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Ontko & Young Co. (1993)

Riverside Baptist Church
3650 Park Street
Jacksonville, FL

Images


September 1993 - Antiphonal during installation (Photograph by Lawrence T. Sprinkle/Jeff Scofield)

September 1993 - Sanctuary during installation (Photograph by Lawrence T. Sprinkle/Jeff Scofield)

September 1993 - Console during installation (Photograph by Lawrence T. Sprinkle/Jeff Scofield)

2017-03-11 - Church Exterior from King St - main entrance (Photograph by Taylor Phillips/Database Manager)

2017-03-11 - Church Exterior from Park St - side entrance (Photograph by Taylor Phillips/Database Manager)

Unknown - Chancel and Facade (Photograph after 1993, courtesy of Library of Congress/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main


Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1998 -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Enlarged to 72 ranks between 1975 and 1981 by Sam Hovsepian and David Linebarger, supplemented with parts of 1924 Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Op. 473E (Florida State Univ.). New 4m console and overhaul by Ontko & Young of Charleston, SC c. 1992. -Database Manager

2006-03-09 - Updated through information adapted from <i>E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List</i>, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: <br><i>New console and overhaul of E. M. Skinner Opus 533 (1925), altered and enlarged by Sam Hovsepian and David Linebarger.</i> -Database Manager

2007-08-26 - Updated through on-line information from Stephen Hall. -- There are two consoles: the four manual console at the front controls the entire organ, the three manual console in the rear gallery controls the four Antiphonal divisions only. The instrument is in regular use for services and concerts; it is a favorite instrument for Jacksonville AGO recitals. -Database Manager

2007-09-14 - Updated through on-line information from Stephen Hall. -Database Manager

2009-02-10 - Updated through on-line information from Allan J Ontko. -- The three-manual Gallery Console controls the three Gallery Divisions (Great, Swell, Pedal); the Trompette de Fete; selected stops of the Chancel Great, Swell, Solo, and Pedal. In 2008 the Chancel Organ received a direct lightning strike through the adjacent chimney flue which burned holes in pipes and necessitated replacement of the entire Chancel Organ control system. -Database Manager

2017-05-05 - Updated by James Freeman, who maintains the organ.<br> The instrument is now controlled by the four-manual chancel console.The gallery console has been removed. -Database Manager


Stoplist

From The Diapason June 1995 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Riverside Baptist Church, Jacksonville, FL
1925 Skinner Organ Co. Opus 533 (rebuilt, enlarged by Ontko & Young, 1993)

Chancel Organ

Great (Manual II):
16' Sanftbass
8' Montre
8' Diapason
8' Flute Conique
8' Claribel Flute
4' Prestant
4' Octave
4' Flute Harmonique
2' Doublette
1 1/3' Fourniture IV-VI
8' Tromba
8' Trompette de Fete (Gallery)
MIDI Instrument (prep.)

Swell (Manual III):
16' Lieblich Gedeckt
8' Diapason
8' Stopped Flute
8' Salicional
8' Voix Celeste
8' Flauto Dolce
8' Flute Celeste (tc)
4' Principal
4' Flauto Traverso
2' Flute a Bec
1 1/3' Plein-Jeu IV-V
16' Fagotto
8' Cornopean
8' Flugel Horn
8' Vox Humana
4' Clarion
Tremulant

Choir (Manual I):
8' Concert Flute
8' Dulciana
8' Unda Maris (tc)
4' Flute D'Amour
2 2/3' Nasard
2' Doublette
1 3/5' Tierce
8' Clarinet
Tremulant

Solo (Manual IV):
8' Orchestral Flute
8' Gamba
8' Gamba Celeste
8' English Horn
8' French Horn
8' Tuba
Tremulant
Chimes
8' Trompette de Fete (Gallery)

Pedal:
32' Resultant
16' Diapason
16' Bourdon
16' Sanftbass (Gt.)
16' Lieblich Gedeckt (Sw.)
8' Diapason
8' Principal
8' Flute Conique (Gt.)
8' Still Gedeckt (Sw.)
4' Choral Bass
2 2/3' Mixture IV
32' Cornet des Bombardes
16' Trombone
16' Fagotto (Sw.)
8' Tromba
8' Flugel Horn (Sw.)
4' Clarion
4' Flugel Horn (Sw.)
Chimes (Solo)
Pedal Divide

Gallery Organ

Great (Manual I):
8' Prinzipal
8' Nason Flute
4' Octave
4' Koppel Flute
2 2/3' Nasard
2' Superoctave
1 3/5' Tierce
1 1/3' Larigot
1/2' Cymbale III

Swell (Manual II):
8' Diapason
8' Stopped Flute
8' Salicional
8' Voix Celeste
8' Erzahler
8' Erzahler Celeste (tc)
4' Spitzflote
2' Piccolo
8' Fagotto
Harp
Celesta
Tremulant

Solo (Manual III):
8' Trompette de Fete

Pedal:
32' Resultant
16' Bourdon
16' Quintaton
8' Prinzipal (Gt.)
8' Bourdon (Sw.)
4' Principal (Gt.)

 [Received from Connor Annable 2011-07-16.]

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