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A. E. Schlueter Pipe Organ Company (2017)

First Baptist Church of Christ
511 High Place
Macon, GA

Images

2019-03-13 - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2019-03-13 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2019-03-13 - Organ Case (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2019-03-13 - Left Stopjamb (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2019-03-13 - Right Stopjamb (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2019-03-13 - Church exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2018-02-14 - Organ Facade (Photograph by Hunter Godsey/Database Manager)

2018-03-30 - Console (Photograph by Hunter Godsey/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

3 manuals
42 stops
81 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes

Notes

2018-02-06 - Retained some stops from the previous organ (1986 Schantz), which had retained three stops from the 1949 Reuter. -Database Manager

2021-08-05 - From the Pipe Organ History page of the church website, *In 2016, after 30 years of service from the Schantz organ, the church contacted the A.E. Schlueter Pipe Organ Company of Lithonia, Georgia, to discuss renovating the organ, including performing preventative maintenance, building a new console, and adding multiple digitally-reproduced pipe ranks. *However, prior to initiating the renovation, the Godsey family offered to donate the funds so that a new organ could be built in honor of Joan S. Godsey.* *Honoring the stewardship of gifts for previous organ installations, approximately 60% of the Schantz pipes were re-voiced, re-pitched, or re-scaled for use in the Schlueter organ, including the 3 pedal ranks previously preserved from the 1949 Reuter organ. Floor supports were added underneath the pipe chamber to sustain the weight of the new organ.* *Installation of the A.E. Schlueter organ began in late October 2017. Though originally scheduled for completion by Christmas 2017, the organ entered into service in February 2018. Today, Sunday, April 29, 2018, the church dedicates the Joan S. Godsey organ, which consists of 3 manual divisions, a pedal division, 51 ranks of windblown pipes (approximately 2,900 pipes) and 7 digitally-reproduced ranks.* -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist copied from THE DIAPASON January 2018 issue Date not recorded

       Macon, Georgia
       First Baptist Church of Christ

       A. E. Schlueter   2017   3/51
       ___________________________________________________________

       GREAT                               SWELL

   16' Violone             dg          16' Lieblich Gedeckt     12
   16' Lieblich Gedeckt    SW           8' Diapason             61
    8' Diapason            29 PD        8' Rohr Flute           61
    8' Principal           61           8' Viole de Gambe       61
    8' Violone             61           8' Viole Celeste        49 tc
    8' Harmonic Flute      49 a         8' Muted Violes II     110
    8' Bourdon             61           4' Principal            61
    8' Erzähler Celeste II CH           4' Spindle Flute        61
    4' Octave              61       2 2/3' Nazard               49 tc
    4' Rohr Flute          61           2' Flageolet            24
2 2/3' Twelfth             49 tc    1 3/5' Tierce               49 tc
    2' Super Octave        61       1 1/3' Quint                12
1 3/5' Seventeenth         49 tc       IV  Plein Jeu           244
   IV  Fourniture         244          16' Basson-Hautbois      dg
    8' Trumpet             61           8' Trompette            61
       Tremulant                        8' Hautbois             61
   16' Contre Trompette    SW           8' Vox Humana           61
    8' Bell Clarinet       CH           4' Clairon              12
    8' English Horn        CH              Tremulant
       Super                               Sub
    8' Tromba Heroïque     CH              Unison Off
                                           Super
       PEDAL
                                           CHOIR
   32' Violone             dg
   32' Bourdon             dg          16' Erzähler             dg
   16' Sub Principal       32           8' Weit Principal       61
   16' Contra Bass         dg           8' Holzgedeckt          61
   16' Bourdon             32           8' Erzähler             61
   16' Violone             GT           8' Erzähler Celeste     49
   16' Lieblich Gedeckt    SW           4' Principal            61
   16' Erzähler            CH           4' Nachthorn            61
    8' Diapason            32           4' Erzähler Celeste II  24
    8' Principal           32       2 2/3' Nasat                49 tc
    8' Bourdon             12           2' Schweigel (Erzähler) 12
    8' Rohr Flute          SW       1 3/5' Terz                 49 tc
    4' Choral Bass         32       1 1/3' Quint                12
    4' Cantus Flute        GT b         1' Sifflöte  (Erzähler) 12
  III  Mixture   (wired)   --          II  Carillon (mutations) --
   32' Harmonics (wired)   --         III  Klein Mixture       183
   32' Posaune             dg          16' English Horn         -- tc
   16' Trombone            32           8' Bell Clarinet        61
   16' Contre Trompette    12 SW        8' English Horn         61
   16' Basson-Hautbois     SW           4' Regal (English Horn) 12
    8' Trumpet             GT              Tremulant
    4' Clarion             GT              Sub
    4' Bell Clarinet       CH              Unison Off
    8' Tromba              CH              Super
                                        8' Tromba Heroïque      CH
    a  1-12 common bass
    b  GT Harmonic Flute
   dg  Digital
   tc  to Tenor C

             [Received from Jeff Scofield February 6, 2018]

Documents

(2018-01-01) Reprint of cover article of The Diapason - January 2018 Reprint of cover article of The Diapason - January 2018 -Patricia Conley

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