Better Pipe Organ Database

Wicks Organ Co. Opus 6229 (1991)

First Baptist Church
120 Chesterfield St.
Aiken, SC

Images

0217-05-07 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2012-12-11 - Church interior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1991 - Chest and Pipework (Photograph from an archival source: Unknown, submitted by Phillip Hare/Phillip Hare)

1991 - Aiken First Baptist Wicks Console (Photograph from an archival source: Inknown, submitted by Phillip Hare/Phillip Hare)

1991 - Aiken First Baptist Chest and pipework (Photograph from an archival source: Phillip Hare, submitted by Phillip Hare/Phillip Hare)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
2 manuals
25 stops
47 registers
3 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 (Details Unknown)
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

2017-06-12 - Updated by Robert Coulter, the builder.<br> Organ revoiced by Robert I. Coulter - Organbuilders in 2015 -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist courtesy of the Wicks Organ Co. Date not recorded

    Aiken, South Carolina
    First Baptist Church

    Wicks   Op. 6229   1991   2/34
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    GREAT                             SWELL                           PEDAL

16' Gemshorn             61       16' Rohrgedeckt       12        32' Resultant I      --
 8' Principal            61        8' Rohrflöte         61        32' Resultant II     --
 8' Bourdon              61        8' Viola Pomposa     61        16' Principal        32
 8' Gemshorn             12        8' Viola Celeste     61        16' Bourdon          32
 8' Viola Pomposa Cel II SW        4' Geigen Octave     61        16' Gemshorn         GT
 4' Octave               61        4' Flute Harmonique  61        16' Rohrgedeckt      SW
 4' Spillflöte           61    2 2/3' Nasard            61    10 2/3' Quint            --
 2' Super Octave         61        2' Octavin           61         8' Octave           32    
IV  Fourniture          244    1 3/5' Tierce            61         8' Bourdon          12
 8' Trompette            SW       IV  Plein Jeu        244         4' Choralbass       32
    Super                         16' Basson-Hautbois   61         4' Bourdon          12
 8' Festival Trumpet     61        8' Trompette         61        IV  Fourniture      128
    Chimes               25        8' Hautbois          12        32' Contre Bombarde  pf
    Cymbelstern           9        4' Clarion           12        16' Bombarde         32
                                      Tremulant                   16' Basson           SW
                                      Sub                          8' Trompette        12
                                      Unison Off                   8' Hautbois         SW
                                      Super                        4' Clarion          12
                                  16' Festival Trumpet  GT         4' Hautbois         SW
                                   8' Festival Trumpet  GT         8' Festival Trumpet GT
                                   4' Festival Trumpet  GT  

                        [Received from Jeff Scofield June 8, 2017]