2017-02-26 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. <br>Identified by Richard Byrd, who has heard or played the organ.<br>Originally installed in a large, rectangular case capable of being moved about the Wright Center concert hall stage. The console was on its own movable platform. Around 1999, it was removed from case arrangement and installed house-right in a "swallow's nest" configuration. Console lives one level below pipework. -Database Manager
2017-05-03 - Updated by Richard Byrd, who has heard or played the organ. -Database Manager
Typed specification Source: From James Stettner Date not recorded
Birmingham, Alabama
Samford University - Wright Center
Schlicker Organ Co. 1973
2 manuals, 57 registers, 13 stops, 18 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN PEDAL ORGAN
16' Rohrgedeckt 8' Hohlfloete 32' Contra-Principal***
8' Principal 8' Rohrfloete 32' Untersatz***
8' Hohlfloete 8' Salicional 16' Principal
8' Salicional 8' Celeste (TC) 16' Subbass
4' Octave 4' Principal 16' Rohrgedeckt
4' Rohrfloete 4' Nachthorn 8' Octave
2 2/3' Nasat 4' Salicional 8' Rohrfloete
2' Octave 4' Celeste 8' Salicional
2' Nachthorn 2 2/3' Nasat 4' Octave
1 3/5' Terz 2' Octave 4' Hohlfloete
1 1/3' Klein-Nasat 2' Rohrfloete 4' Rohrfloete
III-IV Mixture 1 3/5' Terz 2' Nachthorn
III Scharf 1' Siffloete III Rauschpfeife
16' Bombarde III Scharf 32 ' Contra-Bombarde***
16' Schalmei 16' Schalmei 16' Bombarde
8' Trompette 8' Trompette 16' Schalmei
8' Schalmei 8' Schalmei 8' Trompette
4' Clairon 4' Schalmei 8' Schalmei
Tremolo 4' Clairon
4' Schalmei
2' Clairon-Doublette
SUMMARY OF PIPES COMBINATION ACTION
16' Principal 12 pipes* General 4 (thumb & toe)
16' Subbass 32 pipes* Swell 4 (thumb)
16' Rohrgedeckt 73 pipes** Great 4 (thumb)
8' Principal 12 pipes* Pedal 4 (toe)
8' Hohlfloete 61 pipes Sforzando (thumb)
8' Salicional 73 pipes Setter (thumb)
8' Celeste (TC) 61 pipes Cancel (thumb)
4' Octave 61 pipes*
2' Nachthorn 61 pipes
1 3/5' Terz 56 pipes
1 1/3' Klein-Nasat 54 pipes
III-IV Mixture 225 pipes
III Scharf 183 pipes
16' Trompette 73 pipes* (1-12 vertical; 13-73 horizontal)
16' Schalmei 73 pipes
* Not enclosed in Swell box
** Low octave not enclosed in Swell box
*** 1-12 Electronic
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