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Schantz Organ Co. (2001)

Wake Forest University: Wait Chapel
1834 Wake Forest Road
Winston-Salem, NC

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
4 manuals
68 stops
6 divisions
Key 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)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2004-10-30 - The original builder was M. P. Moller (1956, Opus 8600). -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Tonal additions by Schantz, 2001, included moving the Great chorus to the Positiv, adding a new Great chorus and reed, and a new Cromorne for the Positiv. -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Rebuilt by Schantz c. 1997 - new console and tonal additions. The console has been placed on a movable platform, which allows it to be moved to centerstage, its original location, then returned to the side. -Database Manager

2006-01-19 - Updated through online information from Justin Terrell. -Database Manager

2006-01-20 - Updated through online information from Justin Terrell. -Database Manager

2016-11-27 - Updated through online information from Justin Smith. -Database Manager

Websites

WFU | Office of the Chaplain | The Williams Organ - History, stoplist and photographs of the organ, as well as a description of how an organ works. (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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#9645 - M. P. Möller Opus 8600 (1954)