great Principal 8, Quintadena 16, Spitz Floete 8, Quintadena 8, Octave 4, Hohl Floete 2, Koppel Floete 4, Mixture V, Chimes

Swell Rohr Floete 8, Salicional 8, Voix Celeste 8, Principal 4, Nazard 2 2/3, Tierce 1 3/5, Mixture IV, Dulzian 16, Principal 2, Trumpet 8, Schalmei 4, Tremolo

Positiv Gedeckt 8, Gemshorn 4, Rohr Floete 4, Block Floete 2, Quint 1 1/3, Siffloete 1, Scharff IV, Krummhorn 8, Tremolo

Websites

First Presbyterian Church Danville, Virginia - Stoplist and notes (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#71389 - Grooms and Payne, Ltd. (2023 - 2024)