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Schantz Organ Co. Opus 1437 (1977)

Christ Episcopal Church: Sanctuary
35 Harris Rd.
Avon, CT

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

2015-07-15 - Pedal stopkeys (Photograph by Courtesy of the Organ Clearing House, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2015-07-15 - Swell stopkeys (Photograph by Courtesy of the Organ Clearing House, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2015-07-15 - Great stopkeys (Photograph by Courtesy of the Organ Clearing House, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2015-07-15 - Exposed pipes (Photograph by Courtesy of the Organ Clearing House, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2015-07-15 - Organ case (Photograph by Courtesy of the Organ Clearing House, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2015-07-15 - Console and pipes (Photograph by Courtesy of the Organ Clearing House, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2015-07-15 - Console (Photograph by Courtesy of the Organ Clearing House, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Non-Traditional Style, As Consoles by Holtkamp, Schlicker, et al
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
2 manuals
12 stops
18 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys 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
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2018-03-18 - Due to declining membership and changing demographics, the parish held its last service on December 30, 2012, after which time the building reverted back to the diocese; it was sold October 2014 to the Farmington Valley American Muslim Center and the organ offered for sale via the Organ Clearing House. -Database Manager

2020-09-17 - The contract was signed April 6, 1976, and the organ shipped January 1977; the organ was offered for sale via the Organ Clearing House. -Jeff Scofield

2020-10-23 - This organ was relocated on October 21, 2020 to St. Patrick-St. Anthony Church, Hartford, Connecticut by the Organ Clearing House where it was reinstalled in the chancel. -Thurlow B. Weed

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist from console photos via the Organ Clearing House

     Avon, Connecticut
     Christ Episcopal Church

     Schantz   No. 1437   1977   2/14
     ___________________________________________________

       GREAT                            COUPLERS
    8' Principal                        Swell to Pedal                8,4
    8' Bourdon                          Great to Pedal                8,4
    4' Octave
    2' Waldflöte                        Swell to Great             16,8,4
  III  Mixture
                                        Great to Swell                8
Great 16
Unison Off
Great 4                                 FINGER PISTONS
                                        General                    1 - 4
                                        Swell                      1 - 4
       SWELL (Expressive)                 Sw. to Ped.              (rev)
    8' Spitzflöte                         Sw. to Gt.               (rev)
    8' Spitzflöte Celeste               Great                      1 - 4
    4' Koppelflöte                        Gt. to Ped.              (rev)
2 2/3' Nazard                           SFZ
    2' Principal                        Cancel
1 3/5' Tierce
    8' Petite Trompette
       Tremulant                        TOE STUDS
                                        General                   1 - 4
Swell 16                                Pedal                     1 - 4
Unison Off                              Swell to Pedal            (rev)
Swell 4                                 Great to Pedal            (rev)
                                        Sforzando                 (rev)

       PEDAL
   32' Resultant                        PEDAL MOVEMENTS
   16' Principal                        Swell Expression         (bal.)
   16' Bourdon                          Crescendo                (bal.)
    8' Principal
    8' Bourdon
    4' Principal




  [Received from Jeff Scofield September 16, 2020]

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