Mount Vernon United Methodist Church
107 W. Main Street
Danville, VA
OHS convention: 1998
Images
2021-08-29 - Church exterior (Photograph by Pipe Organs of South Carolina, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2021-08-04 - Stained-glass windows (Photograph by Pipe Organs of South Carolina, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2021-09-30 - Drawknobs (Photograph by Pipe Organs of South Carolina, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2021-08-24 - Console (Photograph by Pipe Organs of South Carolina, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2021-09-30 - Church interior (Photograph by Pipe Organs of South Carolina, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Unknown - Organ Case (1988) (Cover of the Dedicatory Recital booklet; image courtesy of James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
2000-05-10 - Chancel, Console, and Organ Case (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
2000-05-10 - Builder and Rebuilder's Nameplate (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
- Console position: Detached Keydesk (Mechanical Action)
- 2 manuals
- 30 stops
- 30 registers
- 3 divisions
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
- Manual compass: 56 notes
- Pedal compass: 30 notes
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
- Combination action: Computerized/Digital
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
Notes
2004-10-30 - The original builder was Simmons & Willcox (c. 1860). -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 2001. -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Relocated from St. Phillip's R. C., Boston. Removed when St. Phillip's closed in 1977. Later storage at Hamar shop, then Frels shop. Sold here in 1982. The Swell and Pedal were enlarged. Ped 16' are on the original Simmons windchest which has been electrified. [Replaced a 1946 Austin Op. 2065 behind the case of a 1906 Hook & Hastings.] -Database Manager
2007-09-04 - Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- According to a published booklet on the organ, the reason that the original Simmons & Willcox Pedal windchest was electrified was because space restrictions in Mt. Vernon required the original 16' Open Wood Bass to be installed horizontally rather than as originally built. The original pedalboard compass was 27 notes. -Database Manager
2013-08-31 - Updated through online information from Xaver Wilhelmy. -- Tracker action has been modified to be self-adjusting to humidity changes in 2003 by Wilhelmy Organbuilders. The organ is in good condition and continuous use. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Source: 2001 OHS Handbook
Great (unenclosed, 56 notes, CC--g3) Bourdon 16 (56 w), Principal 8 (56 m), Viola da Gamba 8 (56 m), Hohl Flöte 8 (56 w), Dolce 8 (56 m), Octave 4 (56 m), Rohr Flöte* 4 (56 m), Twelfth 2⅔ (56 m), Fifteenth 2 (56 m), Mixture III (168 m), Trumpet 8 (56 m)
Swell (enclosed, 56 notes, CC--g3) Principal 8 (56 m, 1-12 Quintadena bass), Gedackt* 8 (56 w), Dulciana 8 (44 m, 1-12 grooved from Gedackt, remainder open metal), Celeste [t.c] 8 (44 m), Bell Gamba 4 (56 m), Harmonic Flute 4 (56 1-49 open wood, harmonic 25-49), Nazard 2⅔ (56 m), Fifteenth* 2 (56 m), Tierce 1⅗ (56 part chimney jlute1 open metal remainder; new), III (168 m), Contra Fagotto* 16 (56 m), Trumpet* 8 (56 m), Hautboy* 8 (56 m)
Pedal (unenclosed, 30 notes, CC--f1) Open Bass 16 (30, 1-27 open wood original; 28-30 added), Bourdon Bass 16 (30 1-27 open wood original; 28-30 added), Principal Bass** 8, Choral Bass** 4, Trombone Bass** 16, Trumpet Bass** 8
Couplers Swell & Great Coupler (electric), Swell & Pedal Coupler (mechanical), Great & Pedal Coupler (mechanical)
Combination Action Great 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8, Swell 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8, General 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 (toe and thumb), Pedal 1-2-3-4-5-6 (toe only), Toe and thumb reversible for both pedal couplers
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