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Unknown Builder

First Baptist Church
225 1st Ave SW
Ardmore, OK

Images

ca.2021 - Nave and organ chamber (Photograph from church's Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Brad Engelland)

ca.2021 - Rear of church interior (Photograph from church's Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Brad Engelland)

2021-03-14 - Console (Photograph by Rev. Dr. Van Herd/Brad Engelland)

2021-03-14 - Echo division located behind decorative ceiling grille (Photograph by Rev. Dr. Van Herd/Brad Engelland)

2021-03-14 - Expression shoes (Photograph by Rev. Dr. Van Herd/Brad Engelland)

2021-03-14 - Right stop jamb (Photograph by Rev. Dr. Van Herd/Brad Engelland)

2021-03-14 - Left stop jamb (Photograph by Rev. Dr. Van Herd/Brad Engelland)

2021-03-14 - Couplers (Photograph by Rev. Dr. Van Herd/Rev. Dr. Van Herd)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
38 registers
5 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 (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

2021-03-19 - Originally installed in 1928 as 3/28 Pilcher Op. 1423; new Moller console added in 1975; console converted to solid-state ca.2016. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: Stopjamb photos by Rev. Dr. Van Herd

        Ardmore, Oklahoma
        First Baptist Church

        Pilcher   Op. 1423   1928
        Möller
        ________________________________________
        
                    Current stoplist

        GREAT
     8' Principal           16' Bourdon
     8' Rohrflöte            8' Violin Diapason
     8' Gamba                8' Stopped Diapason
     4' Octave               8' Viola
     4' Flute                4' Harmonic Flute
     2' Fifteenth            4' Spitzflöte
II-III  Fourniture          II  Sesquialtera
     8' Harmonic Trumpet    16' Fagotto
        Sub                  8' Trompette
        Unison Off              Tremolo
        Super                   Sub
        Chimes                  Unison Off

        ECHO (unplayable)       CHOIR
     8' Cor de Nuit          8' Concert Flute
     8' Vox Angelica         8' Gemshorh
     8' Unda Maris           8' Gemshorn Celeste
     4' Octave               4' Flute d'Amour
        Tremolo              2' Flautina
                             8' Clarinet
        PEDAL                   Tremolo
    32' Acoustic Bass           Sub
    16' Open Diapason           Unison Off
    16' Bourdon                 Super
    16' Violone                 Blank
    16' Lieblich Gedeckt        Blank
     8' Principal
     8' Flute Dolce
     4' Choralbass
II-III  Mixture
    16' Posaune
     8' Harmonic Trumpet

     [Received from Jeff Scofield March 18, 2021]

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